1970年，貝莉喺尼加拉瓜報紙《La Prensa》嘅文學副刊上面發表咗佢嘅第一首詩。1972年，佢攞咗尼加拉瓜國立自治大學頒發嘅Mariano Fiallos Gil詩歌獎。
In 1970, Bailey published his first poem in the literary supplement of the Nicaragua newspaper La Prensa. In 1972, he received the Mariano Fiallos Gil Poetry Prize from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.