Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

1924 • 60 pages

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First published in 1924, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada remains among Pablo Neruda’s most popular work. Daringly metaphorical and sensuous, this collection juxtaposes youthful passion with the desolation of grief. Drawn from the poet’s most intimate and personal associations, the poems combine eroticism and the natural world with the influence of expressionism and the genius of a master poet. This edition features the newly corrected original Spanish text, with masterly English translations by award-winning poet W. S. Merwin on facing pages.

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September 21, 2016

al quinto poema me dieron ganas de llorar. creo que empezé a llorar con el septímo. no me gustó tanto como la residencia en la tierra, pero los poemas no fueron tan dulces.

todo lo llenas tú, todo lo llenas.

June 29, 2024

Damn, son.

January 1, 2015

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