This poem comes from the book Latino Poetry: The Library of American Anthology by Rigoberto González (Ed.), p. 162
Danzón incloncluso para Noche e Isla
Autora: Excilia Sandaña
Dos patrias tengo yo: Cuba y la noche. José Martí
Para Fina y Cintio, cubanos.
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Excilia Saldaña (7 August 1946 – 20 July 1999) was an Afro-Cuban juvenile literature writer, poet and academic. In 1984, she won the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba Special Prize La Rosa Blanca given for the best children's literature of the year for the first time and repeated that award four other times in her career. Read more...