A Draft of Shadows, and Other Poems
by Octavio Paz
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Read in November, 2002
Octavio Paz, A Draft of Shadows (New Directions, 1979)
I am kicking myself for having had this book in my collection for long enough that I don't remember buying it and not getting around to it until now. Paz is the most exciting poet I've run across since discovering the work of Ira Sadoff five years ago. His work, more than capably translated here by Eliot Weinberger (with a few translations from others thrown in for good measure), is a perfect blend of the art and craft of poetry. It is also...more
I am kicking myself for having had this book in my collection for long enough that I don't remember buying it and not getting around to it until now. Paz is the most exciting poet I've run across since discovering the work of Ira Sadoff five years ago. His work, more than capably translated here by Eliot Weinberger (with a few translations from others thrown in for good measure), is a perfect blend of the art and craft of poetry. It is also...more
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Brilliant. The title poem of this volume just blew me away. Everything else wasn't too shabby either. I'll describe his style as exquisitely sparse, almost simple. He mixes themes of politics, love, nostalgia, regret, science, philosophy - into a zen view of his world that is both breathtaking and profound. Each line touches the soul. Highly, highly recommended. Now, onto Neruda!
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My most intense reading of Paz was done at the same time as that of Garcia Lorca. They aren´t the same at all, but something in the lines of their poems creates similarities that link them together in my mind. Beautiful lines, full of interpretation and various shades. One of my favorites.
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Contains my favorite poem of all time, "Con los Ojos Cerradaos." Probably that which influences my song writing the most: What would Octavio Paz do?
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Read in August, 2001
When a poet takes form and makes it stand up and sparkle you pay attention. Never mentioned as a great poet, his surreal nature is astounding
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Read in January, 1983
what can you say? one of the best writers, poets, thinkers of all time.
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Read in August, 2007
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i read poems from this almost every day.
poetry. that is a rare thing.
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avg rating (all editions): 4.41 (27 ratings) number of reviews: 7popular shelves
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"Mineral cactai,
quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls,
the bird that punctures space,
thirst, tedium, clouds of dust,
impalpable epiphanies of wind.
The pines taught me to talk to myself.
In that garden I learnedto send myself off.
Later there were no gardens. "
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