"tostones" poems
I am from VapoRub,
From Goya
And morisoñando.
I am from the traffic
And loud horns,
From the Caribbean heat,
And the city lights,
From the buildings
And the towers.
I am from the palm trees
And the coconut trees,
Dancing bachata
And merengue
In the beach,
From yaniqueque
Y plátano,
From tostones
And fish.
I am from Sunday gatherings
And loud family members,
From Jose, Maria, and Primos,
And the hardworking
Payamps clan.
I am from the
Madera’s baseball team,
From Canó, Sosa, y Ortiz,
From the long summer rides
To ***** Cana
And Samana’s beach.
From “work hard
Cause life is not easy”
And “family before friends.”
From Christianity
And Saturday morning sermons,
From God is good
And He brings joy.
I am from Santo Domingo
And Monción,
From Santiago
And Spanish ancestors,
From mangú con salami,
From rice and beans.
From the grandpa
Who owns the village
Surrounded by
Chickens, cows, and bulls,
From the business owner
And the well known uncles
In my hometown.
I am from the only flag
With a bible.
From the red, blue
And white.
From the most beautiful
Island in the Caribbean,
From Quisqueya y
Libertad.
I am from the
Dominican Republic,
The country that holds
The people I love and
Miss the most.
I am from the
Little Paris box
I keep next to my bed,
Filled with precious
Gifts and letters
That make me feel
A little closer
To them.
Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 11:54 AM UTC
Lunch time couldn’t come soon enough.
I had 15min to get to her place.
Two trains, SOHO to Williamsburg,
the city to Brooklyn.
Que locura!
She would wait for me in her aqua blue bathrobe,
the one with the holes in the back.
We were animals, racing to see who would *** first.
Afterwards I would quickly devour a plate of cold tostones and scrambled eggs.
My trip back to work was full of paranoia.
Felt like all eyes were on me
and that I had poured on a bottle of *** scented cologne.
Que locura!
Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012 at 10:30 AM UTC
Un columpio
de mi patio hasta San Juan,
para que, cada que quieras,
puedas ir a visitar:
la brisa del mar,
el café de abuela.
Tus greñitas llenas de arena y de sal,
unos tostones,
un sándwich con pan sobao,
un café Yauco…
un mofongo los gorditos.
Una llamada cada semana
que se vuelva presencial en Caguas,
un vuelo directo, sin escala,
y quedarnos meses aquí,
con una serenata de coquís.
Una máquina del tiempo —
para salvar a aquel niño,
unos tostones de pana,
unlimited bacalaito.\
Una isla independiente,
un gobierno incorruptible,
una casa con cimientos fuertes,
una luna de ámbar que nos alumbre.
Dos tripletas,
tres cocas de dieta,
cinco dulces de guayaba,
y una piña colada…
Un columpio gigante que te lleve
de nuestro patio a San Juan…
Jun 11, 2025
Jun 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM UTC