Claudia Guerra Castillo

Claudia Guerra Castillo: (1981), is from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. She writes in Zapoteco. Among her books: Metaforas versos /Xhaba diidxa’. Thanks to Editorial Ojarasca for permission to translate into English and reprint this poem from the excellent anthology of poetry from Mexico’s indigenous languages, Insurreccion de las palabras by Hermann Bellingausen (Mexico City: Ojarasca, 2018).