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I have always thought that my poetry is a reflection of my life in all its many capacities.

— Luz María Umpierre

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I have also been called and labeled "crazy" for daring to break stereotypes and taboos-for questioning white women on their racism.

Manifesto: Whose Taboos? Theirs, Yours, or Ours? (1996)

I feel that self promotion of one's misfortunes for gain is highly deplorable and a treason to the self.

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)

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

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Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity...but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

Michael Faraday

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