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The AtHome Pilgrim

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AtHomePilgrim

Location: Philly area, Pennsylvania, USA

Company: Searchers

Bio: "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita," I find myself still asking some of the same questions I did when I was just a punk kid. The Big Things confuse me. Fortunately, though, many little things delight and amuse me, and some Big Things--my wife, our kids, our bird and bunny visitors, food, baseball--make me very, very happy. In my pilgrimage, I try to be guided by the wisdom of dear old Auntie Mame: "Life is a banquet!"

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OCTOBER 10, 2009 9:53AM

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Like Spanglish,

we unite different bloods, different visions,

different planets?

Like Spanglish,

we adapt, one to the other, yoking yolk and white,

a tasty tortilla.

Like Spanglish,

we amalgamate, we mate, we create new structures,

fulanos that teach.

Like Spanglish,

we busc together, searching for answers, knowing

we found at least one.

Like Spanglish,

no bulchiteate, corazón, we swing together

and stroke a honrón.

Like Spanglish,

we speak as one; though tracing different paths, we utter

joint oraciones.

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beautiful......
Rated.

Unbreakable

October 10, 2009 12:25 PM

Very sweet and romantic; beautiful.
Kisses,
Marcela

Marcela in English

October 10, 2009 12:59 PM

Beatuiful and so very true!

David McClain

October 10, 2009 01:13 PM

Unbreakable: Welcome, and thank you!

Marcela: Besitos y abrazos a usted.

Torman: Thank you, also!

AtHomePilgrim

October 10, 2009 02:37 PM

Great stuff. I can't write poetry in one language let alone two. You convey some beautiful thoughts.

Geraint Isitt

October 10, 2009 03:13 PM

Thank you, Pen. This one called for blended language.

AtHomePilgrim

October 10, 2009 04:00 PM

Just lovely...I've not written in Spanglish or Spanish for a very long time. It is nice to be reminded how nice it sounds. Every read Neruda in Spanish? Robert Bly got me hooked with his (Bly's) English translations but there is nothing like the Spanish of it.

Patie

October 10, 2009 04:36 PM

awwwwwwwwwwww

You're such a romantic!

wakingupslowly

October 10, 2009 08:03 PM

Patie: Yes, I've read Neruda, though 'twas a long, long time ago. I love the sounds of Spanish verse.

waking: shucks, that's why they call it a Romance language, isn't it?

AtHomePilgrim

October 11, 2009 08:12 AM

Verdad y muy bonita.

cartouche

October 11, 2009 09:53 AM

Gracias, cartouche!

AtHomePilgrim

October 11, 2009 10:14 AM

Love this - I can totally hear it!

Owl_Says_Who

October 11, 2009 10:54 PM

Escucha bien, Owl!

AtHomePilgrim

October 12, 2009 09:00 AM

I love this poem. I adore mixed language poetry, song, and film. This is truly beautiful. Thank you!

Gwendolyn Glover

October 12, 2009 02:07 PM

Thank you so much, Gwendolyn. I guess it's the verbal equivalent of mixed media!

AtHomePilgrim

October 12, 2009 02:10 PM

Superbly done, Pilgrim.

"yoking yolk and white" great play on words.

john walker

October 12, 2009 02:23 PM

Yes ~ All the sounds of the moment of mezcla are so satisfying...the bat and the ball, the glove and the ball, the spikes and the dirt, the foot and the base, the wisp of heat as the seams cross skin on their way toward glory or not...and then the words themselves, with hearts and histories and harmonia within them. Bien chevere, AHP!