Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - el ultimo poema de marionetas https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/ Information for visitors and locals about Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Troncones, Barra de Potosí and the surrounding region of the Costa Grande in Guerrero, Mexico en el ultimo poema de marionetas (reply) Muchas gracias amigo. It is the last of the 12 puppet sonnets. It took me a while to write them and I enjoyed doing so.

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171908 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171908 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:03:33 +0000 Oeste Hermoso el ultimo poema de marionetas (reply) Best one yet IMHO!

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171903 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171903 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 02:09:40 +0000 Lalo el ultimo poema de marionetas After observing the marionettes, researching their colours and some Mexican history I applied my imagination and turned the language into iambic pentameter and sonnet form. The theme for each sonnet was what would the puppet wish for if granted a wish. The third verse in each sonnet is inspired by the Blue Fairy’s words to Pinocchio:
“Be brave, be truthful and unselfish and you will be a real boy.” I enjoyed writing them; I hope you enjoyed reading them.

A clown with hair of bright blue hues
Bright blue pants and a bright red shirt
Sacrificial clown with the boo hoo blues
And wearing bright red shoes for blood and hurt
 
Hardly a muse, the clown is quite cursed
No mystery nor reason to wonder why
To inspire no one the strings reversed
Calliope is just a butterfly
 
Be charming
Be compelling
Be inspiring
And you will be a real Mexican Muse
 
The Spanish colonies lacked the Muses
Diego and Frieda needed no excuses

]]> https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171898 https://www.zihuatanejo.net/tablero/index.php?id=171898 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 23:38:50 +0000 Oeste Hermoso