Un pelo en la sopa

La Guerra Civil española, que se desenvolvió entre 1936 y 1939, generó tal cúmulo de poemas que parece obligado contemplar la poesía de uno y otro bando como un caso peculiar, digno de estudio. Poetas reconocidos ya al estallar la contienda, como los miembros de la Generación del 27 o los hermanos Machado; voces anónimas que cantan su desaliento ante los desastres bélicos; jóvenes poetas noveles que se dan a conocer precisamente en esos años terribles, comprometidos con tal o cual causa; incluso autores extranjeros a quienes el fratricidio español no dejó indiferentes... Esta...

Como su titulo lo dice "Musas y Desvaríos", este libro contiene una pequeña colección de textos (de noches, de inviernos, y de instantes con ojos lindos). Letras que han nacido gracias a causa de esas mujeres que uno se encuentra en el camino, en los sueños, en la vida y en esos callejones que algunos llaman destino. Y gracias a ellas siempre quedan heridas, cicatrices y; Desvaríos.

Silvina Ocampo possessed her own special enchantment as a poet, and only now is her extraordinary poetic achievement becoming more widely recognized beyond Latin America. Remarkably, this is the first collection of Ocampo’s poetry to appear in English. From her early sonnets on the native Argentine landscape, to her meditations on love’s travails, to her explorations of the kinship between plant and animal realms, to her clairvoyant inquiries into history and myth and memory, readers will find the full range of Ocampo’s “metaphysical lyricism” (The Independent) represented in this...

I am honored to dedicate my poetry in English and Spanish to the world and specially in these difficult times that we have . I know that my experiences that I have had since my early childhood have given me solutions for many of the challenges that our world faces today. I support the protection of the environment since I believe that it is our duty to protect what God has given us, and not to to be destructive to flora and fauna; and that wars between humans should be resolved in a peaceful and cordial way. I also address homelessness, drug abuse, abuse of the elderly , and to prayerfully...