I explain a few things: selected poems

Preface / Ilan Stavans

From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada (1923-1924)

From Third Residence

Tercera residencia (1934-1945)

From Canto General

Canto general (1938-1949)

From The Captain's Verses

Los versos del capit n (1951-1952)

From Elemental Odes

Odas elementales (1952-1954)

From New Elemental Odes

Nuevas odas elementales (1955)

From Third Book of Odes

Tercer libro de odas (1955-1957)

From Extravagaria

Estravagario (1957-1958)

From Navigations and Returns

Navegaciones y regresos (1957-1959)

From One Hundred Love Sonnets

Cien sonetos de amor (1957-1959)

From Fully Empowered

Plenos poderes (1961-1962)

From Isla Negra

Memorial de Isla Negra (1962-1964)

From Art of Birds (Arte de p jaros (1962-1965)

From The Hands of Day

Las manos del dia (1967-1968)

From World's End

Fin del mundo (1968-1969)

From Winter Garden

Jardin de invierno (1971-1973)

From Selected Failings

Defectos escogidos (1971-1973)

From Residence on Earth

Residencia en la tierra (1925-1935)

Acknowledgments

Index of first lines.