false 5932 65 <B>The Nobel Prize-winning poet's most popular work</B> <P> When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin's incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world. 2103337 1924 Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair: Dual Language Edition total:2818|5:1732|4:803|3:231|2:35|1:17| 2818 12652 3592 219 5 6 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 22 19:06:54 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 04:11:13 -0700 2008 feel their imagery as much as visualize it. Phrases such as "In the moist night my garment of kisses trembles..." A garment of kisses. How delightful! (I want o...more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 01:37:55 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 01:47:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sun Nov 25 11:00:04 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 12:01:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Mar 14 10:15:48 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 10:23:59 -0700 2008 Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
Write, for example, "The night is starry
and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance."
The night wind revolves in the sky and sings.
Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved her, and ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 13:22:43 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 15:12:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sun Jan 06 17:36:52 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 17:56:03 -0800 2008 y el infinto olvido te rizo como un a vasa.

Like a jar you housed the infinite tenderness.
and the infinite tenderness shattered you like a jar.

A breathtaking experience of literature. Image after crushing image. I return ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 15 09:50:32 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 10:53:58 -0700 2009
I'm Explaining a Few Things

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?
and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?
and the rain repeatedly spattering
its words and drilling them full
of apertures and birds?
I'll tell you a...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Sep 03 22:40:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 22:42:16 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sun May 03 10:44:28 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 10:50:05 -0700 2009 1 In my opinion is not the usual "love" poetry it's certainly going down the erotic road, but always in such a tasteful manner that it makes you...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 16:00:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 16:08:06 -0700 2009
"Body of a woman, white h...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 03 19:37:22 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 15:15:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 19:55:28 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 17:38:16 -0700 2008
I'm not very familiar with Neruda's work, so I don't have very much to compare this to; also, this isn't a dual-language translation (not that I know much Spanish, but I ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Mon Jul 30 20:22:27 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 08:31:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 20:23:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 20:39:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 17:57:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:01:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:03:12 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:14:18 -0800 2008 These were far more immediate and direct, feeling at times like cliche...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 07 15:17:48 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:12:09 -0800 2008 5+ 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jul 05 00:21:20 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 22:21:18 -0800 2008
This is my first exposure to Neruda, and he has mastered earthy erotica, delighting in both the e...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 18 10:56:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:58:52 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Thu Feb 26 03:01:36 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 03:09:24 -0800 2009
In general I'm not a big poetry reader because some are just too far-out for me to understand, but this is a lovely collection.

"You are like nobody since I love you."

-XIV Everyday You Play
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