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Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr. is a composer, orchestrator, and trumpeter based out of Los Angeles, California. Being of Latin American decent, Luis is determined to use his Hispanic Heritage as an instrument to advocate for increased diversity and inclusion in the arts.

  July 2020     3 years ago

Submitted Poems 12 total

El Parral

Son las tres de la mañana
y la banda sigue tocando-
con todos felices,
las mujeres bailando-
ni siquiera se dan cuenta
que están castigados.
Pero siempre hay un curioso
que encuentra la escalera,
y poco va realizando
que los pisos van pa' abajo.
Un...

– by Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr.

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I Know You

Deciduous like a buckeye-
time has only shown,
what your true colors are.
Moonlight has a way
of turning night to day,
gifting me the sight of real you.
Lies by omission
should have been a red flag-
Steadfast hearts,
turn the other cheek.
Promises...

– by Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr.

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Feathers

To a cardinal high,
all things are possible-
Jeez, what a view
on the farm down below.
Blue like the sky
on that warm summer day,
three birds sat alone on a tree.
I don’t have birds like this
in the city where I live,
so we took some feathers-
and...

– by Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr.

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When My Time Comes

Oh how I love
my California coast-
my people and their stories
who helped me find a voice-
to well lit city streets
full of art and ecstasy,
how easy to get lost within a crowd.
But just under the music-
when gears no longer turn,
trust me when I...

– by Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr.

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Wells Road

This place was a joy
to a drunken old man-
rainy June day,
stuck in the mud,
memories made-
right on this bench.
A field full of love
where we would escape,
dancing out in the open
to no music at all,
our bodies were one
and our hearts were...

– by Luis Enrique Jimenez Jr.

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