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Claribel Alegría

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides, who wrote as Claribel Alegría, was born in Esteli, Nicaragua on May 12, 1924, when the country was on the verge of civil war. Her father Daniel, a doctor, was openly critical of the United

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by Claribel Alegría (1924–2018)

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In the sixty-three years
I have lived
some instants are electric:
the happiness of my feet
jumping puddles
six hours in Machu Picchu
the buzzing of the telephone
while awaiting my mother’s death
the ten minutes it took

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Of which poet did Allen Tate write, in 1924, "That boy's a wonder -- has more sheer genius than any of us; watch him: his work from now on will have what none of us can achieve -- power."

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