"the weeping woman,"1
beautiful young Native American girl,2
long dark hair, black eyes,3
handsome man came riding into town4
a rich one, she was poor, 5
they feel in love,6
she got pregnant! 7
They were twins,8
She thought the handsome man had left her, 9
she threw her children into the river out of madness,10
When the man came for her, 11
She realised it was pure evil gossip from town,12
He had gone for money to marry her!13
He asked her what have you done,14
When she realized what she had done she ran after children,15
The next day she was found dead on the river bank.16
They buried her!17
but that night they heard a shrieking cry of:18
"AIIIEEE mis hijos " 19
"Oh my children!" 20
she wanders the river at night looking for her children,21
Parents warned their children that 22
if they were out late at the river at night, 23
La Llorona might mistake them for her own children and take them.24
Author notes
La Llorona is a classic Southwestern folktale. She is called La Llorona, which translates in English to "the weeping woman," because of her cries at night, a tragic legend concerning a young woman and her child, there are a lot of vertions, some people say that is from spain, but this one am about to tell is in Guanajuato Mexico, I hope you enjoy it!
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Comments
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OH! I've heard that story! or at least, i've heard of La Llorona...a great poem. very wild and choppy, like the river. Great peice!
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Wow.. this was an awesome lil story that you've made into a poem. I've not heard of the story, until now, reading your poem and comment. I think you've done a great job with this write, and I really enjoyed reading it. I think it flowed well along with your free verse. Keep on writing!!
~Aimee
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I have heard of the story but she got married and had 3 children, the husband left her and she kill the children, the rest is the same, but the place was San Miguel de Allende near Guanajuato
, lovely story!, cool to remember!
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