Stanza & Story

Category: Hispanic

19th century, Alfonsia Storni, Hispanic, Latin America, Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 8, 2018

“I Am Going To Sleep” by ALFONSIA STORNI (1892 – 1938)

“…so you’ll forget . . . Thank you. Oh, one request: if he telephones again tell him not to keep trying for I have left . . . ”
20th century, Alfonsia Storni, Hispanic, Latin America, Poetry, Spanish, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 8, 2018

“They’ve Come” by ALFONSIA STORNI (1892 – 1938)

“My mother smiled as those who understand souls tend to do; She placed two hands on my shoulders. She’s staring at me . . .”