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Margarita Cardona

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Like one who plays chess

Like one who plays chess
Against a mirror
Thus I wanted to
Dance with the king that day.

© Translation: 2010, Laura Chalar

Like one who plays chess

Como el que juega ajedrez
Con un espejo
Así quise
Bailar ese día con el rey.

© 2007, Margarita Cardona
Publisher: Unpublished,

Margarita Cardona

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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Like one who plays chess

Like one who plays chess
Against a mirror
Thus I wanted to
Dance with the king that day.

© 2010, Laura Chalar

Like one who plays chess

Like one who plays chess
Against a mirror
Thus I wanted to
Dance with the king that day.

© 2010, Laura Chalar

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