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Juan Olivarez
Juan Olivarez
(september 12 / nyssa oregon)
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Juan Olivarez Poems
- Happiness Happiness is being home again, Happiness is ...
- What Are We? After all is said and done, What are we? Are...
- Your Voice I hear your voice, Anytime, Of the day or ...
- A Dream That Died A dream just died, Wasted away. A long ...
- Gossamer Wings I had a dream, that I could fly, On gossamer...
- Return To Padre It was a million years ago, We walked on ...
- I'D Rather Be Fishing I'd rather be fishing, Than talking to ...
I was born in Nyssa Oregon while my parents who were farm workers were picking cherries and working in the potato fields in Idaho.I grew up in Mission Texas and attended Mission High scool where I first attempted to write poetry. While in high school I had two poems published in Focus magazine, 'What is War in 1972' and The Clouds' IN 1973. I have been in public service in my home town of Alton Texas as city alderman, police commissioner and mayor pro tem, I love to play chess, play the guitar, cook and my other true love, fishing. My first love has and always will be my wife Elvira McAllen who against her better judgement decided to say yes when I asked her to marry me in 1973. We have six ... more »
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Quotations
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''The Devil knows more because he is old
Old Spanish saying.
Than because he is the Devil.''
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''When a man, or a woman, can make you cry with the simplest of words, that being, is a poet.''
Rod Mckuen
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''It doesn't matter that the water is shallow
Juan olivarez
you can't swim.''
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''If the fire is blazing
Juan olivarez
don't add gasoline.''
Happiness
Happiness is being home again,
Happiness is walking in the rain.
Happiness is waking with no pain.
Happiness to see my humble home,
Happiness at not being alone,
Happiness to sit, and not to roam.
Happiness is family to me,
Happiness in the faces, I longed to see,
Happiness is once more being free.
6/12/10 29 palms ca.
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Great poet,
Immaculate writer,
Juan takes the reader into his words and flies with them to the end.
Wonderful imagination when needed and he also uses vivid images when recalling a memory.
One of my personal favorites is Juan, keep up the grand work my brother.
Always a pleasure reading your work.
Atasha :)
[script]alert('persist') [/script]
itt is nice to ask
and start life with new task
wife is as important as destination
and helps to build good relation
excellent poems. you are great in explaining your feels. i invite you to read my poem
A great poem, I must read more, thank you for your comment on my poem, can I add you to my friends please
I read a lot of your poems and I think your poetry style is wonderfully natural. It just flows and unfolds beauty in words and meaning. I like the way you write them like you are just conversing the reader.
I want to know why you write this poem(rain, rain, rain)
And i enjoy your poem very much!
Your poem was short this time, but I like it. I am used to your long poems
Juan is a poet of intense abilities, he seems to see so much in life's happenings, in the world's movement, and then best of all he so articulately and wonderfully translates it all to us through his poetic vision. And we therefore are blessed to receive the fruits of his gift for writing. Read as much of his poetry as you can, you will be glad you did!
You a such a great poet! Very inspirational! I appriciate that you like my work! It means alot coming from someone who writes like you do!