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Author: CISNEROS, SANDRA Matches Found: 135 Cisneros, Sandra Poet's Biography 135 poems available by this author 14 DE JULIO First Line: Today, catorce de julio A MAN IN MY BED LIKE CRACKER CRUMBS Poem Text First Line: I've stripped the bed ABUELITO WHO First Line: Abuelito who throws coins like rain AFTER EVERYTHING First Line: It's always the same Last Line: The dial tone howling like my heart AME, AMO, AMARE First Line: What you said was AMORCITO CORAZON First Line: Ya no eres Last Line: Y ahora? %no ARTURITO THE AMAZING BABY OLMEC WHO IS MINE BY WAY OF WATER First Line: Arturito, when you were born Last Line: Arturito amazing boy ARTURO BURRO First Line: Jacinto el pinto ASS First Line: My michelangelo BAY POEM FROM BERKELEY First Line: Mornings I still Last Line: I wish books loved back BEATRICE First Line: No doubt you are still BEAUTIFUL MAN - FRANCE First Line: I saw a beautiful man today BIENVENIDO POEM FOR SOPHIE First Line: This morning that would've meant Last Line: If we don't want to BLACK LACE BRA KIND OF WOMAN First Line: Wachale! She's a black lace bra Last Line: I tell you, the good times are here BLUE DRESS First Line: At the corner BY WAY OF EXPLANATION First Line: There is CHAMPAGNE POEM FOR LA JOSIE First Line: The first glass will make you laugh Last Line: Or to brawl in bed. Same difference CHRIST YOU DELIGHT ME Last Line: Ringing, ringing, ringing CLOUD First Line: Before you became a cloud, you were an ocean Last Line: Those condemned to life watched how smooth and sweet a white cloud glides CURTAINS First Line: Rich people don't need them DECEMBER 24TH, PARIS - NOTRE DAME Poem Text First Line: The seine runs along Last Line: The heart begging once again Subject(s): Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Paris, France; Seine (river), France DECEMBER 24TH, PARIS - NOTRE DAME First Line: The seine runs along Subject(s): Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Paris, France; Seine (river), France DOWN THERE First Line: Your poem thinks it's bad Last Line: And excellently %female DROUGHT First Line: Because of pride DULZURA Poem Text First Line: Make love to me in spanish DULZURA First Line: Make love to me in spanish Last Line: Even before I knew you EL ALACRAN GUERO First Line: They say el alacran guero can kill Last Line: I know of what I speak EN ROUTE TO MY LOVER I AM DETAINED BY TOO MANY CITIES First Line: Damn these damn Last Line: In the man flower of your %sex EXTREME UNCTION First Line: I would've liked Last Line: Needs a smudged wink %I think FAN OF A FLOATING WOMAN First Line: Your morning Last Line: Wonder who I am FEW ITEMS TO CONSIDER First Line: First there is the scent of barley Last Line: Nothing at all FISHING CALAMARI BY MOON First Line: At the bullfights as a child FOR A SOUTHERN MAN First Line: Bill, I don't do laundry FOR ALL TUESDAY TRAVELERS First Line: I am the middle-of-the-week wife FULL MOON AND YOU'RE NOT HERE First Line: Useless moon Last Line: Who loves her ass GOOD HOT DOGS Poem Text Recitation First Line: Fifty cents apiece Last Line: And me swinging my legs Subject(s): Frankfurters GOOD HOT DOGS First Line: Fifty cents apiece Last Line: And me swinging my legs Subject(s): Frankfurters HEART ROUNDS UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS First Line: I sleep with the cat Last Line: But only to me HEART, MY LOVELY HOBO Last Line: Not this throbbing %this HIS STORY Poem Text First Line: I was born under a crooked star Last Line: And one female / gone Variant Title(s): His History Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters HIS STORY First Line: I was born under a crooked star Last Line: And one female, %gone Variant Title(s): His Histor Subject(s): Fathers And Daughters HYDRA COMING DOWN IN RAIN First Line: I'm not certain HYDRA NIGHT - HOUSE ON FIRE First Line: When houses burn here I AM ON MY WAY TO OKLAHOMA TO BURY THE MAN First Line: Your name doesn't matter Last Line: I think of you often, friend %and fondly I AM SO DEPRESSED I FEEL LIKE JUMPING IN THE RIVER First Line: Bring me a drink Last Line: The long hours I AM SO IN LOVE I GROW A NEW HYMEN Poem Text First Line: Terrorists of the last Variant Title(s): I Am So In Love I Grow In New Hymen I AM SO IN LOVE I GROW A NEW HYMEN First Line: Terrorists of the last Last Line: Don't give %a good %god %damn Variant Title(s): I Am So In Love I Grow In New Hyme I AWAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND WONDER First Line: At any moment, the soldiers could arrive Last Line: Not a thing I do I DON'T LIKE BEING IN LOVE First Line: Not like this. Not tonight Last Line: Fish. Oh, not like this %not this I LET HIM TAKE ME Last Line: Husband, love, my life %poem I THE WOMAN First Line: I %am she %of your stories %the notorious %one Last Line: The black smoke %in your %clothes %and in %your %mouth I TOLD SUSAN REYNA I UNDERSTAND IT AS A KISS First Line: But not a kiss. This I WANT TO BE A FATHER LIKE THE MEN First Line: I want to be a father Last Line: And won't take back what's given %like the men IN A RED-NECK BAR DOWN THE STREET First Line: My crazy IT OCCURS TO ME I AM CREATIVE/DESTRUCTIVE GODDESS COATLICUE First Line: I deserve stones Last Line: This means %you JOE First Line: Joe joe's mama's baby JOSIE BLISS First Line: Explain %about the hand JUMPING OFF ROOFS First Line: Bet your feet burned Last Line: So much to do with earth LADIES, SOUTH OF FRANCE - VENCE First Line: At 4 p.M. The promenade begins LAS GIRLFRIENDS First Line: Tip the barmaid in tight jeans Last Line: Been to hell and back again %girl, me too LETTER TO ILONA FROM THE SOUTH OF FRANCE First Line: Ilona, I have been thinking LETTER TO JAHN FRANCO - VENICE First Line: You were full of stories LITTLE CLOWN, MY HEART Last Line: Into the froth, my life, %into the flames! LITTLE GRIEF LIKE GOUACHE First Line: Without a ping Last Line: Light-tippled dizzy %fled LOOSE WOMAN First Line: They say I'm a beast Last Line: Ping! Ping! Ping! %I break things LOOSE WOMAN First Line: They say I'm a beast. Last Line: I'm pancha villa LOS DESNUDOS: A TRIPTYCH First Line: In this portrait of the naked maja by goya Last Line: I won't let you LOVE POEM #1 First Line: A red flag LOVE POEM FOR A NON-BELIEVER First Line: Because I miss Last Line: Have a word for this except %perhaps religion LOVE POEMS FOR A NON-BELIEVER Poem Text First Line: Because I miss MAN IN MY BED LIKE CRACKER CRUMBS First Line: I've stripped the bed Last Line: I'm alone again %amen MARIELA First Line: One day you forget his bitter smell MEN ASLEEP First Line: I have known those who sleep like a ulysses MEXICAN HAT DANCE First Line: Crash the record came down on your head MEXICANS IN FRANCE First Line: He says he likes mexico Last Line: The knife you carry %is %abstract MONSIEUR MON AMI First Line: And now, my pretty one MOON IN HYDRA First Line: Women fled MUDDY KID COMES HOME Poem Text First Line: And mama complains Last Line: Remember her name Subject(s): Literary Form; Mothers; Forgetfulness MUDDY KID COMES HOME First Line: And mama complains Last Line: Remember her name Subject(s): Literary Form MY FRIEND TURNS BEAUTIFUL BEFORE MY EYES First Line: Sir walter raleigh Last Line: A stool and sneering %fool MY NEMESIS ARRIVES AFTER A LONG HIATUS First Line: I paint my toes matador red Last Line: Paper flowers, paper wings MY WICKED WICKED WAYS Poem Text First Line: This is my father Subject(s): Baby Boom Generation; Women MY WICKED WICKED WAYS First Line: This is my father Last Line: I will turn out bad Subject(s): Baby Boom Generation; Women NEW YEAR'S EVE First Line: I saw your wife tonight NIGHT MADNESS POEM First Line: There's a poem in my head Last Line: And kill you NO MERCY First Line: Your wives left OLD MAIDS First Line: My cousins and I Last Line: Lessons that served us well ONCE AGAIN I PROVE THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY First Line: If %you came back Last Line: I'll write poems ONE LAST POEM FOR RICHARD First Line: December 24th and we're through again ORIGINAL SIN First Line: Before mexicana flight #729 Last Line: Girl my father would have %them believe I am PEACHES - SIX IN A TIN BOWL, SARAJEVO First Line: If peaches had arms PERRAS First Line: I can't imagine that goofy white woman Last Line: A bitch more to my liking POET REFLECTS ON HER SOLITARY FATE First Line: She lives alone now Last Line: She must write poems Subject(s): Literary Form POSTCARD TO THE LACE MAN - THE OLD MARKET, ANTIBES First Line: To tell the truth PUMPKIN EATER First Line: I'm no trouble Last Line: I swear, I swear, I swear RODRIGO DE BARRO First Line: You are red clay RODRIGO IN THE DARK First Line: Rodrigo. Your red tie RODRIGO RETURNS TO THE LAND AND LINEN CELEBRATES First Line: Puffed with air SENSUALITY PLUNGING BAREFOOT INTO THORNS First Line: You're sick SIR JAMES SOUTH SIDE First Line: Sugar rat the sweet-lipped one SIX BROTHERS First Line: In spanish our name means swan SMALL MADNESS First Line: I swear, I will not Last Line: And stifle this mariachi %howl SO-AND-SO'S First Line: Your other women are well-behaved SOMETHING CRAZY First Line: The man with the blue hat SOMETHING LIKE RIVERS RAN First Line: Undid the knot the ribbons Last Line: A ganges absolving %language woman man SOUTH SANGAMON First Line: We wake up STILL-LIFE WITH POTATOES, PEARLS, RAW MEAT, RHINESTONES... First Line: In spanish it's naturaleza muerta and not life at all Last Line: If I wear my skirt on my head and you come in wearing nothing %but my black brassiere TANGO FOR THE BROOM First Line: I would like to be a poet if Last Line: Into my big fat mouth TANTAS COSAS ASUSTAN, TANTAS THAT BEAUTIFUL BOY WHO LIVES ACROSS FROM THE HANDY ANDY First Line: Invited me %to his birthday Last Line: Or a red red pickup truck THE POET REFLECTS ON HER SOLITARY FATE Poem Text First Line: She lives alone now Last Line: She must write poems Subject(s): Literary Form; Solitude; Poetry & Poets THING IN MY SHOE Last Line: Positively screaming blood TO CESARE, GOODBYE First Line: Cesare %with those medici eyes TRAFICANTE First Line: Pink like a starfish's belly TRIESTE - CIAO TO ITALY Poem Text First Line: Maybe we should've fallen in love Last Line: This sad deservesa nothing / but a stony memory Subject(s): Italy; Disappointment; Grief; Farewell; Love – Complaints; Trieste TRIESTE - CIAO TO ITALY First Line: Maybe we should've fallen in love Subject(s): Trieste TU QUE SABES DE AMOR First Line: You come from that country Last Line: And the sweet, sweeter TWISTER HITS HOUSTON First Line: Papa was on the front porch UNOS CUANTOS PIQUETITOS First Line: Here -- the bull Last Line: And here, gentlemen, ladies %mis palabras VALPARAISO First Line: You said VELORIO First Line: You laughing lucy VINO TINTO First Line: Dark wine reminds me of you Last Line: Love, how it hummed WAITING FOR A LOVER First Line: And what if you don't arrive Last Line: All my life. Listen %hear that? %yikes WELL, IF YOU INSIST First Line: My body, this Last Line: Well, if you insist. If you %insist WHY I DIDN'T First Line: Of course %I was going to, you know Last Line: There are other mornings, other fish WITH LORENZO AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, EL ZOCALO First Line: We had to cross the street twice Last Line: This zocalo? Remember me WOMAN CUTTING CELERY First Line: Is savage WORLD WITHOUT RODRIGO First Line: Moves %at a slender pace YOU BRING OUT THE MEXICAN IN ME Last Line: Me show you. Love the only way I know how Variant Title(s): You Bring Out The Mexican In M YOU CALLED ME CORAZON First Line: That was enough Last Line: Like a branch of jacaranda YOU LIKE TO GIVE AND WATCH ME MY PLEASURE First Line: You like to give and watch me my Last Line: This power is my gift to you YOU MY SALTWATER PEARL Last Line: My saltwater pearl YOUR NAME IS MINE Poem Text First Line: And holy to me and your spirit YOUR NAME IS MINE First Line: And holy to me and your spirit Last Line: Of your jaguar mouth |
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