|
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: AZTECS Matches Found: 220 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ACUPUNCTURE FOR THE BACK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come now! %green snake Last Line: Whatever she finds %she will eat %she will destroy Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans AGAINST ANGER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come forth %tlazopilli Last Line: Through this drink %medicine %spirit %will change this heart Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans AGAINST SCORPION'S STING AND POISON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, priest Last Line: Right here %your power ends %you shall not pass! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans AGAINST UNRULY ANTS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come now! Mother water Last Line: Chase them away %close their town Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans AGUAMIEL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: In its heart %the maguey Last Line: Streams %of sweet %tears %and drops Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans ALL HAVE COME, by XAYACAMACH Poem Source Last Line: Inebriated with the heart of the cacao flower Subject(s): Aztecs ANCIENT NAHUATL POEM, by ERNESTO CARDENAL Poem Source First Line: They only had one god. %his name was quetzalcoatl Last Line: Which you must offer him %which you must sacrifice to him Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans AZTEC, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You came from the aztecs Last Line: Before the days are longer. Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC MASK, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wanted a man's face looking into the jaws and throat Last Line: Proud-eyed gambler. Subject(s): Aztecs; Masks AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Which flower Last Line: In the place where both sides are Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: With ropes of flowers Last Line: You breathe it here I first one Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Open your heart like the flowers Last Line: I am going I am going to your house Subject(s): Aztecs; Love AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: So many wings come here Last Line: In your house oh %god Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It is so hard Last Line: No happiness on the earth %for me Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We live on earth Last Line: A little while only Subject(s): Aztecs; Mortality AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Only with our flowers can we find pleasure Last Line: Only with our songs does our sadness dissolve Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Until today my heart was happy Last Line: If only they would never wither %earth! Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In god's house Last Line: For nothing I am leaving the earth %broken! Subject(s): Aztecs; Death AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A little time at your side Last Line: Here on earth Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Black flowers wrinkled with gold Last Line: With many flowers torn from man Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Do you exist do you really exist Last Line: Don't break our hearts again Subject(s): Aztecs; Love AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I begin to sing Last Line: Through whom everyone lives Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now you revive us Last Line: From this weeping Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On the edge of war near the bonfire Last Line: We taste knowldge Subject(s): Aztecs; Knowledge AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Because I cry Last Line: I am bitter Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We disappear Last Line: Nothing in the word Subject(s): Aztecs; Nothingness AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Over there now Last Line: There you are o first one Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am going to guard the mountain Last Line: I cry Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This is the place Last Line: In the middle of the flowers Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Where are we going oh where are we going Last Line: They make truths! Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Only we come to make songs on earth Last Line: And nothing breaks Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing is so precious nothing so strong Last Line: Now the claws of the white eagle hiss Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am nothing more than a singer Last Line: In the house of light Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Oh gods makers of life Last Line: In your endless hands Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Beat the great drum Last Line: A little time %here Subject(s): Aztecs; Transience AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Oh never never die Last Line: On the faces of the dead Subject(s): Aztecs; Death AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the room of yellow feathers Last Line: Your word oh %giver Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The flowers have come Last Line: Touch them Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers of red and blue Last Line: For a little while I can see the earth Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now in spring we are moving Last Line: The first mexican passing Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Just like the flowers I will go Last Line: To the last flower the last song Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Where are you my god Last Line: In the house of color upon color Subject(s): Aztecs; God AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You have come Last Line: Sweet tastes on my lips Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Now my friends Last Line: Put on a collar of rare stones Subject(s): Aztecs; Dreams AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who who give life Last Line: Sigh through flowers Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My soul fills to the brim with what I say Last Line: No one is born twice Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In vain friends Last Line: We have to leave beautiful %flowers! Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Is the word of god with us Last Line: It is your song Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have tasted the wine of mushrooms and my heart screams Last Line: Nothing is left Subject(s): Aztecs; Despair AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Where there is no death Last Line: I am terrified! Subject(s): Aztecs; Fear AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My mouth is full of cries Last Line: Is the truth inside you Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I see eagles tigers I see glory Last Line: That we have here Subject(s): Aztecs; Grief AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Cheerfully sing cheerfully Last Line: Now give joy to the giver of life Subject(s): Aztecs; Singing And Singers AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Oh nothing will cut down the flower of war Last Line: Dust rises over the bells Subject(s): Aztecs; Flowers; War AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A piece of fallen jade Last Line: It is your song Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Many pictures my heart Last Line: Red-throated flowers open Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am here! I am here! Last Line: Its colors %dawn Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Drink honey Last Line: It is a flower! Subject(s): Aztecs AZTEC SONG, by STEPHEN BERG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Between cactus and acacia Last Line: The sound of the songs that hear Subject(s): Aztecs BE JOYFUL, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source First Line: Be joyful with the intoxicating flowers Last Line: The joyous flowers, %with these your sorrow is put to flight Subject(s): Aztecs BEAUTIFUL SONG RESOUNDS, by XAYACAMACH Poem Source Last Line: With flowers the princes are sighing Subject(s): Aztecs BEGINNING OF THE DIALOGUE, by TECAYEHUATZIN Poem Source First Line: Where have you been, o composer of songs? Last Line: Have brought the princes together: %precious stones, quetzal feathers Subject(s): Aztecs BESIEGED, HATED, HUEXOTZINCO WOULD BE, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN Poem Source First Line: Besieged, hated, %the city of huexotzinco would be Last Line: My golden house of paintings, %is also your house, one god! Subject(s): Aztecs BIRDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Snakes Last Line: In flight Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans BIRTH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Cuaton %caxxoch %goddesses %of love Last Line: And catch %this child %of the gods Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CALENDAR KEEPERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Rattlesnakes %renew %themselves Last Line: They trace %the shining %path of our %rainy seasons Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CANTO A LAS TORTILLAS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I go on %calling Last Line: Inside %the humblest %tortillas %of life Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CHICOME-COATL/SEVEN SNAKE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Corn stalks %are upright Last Line: Corn ears %rattle %in the wind Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CHICOME-XOCHITL/SEVEN FLOWER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Deer %father Last Line: All %stems %pointing %stars Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CIHUACOATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: In the barrios %la llorona Last Line: Has run out %of tears Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CLOUDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Mountains Last Line: Dreaming %up the sky Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans CREATION, by JULIA MAY COURTNEY Poem Text First Line: He took a lump of yellow clay and folded it Last Line: From his deft hands. Subject(s): Aztecs; Pottery And Potters CUTTING WOOD, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Ahmo %tinechelehuiliz Last Line: I offer tobacco %for your shin Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DAY AND NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I bleed %in silence %all alone Last Line: Broken teeth %blood %butterflies Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DIVINING BY LOOKING IN THE WATER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come now! %come forth Last Line: Perhaps his tonal %has left him Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DIVINING WITH CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Welcome %tlazopilli %seven snake Last Line: If this medicine cures him %or if he gets worse Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DIVINING WITH THE HANDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, spirit in flesh Last Line: Will he get worse? %will he last some time? Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DOMINGO HERNANDEZ, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Please %let him free Last Line: (green spirit %dark spirit) %in nomine patris %et filii %et spiritus sancti Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans DOORWAY, by JAN LEE ANDE Poem Source First Line: I was young and almost ridiculous that year, riding the train Last Line: Rain falls like tears and the corn grows tall as trees Subject(s): Aztecs; Guests; Memory; Mexico; Travel DREAM OF A WORD, by TECAYEHUATZIN Poem Source First Line: And, o friends, %hear the dream of a word Last Line: We know that the hearts %of our friends are true! Subject(s): Aztecs DROUGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Despite %dry %years Last Line: Siempre %verde %inside Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans ENSNARED DEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Spirit %seven flower Last Line: He was taken %it's all over with Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FEAST BY THE MANZANARES, by HERNANDO RUIZ DE ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Midst the opacous gloom %and dense opacities Last Line: Precipitates his course, %so the beginning day %may terminate the feast Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FIRST OFFERING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Ourselves %molded out Last Line: The first crop %smiling %everywhere Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FLOWERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: A day %is all Last Line: We last %a breath! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR BATHING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come forth %mist hair Last Line: I, spirit in flesh %I, the enchanter Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR BONE FRACTURES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: What have my elder sisters Last Line: Beware of messing up %I'll see you tomorrow Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR FATIGUE AND BODY PAINS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come here %yellow relaxer Last Line: Go and destroy %the green pain %the dark pain %(meaning the stiffness) Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR FEVERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come on! %come now Last Line: Who is destroying %your creation %I myself %I, the enchanter Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR FINDING AFFECTION, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: On mirror mountain %the place of encounters Last Line: I am not truly at war %I'm of a woman's womb Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR HUNTING BIRDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, poor orphan Last Line: Here I shall wait %for my uncles %the spirits %olchipinque %olpeyauhque Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR HUNTING DEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I'm leaving %I, poor orphan Last Line: And reed flower %that's who I shall carry back Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR KEEPING ANIMALS OUT OF SOWN FIELDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, the wizard jaguar Last Line: O father %four reed %flaming one! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR LOVE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Enchanted %words %at dawn Last Line: A handful %of flowers %and stars Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR PLANTING CAMOTES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, poor orphan Last Line: With her I shall heal %I , just a poor person Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Potatoes FOR PLANTING CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %spirit in flesh Last Line: I shall greet %I shall honor %my elder sister %tonacacihuatl Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR STORING CORN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %spirit in flesh Last Line: You, my elder sister %you, tonacaihuatl Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOR STRAINED CHESTS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come %nine-times-powdered-one Last Line: Do your duty %you, yellow woman Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FOUR DIRECTIONS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: West %we are %salmons Last Line: South %we turn %into snakes %by eating %chile Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans FROM WITHIN THE HEAVENS, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN Poem Source Last Line: Or is it only here on earth %we come to know our faces? Subject(s): Aztecs HE ALONE, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source Last Line: With eagerness have I longed for them, %empty wisdom had I Subject(s): Aztecs HEART, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Fragrant %flower Last Line: Open at %midnight Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans HELLO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Tahui %tahui Last Line: Tahui %tahui Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans HERBS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: In the market %herbs begin Last Line: Over and over %my own %back bones Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans HERNANDO RUIZ DE ALARCON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: It was you %you were looking for Last Line: This cenzontle bird %in the wilderness: %your tomorrow Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans HOLOCAUST, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Your eyes %don't see Last Line: Bleeding in %your altar %vases %fields mines Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans HOME SPIRIT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: You lock %windows %doors Last Line: But I'm %inside you: %am you Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans I AM SAD, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source First Line: I am sad, I grieve Last Line: For this I withdraw from myself Subject(s): Aztecs I AM WEALTHY, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source Last Line: From experience I recognize the jade %the precious bracelets Subject(s): Aztecs I HAVE HEARD A SONG, by AQUIAUHTZIN Poem Source First Line: From afar I have heard a song Last Line: Begin the dance, o friends together, %in the place of the drums! Subject(s): Aztecs I SAY THIS, by XICOHTENCATL Poem Source First Line: I say this, I the lord xicohtencatl Last Line: O my old ones! Subject(s): Aztecs I'M NOT REALLY CRYING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: It's just %the sheer Last Line: Number %of chopped %onions %in the world Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans IN IXTLI YOLLOTL/ FACE AND HEART, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: May our ears %hear Last Line: To this huge %playground: %the universe Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Sobs %woke me Last Line: I got up %and saw %myself %in a corner %crying Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans IN XOCHITL IN CUICATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Every tree %a brother Last Line: In the night %dreaming up %the cosmos Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans JOURNEY, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: In each village there was a large, well-kept courtyard, something like Last Line: Here I'm watching you %I oxomoco %I, the ancient one %I, cipactonal Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans LA NOCHE TRISTE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Changed is the scene: the peace Last Line: Where they have ruled alone. Subject(s): Aztecs; Cortes, Hernando (1485-1547) LAST OF THE AZTECS, by JOSE LEON DEL VALLE Poem Source First Line: Oh, not for thee the pastoral flute's soft notes Last Line: Neath the black feathers of thy royal plume! Subject(s): Aztecs; History; Statues LET THE EARTH FOREVER REMAIN!, by AYOCUAN CUETZPALTZIN Poem Source Last Line: Let the earth forever remain! Subject(s): Aztecs LISTEN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Every %landscape Last Line: A wonderous %story Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans LITTLE TOLTECS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Bees are %godly %servants %of the flowers Last Line: The incantaions %of the beehives %he knew better %than his ave marias Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MARTIN DE LUNA, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Martin de luna Last Line: (take me now %from this cell %and lose me %in the darkness) Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MASSAGE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Hands put %our pains Last Line: Lead them %as fish to %whirlpools Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MATRIARCH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: My dark %grandmother %would brush %her long her Last Line: Even ferns %would bow %to her splendor %and her power Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MESSENGERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Chairs %doors %walls %lay %themselves Last Line: Murmurs %secrets %bits of %dreams %to each %other Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MESTIZO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: My name %is not %francisco Last Line: No rule %no code %no lord %for this %wander's %heart Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MIDNIGHT WATER SONG, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: The eagle's %wing is %my fan Last Line: Of peyote's %flowering rain %in the desert Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MOON, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Celestial %drop of milk Last Line: Of our mother's %breast Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MORNING RITUAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I fold %kiss %carry Last Line: My life %inside %my pocket Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans MY FRIENDS, STAND UP!, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source Last Line: You also will have to go away Subject(s): Aztecs NAHUAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: This whale %can't stop Last Line: Singing %from %the bottom %of the sea Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NATURE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: The nature %of poetry's %nature Last Line: The nature %of nature's %nature Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NECER ALONE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Always %this caressing Last Line: This boudless %desire %of being %grass %tree %corazon Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NEW DAY, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: From the hilltop %near my village Last Line: Their own campfires %awaiting %for the new day! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NIGHT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: How vast %how enormous Last Line: And yet %disarmed %by one %needle %of light Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NOMATCA NEHUATL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself: %the mountain Last Line: The search %the face %the dream %the heart %the voice: %nomatca nehuatl! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NOT POEMS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Just ink %on paper Last Line: Like air %like you Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans NOW GIVE HEED TO THE WORD, by CHICHICUEPON Poem Source Last Line: Some mexicans, acolhuans, tepanecs %have done this to the chalca Subject(s): Aztecs NOW LET US SING, by TECAYEHUATZIN Poem Source First Line: Now let us sing, %let us continue our songs Last Line: The flowers that intoxicate. %o, rejoice Subject(s): Aztecs ODE TO TOMATOES, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: They make %friends Last Line: First asking %their blessings! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Tomatoes OLLIN/MOVEMENT, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I call myself %waterfall Last Line: I go on calling %names %keep hearing %my mirror Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans OLOLIUQUI, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Seeds %of wisdom %divine eyes Last Line: Lead us %back %to the lap %of our mother Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans ORACLE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: It's me' %I say Last Line: It's us' %rocks echo Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PLUMED SERPENT: 1. THE COMING OF QUETZALCOATL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the place of the west Last Line: Saying to herself: quetzalcoatl Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 10, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am the son of the morning star, and child of the deeps Last Line: I am lord of the two ways Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 11, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am the living quetzalcoatl Last Line: I am quetzalcoatl, of the two ways Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Birds; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 12. WELCOME TO QUETZALCOATL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are not wasted. We are not left out Last Line: Put star-oil over me %call me a man Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 13. THE MID-DAY VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun has climbed the hill, the day is on the downward slope Last Line: And the top of the morning Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 14. THE DAWN VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dark is dividing, the sun is coming past the wall Last Line: Man in the twilight Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 15. THE SUNSET VERSE, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Leave off! Leave off! Leave off! Last Line: You belong to the night Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 16, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Metal for resistance Last Line: The heart ceases not Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 17. FIRST SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am huitzilopochtli Last Line: Of fire bent back again Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 18. SECOND SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He is huitzilopochtli Last Line: Fire of the passion of men Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 19. THIRD SONG OF HUITZILOPOCHTLI, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man that is man is more than a man Last Line: Maybe they kennel the grey dog Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 2, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord of the morning star Last Line: That washes the lords of life Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 20. THE SONG OF THE GREY DOG, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When you sleep and know it not Last Line: Where dogs creep unclean Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 21, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lords of life are the masters of death Last Line: The lords of life are the masters of death Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 22, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Huitzilopochtli gives the black blade of death Last Line: Who pardons once, and no more Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 23. HUITZILOPOCHTLI'S WATCH, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red huitzilopochtli Last Line: Is malintzi's blade of grass Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 24. SONG OF THE DEAD, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dead are on their journey, the way is dark Last Line: Within the noiseless Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 25, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like the green candles of malintzi Last Line: In the morning star Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 26, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My way is not thy way, and thine is not mine Last Line: For all we are worth Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 3, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Someone will enter between the gates Last Line: Shall you? Shall I? Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 4, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My name is jesus, I am mary's son Last Line: Let me come home Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 5. QUETZALCOATL LOOKS DOWN ON MEXICO, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus had gone far up the dark slope, when he looked back Last Line: Or else prepare for the other things Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 6. WHAT QUETZALCOATL SAW IN MEXICO, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who are these strange faces in mexico Last Line: Wait! Only wait! Little by little it all shall come upon you Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 7. SONG TO THE TUNE OF LA CUCARACHA, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Don ramon don't drink, don't smoke Last Line: That he's stolen from the mother of god Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 8. JESUS' FAREWELL, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, farewell, despedida Last Line: Say adios! My children Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico PLUMED SERPENT: 9, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is god, we shall never know Last Line: Peeping, they will lose their sight, and lingering, they will fall very lame Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Aztecs; Mexico POEM OF TEMILOTZIN, by TEMILOTZIN Poem Source First Line: I have come, o my friends Last Line: I have come to make friends here Subject(s): Aztecs POTENT SEEDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Few corn %kernals %enough Last Line: To turn %anger %around Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PRAYER FOR THE SUN BEFORE TRAVELING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come %help me %nanhuatzin Last Line: Up in the sky %I shall go %I shall walk Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans PRAYER TO FIRE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Come forth %father of mine Last Line: I, spirit in flesh %I, the enchanter Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans RAINBOW, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Seven %snakes Last Line: Giving %thanks Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans RECONCILING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Chalchiuhcueye %mother water Last Line: Flower of the sun %walking calendar: %don't shame yourself! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans RESCUE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: At the end %I found Last Line: Myself %holding %the other end %of the rope Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SAD SONG OF CUACUAUHTZIN, by CUACUAUHTZIN Poem Source First Line: My heart craves the flowers Last Line: I will take with me the beautiful flowers, %the beautiful songs Subject(s): Aztecs SAME, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: We see %feel taste Last Line: Are so %differently %the same Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SEER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I sweep %and clean %my house Last Line: I am resting: %my hamaca %is a canoe %crossing %the milky way Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SHAME, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I washed %my arms Last Line: Brown %boy %getting %ready %for school Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SILENCE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I smell %silence %everywhere Last Line: Can put away %this stink %of silence Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SNAKE WHEEL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I %you %are %this %future Last Line: Turned %past %all %that %once %was %is %will %be Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SONG OF AXAYACATL, LORD OF MEXICO, by AXAYACATL Poem Source First Line: Here on the earth the flowery death has descended Last Line: For this I, in solitude, try to do away with my suffering Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF MACUILXOCHITL, by MACUILXOCHITZIN Poem Source First Line: I raise my songs Last Line: But then his women made supplication for him to axayacatl Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF NEZAHUALPILLI DURING THE WAR WITH HUEXOTZINCO, by NEZAHUALPILLI Poem Source First Line: I am intoxicated, %intoxicated is my heart Last Line: To drink the flowery liquor, %here where I weep? Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF SPRINGTIME, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source First Line: In the house of paintings Last Line: You make the people happy Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF THE ELDERS, by AXAYACATL Poem Source First Line: They called us to become intoxicated Last Line: Conquerors of ancient times, %live once again! Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF THE FLIGHT, by NEZAHUALCOYOTL Poem Source First Line: In vain was I born Last Line: Near, at the side, of the giver of life! Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF THE WOMEN OF CHALCO, by AQUIAUHTZIN Poem Source First Line: You, my little sisters, get up Last Line: Rest, my little son, %you, lord axayacatl Subject(s): Aztecs SONG OF TLALTECATZIN, CUAUHCHINANCO, by TLALTECATZIN Poem Source First Line: I come to guard the mountain Last Line: But let it be without violence Subject(s): Aztecs SONGS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Xochitl Last Line: Flower %flor Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SONGS OF CACAMATZIN MY FRIENDS, by CACAMATZIN Poem Source First Line: My friends, %listen to this Last Line: Still on earth, near the place of the drums, %I remember them Subject(s): Aztecs SPIRITS OF THE FOREST, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: When the last %rain forests Last Line: What will take %the place of %our spirits Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans STORY OF YAPPAN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Xochiquetzal: %dear brother %yappan Last Line: Because of this he is called %'head-carrier'' Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans SUN'S CHILDREN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Although %we may lose Last Line: We will win %this war %in peace Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TEMICXOCH, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: In my sleep Last Line: I smell the roots %of this flower Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TEPEYOLLOTLI, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Water's %the heart of Last Line: Its voice: %a jaguar %of echoes Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans THE AZTEC CITY, by EUGENE FITCH WARE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a clouded city, gone to rest Last Line: Came out but me -- I, I alone, survive. Alternate Author Name(s): Ironquill Subject(s): Aztecs THUNDER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Tlaloc's %laughter Last Line: From %afar Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TO AN AZTEC, by JENNIFER TONGE Poem Source First Line: You missed the vocation most suited Last Line: Your hand on my breast, ready, sloe-eyed Subject(s): Aztecs TO AN AZTEC IDOL, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS Poem Text First Line: Little idol of gold / with your legs interlaced Last Line: Lusts, little god,little fiend! Subject(s): Aztecs; Idols TO CAST SLEEP, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, the one-called-night Last Line: Soon I shall do this to them %and all shall be drunk with night Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TO EARTHWORMS BEFORE FISHING WITH A HOOK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Help me %white spirit Last Line: The man fish %the woman fish %dwellers of meanders Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Crossed %in despair Last Line: A fantasy island %some time ago %turning %natives %into aliens Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TO UNDO THE SLEEP SPELL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I'm going to take them back Last Line: From their dream-flower %I am %the night-drinker Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TOBACCO, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Piciete: %sacred dust Last Line: The lips %the hands %the living %quarters Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TONAL, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: If you lose %your tonal Last Line: Might as well %be dead Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TONALAMATL/SPIRIT BOOK, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Pages %whisper %sigh %sing Last Line: I start %singing %all kinds %of flowers Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans TONANTZIN, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Mother %are you here %with us? Last Line: And fire of %our rebellion! Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mexico; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans; Women - Bible TRAVELER'S PRAYER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: I myself %I, quetzalcoatl Last Line: To be stained %with blood %come forth %cross my path Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans URBAN VILLAGERS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Hummingbirds %consoling Last Line: The flowers %of the avenues Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans VISIONS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: At night %I see Last Line: By ear %by hand %by heart Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans WATER SPIRITS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: These rivers %flow deep %inside Last Line: Well uphill %stream off %volcanoes Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans WE COME ONLY TO DREAM, by TOCHIHUITZIN COYOLCHIUHQUI Poem Source First Line: Thus spoke tochihuitzin, %thus spoke coyolchiuhqui Last Line: Thus spoke coyolchiuhqui Subject(s): Aztecs WE'RE ONE, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Sea %dust Last Line: Tear %pollen Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans WISER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Now I know %why my father Last Line: Would go out %and cry %in the rain Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans WORKING HANDS, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: We clean %your room Last Line: One day %will write %the main text %of this land Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans YOLILIZTLI/LIFE IN MOTION, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: Something %more than nothing Last Line: Capable of turning %caterpillers into %butterflies Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans YOLLOXOCHITL/HEART-FLOWER, by FRANCISCO X. ALARCON Poem Source First Line: It was you %sister Last Line: It was you %sister %your blood %your wounds Subject(s): Aztecs; Legends, Mexican; Mexico, Indians Of; Native Americans YOU HAVE LIVED THE SONG, by TOCHIHUITZIN COYOLCHIUHQUI Poem Source Last Line: The garlands of flowers %fall out there Subject(s): Aztecs |
|