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Julia de Burgos on Anniversary

1914–1953 Puerto Rico

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Oh love entertained in stars and doves,/how like a joyous spray you cross my soul!

Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)

The imperialism of the United States/has a wide grave:/there is your dead wife/there your little one/there your cow/there your mare/your field and your land.

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)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Julia de Burgos (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.