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Margarita Cardona

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TROUPIAL

He was such a bad poet
That he did not know
That the troupial bird lifts
Its beak to sing
That the wind is not
Outside only
That words are
Waiting to
Be put before everything.

TURPIAL

Era tan mal poeta
Que no sabía
Que el turpial alzaba
Su pico para cantar
Que el viento no está
Solamente afuera
Que las palabras están
Esperando
Ser puestas antes que nada.

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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TROUPIAL

He was such a bad poet
That he did not know
That the troupial bird lifts
Its beak to sing
That the wind is not
Outside only
That words are
Waiting to
Be put before everything.

TROUPIAL

He was such a bad poet
That he did not know
That the troupial bird lifts
Its beak to sing
That the wind is not
Outside only
That words are
Waiting to
Be put before everything.