Julia de Burgos, a Cuban poet, was born on February 17, 1914, and died on July 6, 1953. Her poetry is renowned for its profound social criticism and heartfelt expression of the Cuban people.
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“I adored you without thinking of you physically. I kissed your smile and adored your illusions.”
Source: Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
“Beauty of blood. Innocent beauty flowering in my weeping.”
Source: Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
Source: Cartas a Consuelo
“Yo, múltiple, como en contradicción”
Source: Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
“You curl your hair and paint your face. Not I: I am curled by the wind, painted by the sun.”
