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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish: Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada) is a poetry collection by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Published in June 1924, the book launched Neruda to fame at the young age of 19 and is one of the most renowned literary works of the 20th century in the Spanish language.
Simple Verses (Spanish: Versos sencillos) is a poetry collection by Cuban writer and independence hero José Martí.Published in October 1891, it was the last of Martí's works to be printed before his death in 1895. [1]
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (March 23, 1814 – February 1, 1873) was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, now Camagüey, she lived in Cuba until she was 22.
Gloria Fuertes García (28 July 1917 – 27 November 1998) was a Spanish poet, author of children's literature, and regular participant in children's television shows.She was part of the post-war literary movement of postismo, [1] and a member of the Generation of '50. [2]
Sappho 31 is a lyric poem by the Archaic Greek poet Sappho of the island of Lesbos. [a] The poem is also known as phainetai moi (φαίνεταί μοι lit. ' It seems to me ') after the opening words of its first line, and as the Ode to Anactoria, based on a conjecture that its subject is Anactoria, a woman mentioned elsewhere by Sappho.
Nancy Morejón (born August 7, 1944 in Havana) is a Cuban poet, critic, teacher, and essayist. [1] She was a recipient of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award and has been called "the best known and most widely translated woman poet of post-revolutionary Cuba".
The Poor Old Lady (La pobre viejecita) is a children's poem written by Colombian poet Rafael Pombo, first published in 1854 as part of his collection Cuentos pintados para niños (Painted Stories for Children). The work is one of the most recognized pieces of Colombian children's literature and has been included in numerous schoolbooks and ...
Dargomyzhsky's setting of the poem. "I Loved You" (Russian: Я вас любил, Ya vas lyubíl) is a poem by Alexander Pushkin written in 1829 and published in 1830. It has been described as "the quintessential statement of the theme of lost love" in Russian poetry, [1] and an example of Pushkin's respectful attitude towards women.