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Aleida Rodríguez

Poetry

Winter 1994

Landscape

By Aleida Rodríguez

At home it is a Dutch landscape: The houses terraced on the hills are bathed in golden light as though viewed through aged varnish. They are nestled into the soft, […]

Poetry

Winter 1994

History

By Aleida Rodríguez

In art, politics, school, church, business, love or marriage– in a piece of work or in a career–strongly spent is synonymous with kept. ROBERT FROST She taught me the names […]