Two Ways of Looking at a Plague…

Ernesto Cardenal, Zero Hour And Other Documentary Poems New Directions, 1980 Dear Chase & Liz, The Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal died on March 1. I’m going back over his works this spring under quarantine. I…

Nicaraguan Slogans from Yesteryear

“Che lives in our consciences” “Long live Father Camilo Torres” “Free Homeland or Death” “Sandino means liberty forever” –from Marc Zimmerman et al., Nicaragua in Revolution: The Poets Speak  

July 19

“By Final Judgment of the world you should understand The destruction of injustice on earth And the reign of the Spirit of Light and Truth, that’s to say Love.” – Augusto Cesar Sandino (via Ernesto…