Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BORDER AFFAIR, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poet's Biography First Line: Spanish is the lovin' tongue Last Line: "adios, mi corazon." Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Love - Cultural Differences; Love Affairs; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States | ||||||||
SPANISH is the lovin' tongue, Soft as music, light as spray; 'T was a girl I learnt it from Livin' down Sonora way. I don't look much like a lover, Yet I say her love-words over Often when I'm all alone "Mi amor, mi corazon." Nights when she knew where I'd ride She would listen for my spurs, Throw the big door open wide, Raise them laughin' eyes of hers, And my heart would nigh stop beatin' When I'd hear her tender greetin' Whispered soft for me alone "Mi amor, mi corazon!" Moonlight in the patio, Old Senora noddin' near, Me and Juana talkin' low So the "madre" couldn't hear How those hours would go a-flyin', And too soon I hear her sighin', In her little sorry-tone "Adios, mi corazon." But one time I had to fly For a foolish gamblin' fight, And she said a swift good-bye On that black, unlucky night. When I'd loosed her arms from clingin', With her words the hoofs kept ringin', As I galloped north alone "Adios, mi corazon." Never seen her since that night; I cain't cross the Line, you know. She was Mex and I was white; Like as not it's better so. Yet I've always sort of missed her Since that last wild night I kissed her, Left her heart and lost my own "Adios, mi corazon." | Other Poems of Interest...LEFT HAND CANYON by WILLIAM MATTHEWS WESTERN WAGONS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DRIVING WEST IN 1970 by ROBERT BLY IN THE HELLGATE WIND by MADELINE DEFREES A PERIOD PORTRAIT OF SYMPATHY by EDWARD DORN ASSORTED COMPLIMENTS by EDWARD DORN AT THE COWBOY PANEL by EDWARD DORN A BAD HALF HOUR by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. A COWBOY'S PRAYER (WRITTEN FOR MOTHER) by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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