Love Poems

by Pablo Neruda

Book Overview

Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems caused a scandal when published anonymously in 1952. In later editions, these verses became the most celebrated of the Noble Prize winner's oeuvre, captivating readers with earthbound images that reveal in gentle lingering lines an erotic re-imagining of the world through the prism of a lover's body: "today our bodies became vast, they grew to the edge of the world / and rolled melting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811217299
• ISBN13: 9780811217293
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.8" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Very romantic

I love that this book includes the original Spanish as well as the English translation on pages opposite each other. The book itself is very attractive, and a nice small size which is just right to keep in a purse or take on a trip. Could make a nice gift for a Spanish student, or for anyone overly romantic. The poems are quite passionate and evocative.

Pablo Neruda is a master of his craft, beautiful love poems.

This book is full of wonderful love poems, descriptive, full of passion and in one word - beautiful! Having each poem in English and Spanish in one book is a really good idea and having seen what Newspapers have written about Pablo, I totally agree that he is one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century in any language. Pablo wrote most of this book on the Island Paradise of Capri and he has obviously been inspired by the surroundings such as in the poems "Wind on the Island" and "Night on the Island" as well as his lover Matilde. I quote from "Wind on the Island" "Hide me in your arms just for this night, while the rain breaks against sea and earth its innumerable mouth" Anyone who has ever fallen in love will identify with it. Another book that I love which is also love poetry is "The Poetry of Passion (for People with a Pulse) a variety of poems ranging from sensual to humorous. The Poetry of Passion (for People with a Pulse) Pablo's "20 love poems and a song of despair" is another of my favourites. Twenty Love Poems

Beautiful Love Poems in a pocket sized book.

This is a pocket sized book full of passion and romance written in English and Spanish (very handy if you're learning Spanish!) The poems are set out so that the Spanish poem is on the left hand page and the English translation is on the right hand page. With beautiful lines such as "with your brow on my brow and your mouth on my mouth, our bodies tied by the love that consumes us" from the poem "Wind on the Island" and "the fire saw our naked kiss grow until it touched hidden stars, and it saw grief be born and die like a broken sword against invincible love" from the poem "Epithalamium" this book is wonderful! I love poetry and Pablo Neruda is the best poet to read if you want love poems, I have 7 of his books and still want more! He is such an inspiration to me! Review by Juliette Westbrook-Finch, author of "The Poetry of Passion (for People with a Pulse)"

I loved it

The other reviews aren't really about the poems in the book, which are great, and I like the design of the cover.