Juan Pablo Jalisco's World of Poetry
Winner: The Preditors & Editors Best Poet of 2008 Award
Nochipa Massalenia Pablio
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I'm a teacher, poet, novelist and artist living in the Appalachian Foothills. While I'm not using my real name on this site, I am using my family's ancestral name in honor of my great-great-grandfather. I have always been interested in Meso-American poetry and culture. |
Of Aztecs and Conquistadors
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Aztec Poems
I have no joy, I have no gladness,
The earth does not fill me.
I have suffered sorrows in the world.
The earth has only been lent to us,
Tomorrow, or the day after
The giver of life will beckon us to his home.
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Is it true that we have come to live upon the earth?
Are we to live on earth forever?
Only a fleeting moment here!
Even the precious stones crumble,
Even gold cracks and breaks.
Even the shining feathers are torn.
Are we to live on earth forever?
Only a fleeting moment here!
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Have you grown weary of your servants?
Are you angry with your servants?
O Giver of life?
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