Category Archives: Mistral Gabriela

Tiny Feet by Gabriela Mistral

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Russell Boyle

A child’s tiny feet, Blue, blue with cold, How can they see and not protect you? Oh, my God! Tiny wounded feet, Bruised all over by pebbles, Abused by snow and soil! Man, being blind, ignores that where you step, … Continue reading →

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To See Him Again by Gabriela Mistral

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Russell Boyle

Never, never again? Not on nights filled with quivering stars, or during dawn’s maiden brightness or afternoons of sacrifice? Or at the edge of a pale path that encircles the farmlands, or upon the rim of a trembling fountain, whitened … Continue reading →

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