Julia de Burgos by Jane Altman https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745 Jane & Josie en-us 2022-04-07 18:45:15 UTC 2025-10-20 01:31:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Poem 1: To Julia de Burgos janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150808082 Jane A.

Already the people murmur that I am your enemy
because they say that in verse I give the world your me.

They lie, Julia de Burgos. They lie, Julia de Burgos.
Who rises in my verses is not your voice. It is my voice
because you are the dressing and the essence is me;
and the most profound abyss is spread between us.

You are the cold doll of social lies,
and me, the virile starburst of the human truth.

You, honey of courtesan hypocrisies; not me;
in all my poems I undress my heart.

You are like your world, selfish; not me
who gambles everything betting on what I am.

You are only the ponderous lady very lady;
not me; I am life, strength, woman.

You belong to your husband, your master; not me;
I belong to nobody, or all, because to all, to all
I give myself in my clean feeling and in my thought.

You curl your hair and paint yourself; not me;
the wind curls my hair, the sun paints me.

You are a housewife, resigned, submissive,
tied to the prejudices of men; not me;
unbridled, I am a runaway Rocinante
snorting horizons of God's justice.

You in yourself have no say; everyone governs you;
your husband, your parents, your family,
the priest, the dressmaker, the theatre, the dance hall,
the auto, the fine furnishings, the feast, champagne,
heaven and hell, and the social, "what will they say."

Not in me, in me only my heart governs,
only my thought; who governs in me is me.
You, flower of aristocracy; and me, flower of the people.
You in you have everything and you owe it to everyone,
while me, my nothing I owe to nobody.

You nailed to the static ancestral dividend,
and me, a one in the numerical social divider,
we are the duel to death who fatally approaches.

When the multitudes run rioting
leaving behind ashes of burned injustices,
and with the torch of the seven virtues,
the multitudes run after the seven sins,
against you and against everything unjust and inhuman,
I will be in their midst with the torch in my hand.
(De Burgos [Page 2-5])

]]> 2022-04-20 18:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150808082 Sparkling Quote: Jane janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150814577 "De Burgos was ever searching for a language of the beyond, a wording beyond language itself." - Edward Hirsch ]]> 2022-04-20 18:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150814577 janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150822667 Image Source:
Sonoma State University]]> 2022-04-20 18:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2150822667 Suggested Poems janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2152672101 To read more of Julia de Burgos's poems, here are some of our other favorites:
1. I was my Own Route
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3. Bitter Song]]> 2022-04-21 20:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2152672101 janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2152673806 Image Source:
Wikimedia Commons ]]> 2022-04-21 20:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2152673806 Poem 2: Puerto Rico is In you josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153694895 Josie Garrison

Puerto Rico depends on your life and name, 
resting on you are millions of hopes 
to be resurrected in what was stolen from us 
and to renew the worth of your Nations honor. 

The voice of independence that we follow with you
-- those who alive with honor refuse the alms of a Puerto Rico " associated and ridiculous state" -- will thunder in the winds with the starred nation, starred with love, smiles and affection
with a single happy star, unaccompanied.

Take this message, Puerto Rican and mine:
your free brothers in New York are with you
and follow your lead by the light of one star 
Gilberto Conception de Gracia, of grace of combat. 
]]> 2022-04-22 14:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153694895 Sparkling Quote: Josie josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153699281  “De Burgos was an ambitious and brilliant woman who worked diligently on two fronts—to establish herself as a writer of international acclaim and to eradicate injustice. Her feminist politics and her Afro-Caribbean ideas allow us to read her as a precursor to contemporary U.S. Latina/o writers.”    ]]> 2022-04-22 14:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153699281 josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153710169 2022-04-22 14:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153710169 Photo josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153733811 2022-04-22 15:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153733811 Biographical Timeline janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153802010 2022-04-22 15:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153802010 Literary Advances janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153819372 From her early childhood, Julia de Burgos has gone through a tough time in growing up. Through her poems, she exhibits how those experiences has molded her into a fantastic writer, establishing her beliefs in femininity and equality. Her first published writing was "Poems in Five Furrows" which focused on concerns with nationalism, feminism, and racial discrimination (Redmond). Her most popular collection of poems was "Song of Simple Truth" which evokes themes of eroticism and love from a female perspective (Redmond). Through these poems, she has established how she is unique and should be accepted the way she is. From this collection of poems, she won first prize of poem from the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature (Redmond). Even today, her works are powerful and motivating for young women struggling with sexism. Because of her struggles in growing up, she strived to gain representation to prevent generations in Puerto Rico to go through the same experiences. ]]> 2022-04-22 16:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153819372 Image janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153825050 Image Source:
Geology.com]]> 2022-04-22 16:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153825050 Poetry Explication: Jane A janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153828415 2022-04-22 16:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153828415 Claim: Jane A. janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153834237  Through "To Julia de Burgos", the poem makes light on the stereotypes of women. It proves universally that women are held up to unrealistic standards that Julia compares to her true self. She states she is proud and different than what people wish her to be which speaks strongly towards many generations.

]]> 2022-04-22 16:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2153834237 Claim : Josie josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2155894381 Using "Puerto Rico is In You", Julia de Burgos is able to relay her strong Puerto Rican heritage and roots to the reader. Her poem is unique to herself because it is written from her perspective as someone who grew up patriotic. She sends a message to the reader and references important people who have come before her.]]> 2022-04-25 04:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2155894381 Work Cited janealtman24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2156566757 2022-04-25 13:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2156566757 Poetry Explication: Josie josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2157078247 2022-04-25 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2157078247 Sources: Josie josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2157746470 2022-04-26 03:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2157746470 josie_garrison_24 https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2158466248 2022-04-26 13:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/janealtman24/ivje596vlrf8o745/wish/2158466248