Tag: life
member name: Edwin V.
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February 05, 2008 09:49 PM EST --
LOST CHILDHOOD
I am in Disneyland
the happiest place on earth.
Somehow
I don't feel that way.
It is maybe because
the child in me
lost his childhood. . . .
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February 05, 2008 10:00 PM EST --
I WROTE THIS POEM IN THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS, IT WAS WINDY AND COLD, AND JUST FOR A COUPLE MINUTES THE SUN CAME OUT OVER THE TREES AND I COULDN'T RESIST TO WRITE ABOUT IT. I TITLED . . .
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February 05, 2008 10:02 PM EST --
I WAITED A WHILE
Dear daughter Emily:
there are so many great feelings,
so many wonderful moments
bubbling inside my heart,
inside this forgetful memory
that makes my life worth living . . .
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April 30, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
TERRORISM
When equality and justice
spread around the world
like fires in California .
When education and freedom
hit the world
like hurricanes . . .
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August 03, 2008 10:52 PM EDT --
IT WILL TAKE A LIFETIME
It only take seconds
to mold your image in my mind.
It take minutes to sculpt your body
to imagine your hair touching my lips.
It is . . .
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August 14, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
WHILE CLEANING MY OFFICE, I FOUND A COUPLE LETTERS AND POEMS I DEDICATED TO MYSELF A LONG TIME AGO. HERE IS ONE OF THEM.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DEDICATED SOMETHING . . .
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February 05, 2008 06:43 PM EST --
FULL LIFE
To describe my life in simple words
would be impossible to do
it would be to say who is my favorite star
which is my favorite grain of sand,
the best breath of air
or to select . . .
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January 16, 2008 12:51 PM EST --
I wrote this poem after I saw a documental on PBS I thing it was about the killing of wild horses.
WILD HORSES
There was a time in the west
the land of proclaimed freedom
where wild horses . . .
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April 30, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
I FORGOT TO MENTION
A couple leaves the theater holding hands
making plans
walking to a restaurant to have dinner
and celebrate their first year anniversary. . . .
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August 12, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
BROTHER
Brother we are the same blood
we even look alike.
Our parents loved us and raised us in the same conditions
still, we drifted apart somewhere in time.
I knew . . .
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August 15, 2008 07:58 PM EDT --
THE TATTOO
You are the talent
I am the flesh.
Prick my skin
inflict my body with pain
stain my skin for the rest of my life.
In my arms, your . . .
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July 30, 2008 12:29 AM EDT --
TO MY MOTHER
Mother,
my saint.
Finally I found the words to express my love,
my respect and admiration for you.
Finally, I can express these feelings
of a son,
of a man.
Feelings . . .
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May 04, 2009 12:59 PM EDT --
Dear friend of Edwin Vásquez ,
We are proud to announce the upcoming release of Edwin Vásquez's new book Sensibility: Poems in Free Verse !
About the book: In this second book, the author . . .
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January 23, 2008 09:54 AM EST --
I WAITED A WHILE
Dear daughter Emily:
there are so many great feelings,
so many wonderful moments
bubbling inside my heart,
inside this forgetful memory
that makes my life worth living . . .
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August 03, 2008 11:05 PM EDT --
OVERRIDE FEELINGS
Incomparable moments
remembering without processing
without thinking.
The music waves hit the walls
of this empty file
of this empty heart.
. . .
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July 30, 2008 12:44 AM EDT --
GENERAL ELECTIONS
Like frantic fish,
each candidate jumps
as high as their might
to capture the attention of the masses
in the black sea,
in the vast ocean
of insecurities.
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January 16, 2008 12:30 PM EST --
I am back to college to finished tha gap in my education. Now that I have the toys and stuff I don't need, my goal is to continue and get a master degree in arts. My wall has space for one . . .
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January 17, 2008 10:57 PM EST --
This poem is inspired by the daily events and situations while I was growing up in Guatemala. These kind of situations are common in most parts of Central and South America.
I FORGOT TO MENTION
. . .
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January 16, 2008 01:11 PM EST --
I AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE
Current mood: artistic
Category: Life
"ALIVE"
Saturday 29 th , 2007
This morning, like any other in December, is cold and . . .
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January 16, 2008 06:30 PM EST --
Somewhere in time, there was a man educated the old fashion way. Yes, those days when and old person was treated with respect and dignity. Those days when to say hello to a lady with a smile . . .
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