There is however difference between the theology of liberation and traditional theology, the latter being based primarily On the Word of God made incarnate in the Holy Scripture Liberation theology is of course also inspired by the Word, but its representatives are convinced that God also speaks to us in everyday events and that, for example, information obtained through the mass media can be a special way in which God speaks to us.

Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking of me since before I was born, for all eternity.

Slogan-making is not poetry.

All human eyes have longing in them.

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

God may do something silly at any time, because, like any lover, God does not reason. God is drunk with love.

I myself have never called what I write anti-poetry. I also think that my poetry should not be only known as the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal but rather as Nicaraguan poetry.