Here we go again! Check out some of our favorite #ThatsSoMiami poems from the last couple of days. Like what you see? Check out our Tumblr page, where we collect your submissions and post them for your viewing (laugh out loud) pleasure. Click here to make your submission.
(Maryan Firpo)
Here’s the thing about Miami—
There’s an ancient monastery
next to a state park next to a nude beach
With a rehab center a little ways west
and a bunch of shopping centers nearby
All surrounding a college campus. That’s So Miami.
(Rosabel Peralta)
I thought I could be on time
for my best friend’s wedding,
but there was a huge accident just in front of me.
That’s so Miami.
(Miriam Rosen)
At La Carreta I order the Miami Sandwich—
En espanol…I say,
“Miami Sandwich, por favor…”
And then I wish I COULD
Say so much more:
…”And the little foaming coffee
In the dollhouse cup…”
…”And the little custard
In the pleated silver bowl…”
…”And the Cuban bread—
Sliced, buttered, toasted, pressed…”
Dios mio! THAT’s the stuff
I love the best!
What’s even worse—
I don’t know the names of these desserts…
Strange, because I dream in Spanish,
Then, I awake, La Gringa still…
And speak it only
At La Carreta,
And, even then,
Only in spurts!
That’s so Miami!
(Patricia Calderon, Cutler Bay)
Oh! when you wake up to the sound of singing birds
Driving on the path of Old Cutler Road
Watching the magnificent Banyan trees, waving at your sight
Thinking that once Buddha was enlightened under their shade.
That’s so Miami.
Oh! When you smell the ocean and watch the blue water, calm; soft white sand.
That’s so Miami
Oh! When you see the colors of the sunset changing reds, pinks with light blue colors, each one never the same
That’s so Miami…
Oh! When you open your windows and breathe the fresh air,
you think, no matter what goes on in your life, there is no room to be depressed.
(Nerry Louis, Hollywood, FL)
Beautiful people of all
Shades and hue
Griot, tostones, jerk chicken
White sands and ocean blue
Que bola? Sak pase? and ya mon:
People of various tongues,
Flags of different nationalities
Fly free,
Where is this place?
That’s so Miami.
(Marcus Mills)
One second you’re fabulous,
next second you’re in the hood.
That’s so Miami.
(Jack Superson)
Where would we be without you Fidel?
That’s so Miami