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HOMECOMING by JULIA ALVAREZ

Poem Explanation

First Line: WHEN MY COUSIN CARMEN MARRIED, THE GUARDS
Last Line: MADE FROM THE CANE THEY HAD CUT IN THE FIELDS

Poem Sources:

FLORICANTO SI!:A COLLECTION OF LATINA POETRY.
  MILLIGAN, BRYCE, MILLIGAN, MARY GUERRERO, AND HOYOS, ANGELA DE (EDS.)
  (1998)
 
PAPER DANCE; 55 LATINO POETS. EDITED BY VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ, LEROY V. QUINTANA AND VIRGIL SUAREZ.
  CRUZ, VICTOR HERNANDEZ (ED.)
  (1995)
 
HOMECOMING; NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS.
  ALVAREZ, JULIA
  (1996)
 



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