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1	Twenty Love Poems & a Song of Despair more books like this by Pablo Neruda Unequalled in their grace, earthiness, and expression of sensual longing, the love poems of Pablo Neruda are perhaps the most lyrically written and widely read of this century. A perennial best-seller since it was published in Chile nearly 70years ago, "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" is now offered for the first time in a beautiful gift ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
2	100 Love Sonnets more books like this by Pablo Neruda Against the backdrop of Isla Negra - the sea and wind, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wild flowers, the hot sun and salty smells of the Pacific - Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda sets these joyfully sensual poems in celebration of his love. The subject of that love: Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, the poet's 'beloved wife'. As popular in the ... see all copies from £6.39! new only from £11.20! \| first editions
3	Selected Poems more books like this by Pablo Neruda Neruda's poetry, at its best, passionately evokes the Chilean natural world and his place in it as a tough, exuberant, amorous quasi-outlaw, "the enemy of laws, leaders, and established institutions." see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.07! \| first editions
4	Odes to Common Things more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Ferris Cook (Illustrator), Kenneth Krabbenhoft (Translator) Pinpointing the virtues of such items as soap and a tomato, this selection fr the Nobel Prizes-winning poet contains twenty-five of his odes, each accompanied by an English translation and two pencil drawings. see all copies from £8.21! new only from £11.61! \| first editions
5	Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses more books like this by Jose Marti, Manuel A Tellechea (Translator) "Versos Sencillos/Simple Verses" is the first translation edition of Cuban master Jose Marti's classic book of poems. The 19th-century literary great and philosopher was one of the most influential literary figures across the expanse of the Americas, and these poems were written during his years of exile and revolutionary plotting in the United ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.79! \| first editions
6	Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings more books like this by Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, Juana, Juana Ines de La Cruz Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote her most famous prose work, La Respuesta a Sor Filotea, in 1691 in response to her bishop's injunction against her intellectual pursuits. A passionate and subversive defense of the rights of women to study, to teach, and to write, it predates by almost a century and a half serious writings on any ... see all copies from £4.39! new only from £9.19! \| first editions
7	Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Robert W Bly (Editor), James Arlington Wright (Translator) 'Robert Bly is a vital link between poetry and the brass tacks of living, a very suitable editor for Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo.... His selection of poems shows his creative instinct. He is the best of three translators represented, though all are good. His interview with Neruda shows two poets bringing out the best in each other....' Kansas ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £11.81! \| first editions
8	Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada more books like this by Pablo Neruda A perennial bestseller since it was published in Chile nearly 70 years ago caused something of a scandal because of its frank and intense sexuality. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.77! \| first editions
9	Canto general more books like this by Pablo Neruda The "Canto General," thought by many of Neruda's most prominent critics to be the poet's masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £12.26! \| first editions
10	Selected Odes of Pablo Neruda more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator) Offers a selection of the poems Neruda wrote about everday objects, combining Marxist principles with innovative poetic techniques, in the original Spanish with parallel English translations. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £12.36! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Book of Questions more books like this by Pablo Neruda In this posthumously published book, Neruda poses 316 intriguing questions in the form of lyrical, visionary poems--questions to which he fails to provide answers. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.49!
12 view cover	The Heights of Macchu Picchu: A Bilingual Edition more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Nathaniel Tarn (Translator), Robert Pring-Mill (Preface by) "The Heights of Macchu Picchu" is the finest and most famous of Neruda's longer poems and provides the key to his earlier work. It was inspired by his journey to Macchu Picchu, the Peruvian Inca city high in the Andes. Neruda's journey takes on all the symbolic qualities of a personal "venture into the interior" as the poem progresses, exploring ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.81! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Poetry of Pablo Neruda more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Ilan Stavans (Editor) A comprehensive edition of Neruda's work, translated into English by a variety of writers. see all copies from £11.09! new only from £12.32! \| first editions
14 view cover	Love more books like this by Pablo Neruda The 10 love poems collected here were each intoned in the movie THE POSTMAN. "Ode To The Sea" and "Ode To A Beautiful Nude" are here, among eight others. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.64! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987 more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Editor), Elizabeth Bishop (Translator) A massive bilingual volume representing the complete poems of Mexico's leading poet. It also includes a useful appendix of notes by Paz himself. The translations have been done by a variety of well-known poets and other writers, including Elizabeth Bishop, Mark Strand, Denise Levertov, John Frederick Nims, and Eliot Weinberger. see all copies from £10.92! new only from £15.82! \| first editions
16 view cover	Selected Poems more books like this by Claude McKay New compilation of verse by an important Jamaican-American poet. Dialect verse, standard English poems from "Harlem Shadows," uncollected works, more. Edited and with an introduction by Joan R. Sherman. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
17 view cover	Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Stephen Mitchell (Translator) Praise for Stephen Mitchell's translation of Rilke: ""Perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has produced."" -- Chicago Tribune ""This is, without any doubt, the best English rendering of Rilke. It is as faithful to the original as the translation of poetry can hope to be, faithful not only to its linguistic ... see all copies from £8.02! new only from £8.02! \| first editions
18 view cover	Residence on Earth (Residencia En La Tierra) more books like this by Pablo Neruda This three-volume cycle of poems established Neruda as a leading figure in 20th-century poetry. see all copies from £5.46! first editions
19 view cover	The Bounty more books like this by Derek Walcott A collection of verse, including a long sequence in memory of the poet's mother and a series dedicated to the poet Joseph Brodsky. Although many of the poems chronicle Walcott's visits to Europe, his native island of St Lucia is of central importance to the collection. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Odes to opposites more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Ferris Cook (Illustrator), Kenneth Krabbenhoft (Translator) These humorous odes, written in short, brisk lines, address the banal and the everyday: tomatoes, artichokes, wrist watches, watermelons, salt, socks, wood. The odes represent Neruda's trend toward simplicity and directness later in his life. see all copies from £6.77! new only from £11.59! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Captain's Verses more books like this by Pablo Neruda These poems by the 1971 Chilean Nobel laureate, written for his then future wife Matilde Urrutia, were originally published anonymously, long before Neruda was a household name synonymous with poetry of sensual insight and erotic observation. see all copies from £2.99! new only from £38.91!
22 view cover	A Draft of Shadows, and Other Poems more books like this by Octavio Paz These poems reflect personal moments in Paz's life which he revisits in memory--very much in the manner of Wordsworth's PRELUDE. see all copies from £6.48! new only from £9.01! \| first editions
23 view cover	Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral more books like this by Gabriela Mistral, Ursula K Le Guin (Translator) The first Nobel Prize in literature to be awarded to a Latin American writer went to the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. Famous and beloved during her lifetime all over Latin America and in Europe, Mistral has never been known in North America as she deserves to be. The reputation of her more flamboyant and accessible friend and countryman Pablo ... see all copies from £9.90! new only from £20.14! \| first editions
24 view cover	Martin Fierro more books like this by Jose Hernandez The Martin Fierro, the classic argentine poem, has been the subject of studies and discussions ever since the issuing of its first part edition -el gaucho Martin Fierro- in 1873, and there have been many ensuing editions, including some still available, to prove it. This new edition of both parts aims to render a balanced startpoint to the study ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £10.10! \| first editions
25 view cover	Notebook of a Return to the Native Land more books like this by Aime Cesaire, Clayton Eshleman (Translator), Annette Gail Smith, R.N. (Translator) Aime Cesaire's masterpiece, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land, is a work of immense cultural significance and beauty. The long poem was the beginning of Cesaire's quest for negritude, and it became an anthem of Blacks around the world. With its emphasis on unusual juxtapositions of object and metaphor, manipulation of language into puns and ... see all copies from £10.15! new only from £12.56!

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