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Thursday, July 16, 2009



Haiku Quisqueya (poems for the Dominican Republic)

santo domingo
malecon wall braces me
sea brings next june storm


malecon driftwood-
sodden texture, rounded shape-
summer souvenir


from central highway
road to moca beckons us
as at home, we pass


mangos, papayas
slipp'ry as fish in a net
sweet fresh taste of life


dominican rain
makes spirit melancholy
may storms never left


can't dance merengue,
my feet shuffle awkwardly-
her forgiving smile


ubas de playa
out of favor these days, but,
eaten before ripe


off the malecon,
sea crashes on black coral-
dark tales on june morn


oldest in new world,
mossy university-
autonomous, bleak


street of ancient brick
called calle de las damas
street of the women


this plaza's dances
that evil bronze conqueror
has seen every one



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