Orgullo

This poem I wrote for my Creative Writing class is about people in America that celebrate their culture from other countries.  Specifically, Mexican-American.

Orgullo

She flips her long black pelo forward

and brushes it nice and suave.

Two studs and one hoop in each ear,

todos de oro, and gifts from her novio.

Un crucifijo hangs from her neck,

marking her a Católica.

Everything else about ella

screaming her Mexicana American

pride.

orgullo – pride

pelo – hair

suave – smooth

todos – all

de oro – gold

novio – boyfriend

un crucifijo – a crucifix

ella – her

Mexicana – Mexican girl