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My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not lyric.

Ernesto Cardenal

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Ernesto Cardenal
Age: 95 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 20
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
Catholic Priest
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