Written In Water: The Collected Prose Poems
While Cernuda’s verse is vivid testimony to various aspects of his biographical itinerary, it is in his prose poems that he traces more explicitly an outline of his life’s journey. Reviewing this work, Octavio Paz wrote: “In these memories and landscapes, in these notes toward the history of his sensibility, there is great objectivity; the poet doesn’t set out to fantasize, or to lie to himself or anyone else. He attempts only to illuminate, with an almost impersonal light, something very...
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Prose poems by one of Spain's greatest poets.
Ocnos1Poetry3Nature4Autumn5The piano6Eternity7The nursery8Fear10The bazaar12Time13Street cries14The poet and the myths16Scandal17Summer mornings18Vice20Hidden beauty22The cathedral and the river23Ancient garden25The poet27Pleasure29The magnolia31The city from a distance32The teacher34The flood36The journey38The smitten40Evening42Jose Maria Izquierdo43Music and the night45Walled convent46Nighttime sorcery47Destiny48Shadows50The shops52Music54The sea55Learning to forget56Summer58The lover59City on the plateau60Saint61The storm63War and peace65Panther66Love67Caledonia city68River69The blackbird70The heath71Library73The old women74Ways of living76Spring78Snow79Light81Solitude82The park83The bells85The arrival87Helen89Home91Return to darkness93Silent call95Harmony97Variations on a Mexican theme99The theme101Variations103The language105Miravalle107Dignity and repose108Country musicians109What's ours110Waterborne111The sidewalk112Flower vendors113The overlook114The image115The people117Wasting time119Unusual sunset120The churches121Doing nothing123Death's toys125Eyes and the voice127The magic grotto129Duet131A garden133The market135Property137The patio139Daybreak in the gulf140Possession141The Indian143A man's center144Empty shell146Return148Written in water155
