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Maya Poems of Isla Mujeres

May 24, 2024

BEWARE a feared woman with good reason Ixtabay sits by the sea awaiting tanned fishermen, spanish sailors or bearded pirates men always men enter her web and disappear into their own excesses don’t blame Ixtabay blame yourself

Maya Poems of Isla Mujeres

May 23, 2024

MOMENTS our picture now graces the wall at abuelos the young woman server at the small family restaurant asked if she could snap our image you’re a beautiful couple, she said i ordered a large margarita with salt and lime stephanie asked for the cabernet a whole bottle so I could carry what she didn’t […]

Maya Poems of Isla Mujeres

May 22, 2024

THIRD EYE an afternoon siesta in the sun seems like a lousy idea too hot to sleep beneath beach umbrellas anchored in the sand who dares doze on plush cushions stretched across seaweed free playa norte? who orders orange neon drinks swimming in cracked ice delivered by young barefoot women wearing thin black ankle-length sundresses? […]

Maya Poems of Isla Mujeres

May 21, 2024

IGUANA empty in peach sun above the beach morning drinks at the guru beach club for world travelers rich enough to afford luxury our terrace awakes to mango pudding heat and hummus humidity soaking rich and poor in mexican majesty or yucatán misery swimming with the lizards isn’t for everybody survival depends on the lizard

Maya Poems of Isla Mujeres

May 20, 2024

TURTLES you couldn’t see them at first but they were out there bobbing helmeted heads riding the tide ancient surfers from faraway lands a thousand miles away swimming toward edgy earth to accept Ixchel’s help in choosing a mate connecting in cosmic unity giving birth to new life that awakened in sifting sand before crawling […]

The Outlaw Steve Corbett ink splotch