The Moon Is Here

Sun return
To your coastal abyss
The night is now of interest

The moon's arrived
With silver light and spells
For lovers eyes

poem by Robert Beckerman
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Ode to tradition

Leaps into the New World
Our steps are nothing special
Just an ode to tradition

The revolutionist are gone
Our campfire musketeers
Cigars, rum and love.

poem by Robert Beckerman
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For My Brother I Will Not Meet

For my brother I will not meet
End your curiosity if you can
Our worlds are great distances apart
Let us take refuge in our desolate sky

For my brother of La Isla Grande
Your struggles are mine and the sea
At which you swear with great contempt
Will one day carry me to you

My brother from the mountain
From the Guama River, del campo,
Man of hoyos and magotes, I love you
Like mothers love children,
But I spite you in my sleep

The idol and image is flawed
I will not love such a thing.
Thus my heart is reserved for the flesh and
For the sky that watches you, for the peace

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poem by Robert Beckerman
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