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Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva
Born 1886 in Barinitas, a small town at the foot of the Andes; moved to Caracas in 1948; died 1962. Books of poems published: El Cristal Nervioso, 1930; Voz Aislada, 1939; Poemas de una Pena, 1941; Mandato del Canto, 1946; Poemas Perseverantes, 1960. Antología Poética, 1976. |
DESTINY A somber impetus set my woods on fire. The wind met no one as it went. Birds with no nests cleft the sky. Restless and compliant, I remained in my voice.
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SUM OF THE LONELY VOICE In the wide, scented air my voice has gone alone. I made a hollow of my hands and flung my voice. In the blind and sunny landscape,
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