Antología de Poesía Latinoamericana

Cobra sentido al pasar el día. .........................como brisa ................................un sueño incomprensible ......................................cobra sentido

The highlands of Chiapas are smoldering with death. In the winter of 1997, paramilitary agents ambushed and killed many Mayan villagers in Acteal, Chiapas. Gifted writer Juan Felipe Herrera has composed a stirring poem sequence--published in a bilingual format--written in response and homage to those who died, as well as to all those who call for peace and justice in the Mexican highlands and throughout the Americas. Thunderweavers is a story of violent displacements in the lives of the most impoverished residents of southern Mexico, the Tzotzil Tzeltal campesinos. It deals with the...

Antonio Machado (1875–1939) is Spain’s master poet, the explorer of dream and landscape, and of consciousness below language. Widely regarded as the greatest twentieth century poet who wrote in Spanish, Machado—like his contemporary Rilke—is intensely introspective and meditative. In this collection, the unparalleled translator Willis Barnstone, returns to the poet with whom he first started his distinguished career, offering a new bilingual edition which provides a sweeping assessment of Machado’s work. In addition, Border of a Dream includes a reminiscence by Nobel Laureate Juan...

¿Qué hace un jovencito universitario en un conservador país latinoamericano cuando no puede profesar abiertamente sus sentimientos a la chica de quien se ha enamorado? El joven ingenia convertirlos en letras y así logra expresarlos artificiosamente a su amada tarde tras tarde sin que nadie, ni la musa misma, se entere del verdadero destinatario. Con el tiempo, en su cuaderno los apuntes van creciendo -como el amor mismo- y la relación se fortalece. El primer grupo de 50 apuntes que dedica a su musa lo titula EX CORDE: Ideas y poemas, pero al ser insuficiente idea completar "100 sueños"...