Julia de Burgos Quotes
1914–1953 Puerto Rico
Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet.
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53 quotes
Let's sing now because life is leaving
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
honor grew white hair/in the homicidal empire.
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
the truth breathed from the lung of the earth
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
you who feel the sobs of the homeland that breathes slavery
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Let no one profane my death with sobs
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
the word love/will rise from the earth/in an innocent volcano/that renews universes
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
all of me is loneliness/in a rebellious heart
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
your two hands no longer lift me/to gather the sky's harvest of stars
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Julia de Burgos (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.