Guest Poet: Claribel Alegría

This is a translation of Alegría's poem, the original written in Spanish. 

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (born May 12, 1924) is a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who is a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She writes under the pseudonym Claribel Alegría. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Searching For You

I went out searching for you

crossing valleys 

and mountains

ploughing distant seas

asking of the clouds

and the wind of your whereabouts

it was all useless

useless

you were within me