“The Red Rooster” by Julia Wong Kcomt

“The Red Rooster” is a translation of “El gallo rojo,” a poem by Chinese Peruvian writer Julia Wong Kcomt from the collection Bi-rey-nato, which was published as a bilingual chapbook titled Vice-royal-ties in Ugly Duckling Presse’s Señal Latin American poetry series. This poem was published online on lyrikline. Translated from Spanish. Published bilingually. An earlier version of this translation is available at Words Without Borders.

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