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Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
From the Introduction
One summery day in Puerto Rican East Harlem, I leaned on the sidewalk fence in front of the headquarters of the Association of Puerto Rican Postal Employees. The three story brick building on 109th Street near the corner of Lexington Avenue and its ample stoop were a favorite hang-out for our gang, the Senecas. Sometimes twelve or fifteen of us would s...more
One summery day in Puerto Rican East Harlem, I leaned on the sidewalk fence in front of the headquarters of the Association of Puerto Rican Postal Employees. The three story brick building on 109th Street near the corner of Lexington Avenue and its ample stoop were a favorite hang-out for our gang, the Senecas. Sometimes twelve or fifteen of us would s...more
Paperback, 524 pages
Published
November 1st 1995
by Curbstone Books
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May 22, 2009
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Its a collection of poems, so I've been reading them one at a time. My favorite is "To Julia de Burgos" in which the author splits herself into the intimate who writes and the social person who bears her name (don't we all have a little of that). I give you an excerpt:
You are the cold doll of social lies,
and me, the virile starburst of the human truth.
You, honey of courtesan hypocrisies; not me;
in all my poems I undress my heart.
You are like your world, selfish; not me
who gambles everything bett...more
You are the cold doll of social lies,
and me, the virile starburst of the human truth.
You, honey of courtesan hypocrisies; not me;
in all my poems I undress my heart.
You are like your world, selfish; not me
who gambles everything bett...more
I don't normally read poetry but Julia de Burgos words are quite powerful. I love that the Spanish and English translation are right next to each other. The intro is also great, offering up what is little known of this great Puerto Rican poet.
Feb 01, 2009
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i didn't actually read this whole book, (it's huge!!) but i skimmed through and read poems here and there. she's not my favorite style but i really respect her work and her history, which was politically feminist in puerto rico in her time.
Ahhh Julia!!! I wish that all my friends in the states could speak Spanish so I can share this poetry with them.
Julia siempre, siempre Julia...
Julia siempre, siempre Julia...
Silenciame...
Soy flauta de vida maltratada
y quiero ser silencio.
Amen. Julia gigante Puertorriquena .
Soy flauta de vida maltratada
y quiero ser silencio.
Amen. Julia gigante Puertorriquena .
A feminist before the term existed. Thoughtful translation of an unknown, but important, writer.
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MY #ONE FAVORITE POET!!! She is the best!
Collection of beautiful poems.
"To Julia de Burgos" is one of my favorite poems. Jack Agueros is also a good poet in his own right. He is working on a volume in translation of similar scope on Cuban poet Jose Marti's work with his daughter Natalia Agueros.
"I wanted to be like men wanted me to be:
an attempt at life:
a game of hide and seek with my being.
But I was made of nows." 1st stanza of I was my own route. Need I say more? Read it, read it, read it.
an attempt at life:
a game of hide and seek with my being.
But I was made of nows." 1st stanza of I was my own route. Need I say more? Read it, read it, read it.
Apr 09, 2008
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I love this book. I especially love the poem called I Was My Own Route. This as a wonderful, feminist tear-jerker poem for me. This book also provides the poems in the original Spanish.
Powerful, exiled Puerto Rican poet.
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Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) is considered by many as the greatest poet to have been born in Puerto Rico, and along with Gabriela Mistral, is considered as one of the greatest poets of Latin America. She was also an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico and an ardent civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.
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