I don't understand how equality can be dangerous. How could it make someone...anyone...angry? (p62) - Marjorie Agosín

Maybe once you are an exile, you always are an exile. Always missing somewhere else, always carrying a bit from here and a bit from there and always with a bit of a broken heart. (p280)

Poetry has the ability to explore subjects that are often too difficult to simply talk about — for example, torture, violence, and especially gender violence. Poetry is intimate and searches for the essential in the human condition, so topics that have to do with human rights are central for poetry. Poetry is also an art form that searches for truth and justice. (2015)

The blue cloud finally opens-just when the bell rings to let the Juana Ross School out for the weekend. (first sentence)