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Poetry

Ars Poetica

By Roque Dalton
Translated from Spanish by Kelly Washbourne
August 25, 2007
El Salvador

Poetry
Forgive me for having helped you see
you are not made of words alone.

English

Poetry
Forgive me for having helped you see
you are not made of words alone.

Roque Dalton

The son of a member of the notorious Dalton gang,…

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