El proposito de este articulo es analizar la relacion que Gioconda Belli establece con su cuerpo, y la percepcion que plasma de el en El ojo de la mujer (1992). Relacion que se expresa por medio de diferentes circunstancias que han rodeado su experiencia vital, como por ejemplo, el hecho de haber nacido biologicamente mujer en un mundo androcentrico, de haber establecido una relacion intrinseca con la poesia, y de volver su cuerpo un elemento poetico y transgresor de la condicion de genero. PALABRAS CLAVES Cuerpo femenino, genero, biologico, sexo, poesia. ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship Giaconda Belli establishes with her body, and its perception reflected in The Eye of a Woman (1992). Such relationship is expressed through the different circumstances the author has experienced in her personal life. Some examples of those experiences are: being born female in an andro-centric world; having established an intrinsic relationship with poetry, as well as having used her body as a poetic element and as a gender transgressor. KEY WORDS Female body, gender, biological, sex, poetry.