Introduction by Margaret RandallY Dios me hizo mujerAnd God Made Me WomanDimeTell MeMenstruaciónMenstruationMaternidadMaternityPartoBirth¿Qué sos Nicaragua?What Are You Nicaragua?MetamorfosisMetamorphosisVestidos de dinamitaDressed in DynamiteYo, la que te quiereI Am the Woman Who Loves YouRecorriéndoteExploring YouAl comandante MarcosTo Comandante MarcosPatria libre: 19 de julio de 1979Patria Libre: July 19, 1979Le sangre de otrosThe Blood of OthersSoñar para despertar soñandoTo Dream in Order to Wake Up DreamingAyúdame a creer que no seremos      los últimos pobladores de la tierraHelp Me Believe We Will Not Be      the Last People on EarthCanto de guerraWarsongPermanenciaPermanenceIn MemoriamIn MemoriamMayoMaySi yo no viveraIf I Didn't LivePequeñas lecciones de erotismo IBrief Lessons in Eroticism IPequeñas lecciones de erotismo IIBrief Lessons in Eroticism IINicaragua agua fuegoNicaragua Fire WaterAconteció en un viaje de domingo a la playaIt Happened on a Sunday Trip to the BeachLos portadores de sueñosThe Dream BearersNueva YorkNew YorkConjunciónConjunctionBiographical Notes

"" Her poems link feminist eroticism with social convictions..."" -- American Poetry Review |""Gioconda Belli is one of the most gifted writers to have come out of Central America in the last ten years. She possesses a wonderfully free and original talent."" --Harold Pinter|" . . . [this] bilingual collection of Gioconda Belli's poetry offers a woman's perspective of Nicaraguan life before, during, and after the Sandinista triumph."—Feminist Bookstore News