Septihambre by Nicole Cecilia Delgado - Poems | Academy of American Poets
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Between August and surf season / is dead time in Rincón. Most shops shut down.
Septihambre Add to anthology × Load audio player Nicole Cecilia Delgado translated from the Spanish by Carina del Valle Schorske Between August and surf season is dead time in Rincón. Most shops shut down. There’s a ban on catching grouper, crab, and conch. The fishermen spend Sundays singing karaoke salsa classics on the public beach, their voices trained by salt and resignation. The reef rests, regenerates. The seafloor is a neon feast. Elkhorn corals celebrate, turtles come close to shore. But the people suffer scarcity. Luckily, the fruit trees flourish. Locals trade bananas, breadfr
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