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Regret is an uneven hand,
a rough palm at the cheek — tender
and calloused.


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A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol.

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Every day I am deluged with reminders
that this is not
my land
and this is my land.
I do not believe in the war between races
but in this country
there is war.


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Lorna Dee Cervantes

Lorna Dee Cervantes

Born: August 6, 1954 (age 70)
Bio: Lorna Dee Cervantes is an award-winning Chicana, of Mexican and Native American, ancestry. She is a feminist, activist poet who is considered one of the major Chicana poets of the past 40 years.
Known for:
  1. Emplumada (1981)
  2. Drive: The First Quartet (2005)
  3. From the cables of genocide (1991)
  4. Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems (2011)
  5. Sueno (2013)

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