Margarita Cardona

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CELEBRATION

Flowing foam
Came out of your garden
Crazed and planted
I licked and drank
That river of foam
Between two Christians
I celebrated that day on the tower.

CELEBRACIÓN

Espuma fluyente
Salía de tu jardín
Enloquecida y plantada
Lamía y bebía
Ese río de espuma
Entre dos cristianos
Celebraba ese día en la torre.

Margarita Cardona

(Colombia, 1949)

Margarita Cardona Villa was born in Medellín, Colombia, in August 1949. Her work has been published in cultural magazines in Colombia and abroad; her poems have appeared in a book which, in accordance with the advice of J. R. Jiménez, was “published with scissors”. Cita del Mediodía (Midday Rendezvous) (published by Endymion, 2005) collects the poetic work of 30 years’ constant labour, which re...

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CELEBRATION

Flowing foam
Came out of your garden
Crazed and planted
I licked and drank
That river of foam
Between two Christians
I celebrated that day on the tower.

CELEBRATION

Flowing foam
Came out of your garden
Crazed and planted
I licked and drank
That river of foam
Between two Christians
I celebrated that day on the tower.