They came from far away
With galleons ships and weapons
But no one would ever know
All the people they would threaten.
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Dont say that you love me
If you know that i know it
Dont say that you love me
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Ever sense i was little i have wanted to be a poet i always enjoyed wrighting poems and stories as i got older me and my father would play a rhyming game before i went to bed and i loved it. I dont know where i got my genes for writing because my father was an engineer and my mother was an artist. Never the less i will always love reading writing and discussing peoms alone and with my friends.)
The Taino
They came from far away
With galleons ships and weapons
But no one would ever know
All the people they would threaten.
The men women and children
In their lively and bountiful land
Their food supply was so plenty
And their colors were so grand
The Taino were quite happy
But the Spanish soon arrived
And took away their joy
They felt so deprived
The Taino were enslaved
Mining for the gold
The Spanish treated them harshly
And their story was never told
Anacaona formed a meeting
With all the Taino chiefs
But the Spanish burned down the hut
Oh how they are life thieves
But their was one boy who did survive
And would never give up hope
His name was Enrique
He would only talk to the pope
He married a young woman
Native to the land
She was tall and she was beautiful
Oh how she was grand
Donna Lucia
Yes that was her name
She was raped by Valenzuela
Uh what a terrible shame
But who was Valenzuela
Do you really want to know
Enrique’s adoptive father
From quite some time ago
Valenzuela was a Spaniard
A cruel and terrible man
This is why the Spaniards said
He is such a powerful man
Bartolome de las casas
Protector of the Indians
About the Spanish he once said
They are prince henrys’ evil minions
He fought beside Enrique
And to the Spanish they did talk
Enrique said politely
I will never stop
It went on for fourteen years
Never giving up
Enrique stuck with it
He was on the side of luck
i want to find a poem about the tainos tools they need