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Love Poems
by Pablo Neruda
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
This is my introduction to Pablo Neruda, and it's not the type of poetry I would normally reach for - my favourite dead poet is Al Purdy, so clearly I'm a little more blue collar. I appreciate that the poems in this collection felt very cohesive together, with recurring images of this woman as the earth that he grounds himself in, and the island and ocean that they live on/near. I like how he combines the physicality and emotionality of their relationship, like one can't exist without the other.
I will also note that this edition is lovely, wondeful cover design with rose-gold foil, and bilingual side-by-side translation of the poems. I don't speak Spanish beyond first year university level, but I appreciate that for those who do, you can compare and see where the translation had to make shifts (e.g., in the first lines of the collection, "Pequeña rosa, rosa pequeña" becomes "little rose, roselet", which doesn't scan as well, but a direct word-for-word translation would sound odd).
Also, I think this man might have a foot fetish.
I will also note that this edition is lovely, wondeful cover design with rose-gold foil, and bilingual side-by-side translation of the poems. I don't speak Spanish beyond first year university level, but I appreciate that for those who do, you can compare and see where the translation had to make shifts (e.g., in the first lines of the collection, "Pequeña rosa, rosa pequeña" becomes "little rose, roselet", which doesn't scan as well, but a direct word-for-word translation would sound odd).
Also, I think this man might have a foot fetish.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content