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A Poem A Day by Romilly Wilde

366 poems day-by-day for a leap year

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      “Final Departure” by Jorge Carrera Andrade, Ecuador (1903-1978)

      May 31, 2026

      I leave with pockets full of rivers,

      with the scent of mountains

      folded in my shirt.

      Exile, forgive me —

      I will never stop carrying home.

      From A Poem A Day: Latin America

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