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Free verse № 41315

Esperanza

Member since 2003 · Posted 23 Feb 2003 · 5 comments

What i remember most. Yellow Spiders. A Garden on Gods-Hill. She is a child and a poet and every girl before she grows up; Esperanza, Esperanza and detachment, Esperanza and the peach tree that droops its weight. The rocks she uncovers unearth the light and bury the dark, out come her little Yellow Spiders with all their wings clipped off. The crackle of the dead garden, the color, the spider wings, the weight she bears, she bears it in the garden on Gods-Hill.

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[10] Ray 24-Feb-03/9:49 AM Reply
Like it,Esperanza means Hope right? not sure just a guess
[n/a] Fear of Garbage › Ray 24-Feb-03/12:22 PM Reply
i don't know but this poem is actually based on the main
character of The House on Mango Street
[0] deleted user 24-Feb-03/1:14 PM Reply
you should fear that this is garbage
[n/a] Fear of Garbage › deleted user 24-Feb-03/3:59 PM Reply
thats funny.
lets see what kind of shit
you come up with when you post
your poetry,
you insipid, unoriginal waif.
you already make me want to take
a hot iron to my face.
[9] razorgrin › Fear of Garbage 25-Feb-03/1:50 PM Reply
I know the feeling. wonderful poem, though.