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Quotes from The Margarita Poems — Luz María Umpierre

born 1947 Puerto Rico

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This book is an answer to Cherrie Moraga's valiant Loving In The War Years.

The Margarita Poems (1987)

I don't write anything in life, be they poems or articles, out of wanting to impress people with "volume" but out of thought, perception and feeling.

The Margarita Poems (1987)

In summary, this is our collection. And to all who ruminate these pages: luz y mar.

The Margarita Poems (1987)

What I needed to verbalize is the fact that I am, among many other things, a Lesbian. Second, I wanted to communicate in some viable form with some One who came to represent all women to me.

The Margarita Poems (1987)

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