took me 3 years to read chip away at this book oh so slowly. favorite author for a reason, inventor of men who yearn

Beautiful poetry and well translated (it seems!) I hope some day I can write like a romantic South American.

Very inspiring, soul touching and soul shattering in the same time, Dark with a bitter sweet narration

I suoi versi sono vividi e liberi. Le venti poesie d'amore sono stupende.

ok, you think you're awesome. I get it. So did I.

look at the man on the cover of this book, then look at yourself.
yeah, feels good.

Now: examine your love life, and examine his.
Weep in self pity OR read these words of unabashed love and start living.

Poetry, in many cases, tells a story. "The Poetry of Pablo Neruba" is no exception. With 1000 pages filled to the brim with poetry from his life. Overall, I enjoyed the book and found myself thinking very deeply when reading "Ode to Federico Garcia Lorca," laughing at the poem "Diplomate," and smiling at "Ode to a Pair of Socks." With all sorts of different poetry, each telling a different story or opinion he had at the time. For example, "Diplomates"(1948) made fun of diplomates in Chile, calling them fools and comparing them to how in other countries, fools become failures. You have poems like "Ode to Federico Garcia Lorca," a response to poems written by Federico Garcia Lorca, which usually contain messages of death and other depressing aspects of life. Because of these experiences, I gained greater critical thinking while having a good laugh while reading. I give this book an 8/10. The only thing I wish this book had were some footnotes detailing some of his life so that I could understand him and his artwork better. For example, the poem "Ode to Federico Garcia Lorca," was hard to understand until I did some research. Other than that, I suggest everyone read this book, even if you're not into poetry.

a 1000 pager. Took me a year of it sitting bedside.

Anyone who doesn't love Neruda or at least have an appreciation for him probably lost their soul in a tragic mining accident.

(I have fond memories of an old boyfriend reading Neruda to me in Spanish while we curled up on the sofa in a red blanket. My soul was not lost in a tragic mining accident. How's yours?)

Beautiful, hits me in places where few poets have managed to reach.

While a beautiful anthology, I was very disappointed to find that it is not a complete bilingual edition. There is a sampling of *some* of the original poems in Spanish, but if you are looking for a side-by-side reading this is not it. In all fairness, Ilan Stavans presents a formidable compilation of Neruda's poems, and several translations of one poem are included for comparison (demonstrating the art of translation), but if you are looking for Neruda's poems in the original Spanish look elsewhere.

DNF - About 100 pages in, I decided I just wanted to get back to prose. Would be interested to revisit his later work, that seemed to be a bit more my cup of tea

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