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It affirms.
What affirmation makes it turn,
Become the language
Of a secret history?
The affirmation of the air.
Between Mexico and New York, 1960
Eunice Odio (1919-1974) is considered Costa Rica's leading poet
of the twentieth century. Her principal works include Los elementos
terretres and El tránsito de fuego. She was also the author of short
stories and cultural and political essays.
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Afirma.
¿Qué afirmación lo hace girar,
ser el lenguaje
de una historia secreta?
La afirmación del aire.
Keith Ekiss is the recipient of a 2004 Witter Bynner Translators
Residency from the Santa Fe Art Institute. His translations of Eunice
Odio have appeared in such journals as Modern Poetry in Translation
and Two Lines.
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