N, Pablo Neruda to Naomi Shihab Nye
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was a Nobel laureate, diplomat, exile & returned native son of Chile, the most respected & beloved Latin American poet, often called “the people’s poet.”
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was a Nobel laureate, diplomat, exile & returned native son of Chile, the most respected & beloved Latin American poet, often called “the people’s poet.”
Pablo Neruda
Neruda poems put into English by such translators as William O’Daly and Robert Bly are at AAP. You can also read his work in English translation online in the Feb 1999 & Jan 2000 issues of Poetry, at Patricio Mason’s site, and selected from the centennial book of new translations, The Essential Neruda. Original Spanish texts are at the University of Chile’s comprehensive Neruda site.
Neruda poems put into English by such translators as William O’Daly and Robert Bly are at AAP. You can also read his work in English translation online in the Feb 1999 & Jan 2000 issues of Poetry, at Patricio Mason’s site, and selected from the centennial book of new translations, The Essential Neruda. Original Spanish texts are at the University of Chile’s comprehensive Neruda site.
bpNichol
bpNichol, a simply complexly superb Canadian poet and performer, died 12 years ago & is sorely missed. His outrageous suite, Translating Translating Apollinaire is on Karl Young's Light & Dust site.
bpNichol, a simply complexly superb Canadian poet and performer, died 12 years ago & is sorely missed. His outrageous suite, Translating Translating Apollinaire is on Karl Young's Light & Dust site.
Lorine Niedecker
She was the only woman considered a member of the Objectivist poets. “The wild and wavy event / now chintz at the window / was revolution...” begins one of her wildly political works, from her book The Granite Pail (Gnomon Press, 1996). Read more about her at Modern American Poetry & at Taverner’s Koans.
She was the only woman considered a member of the Objectivist poets. “The wild and wavy event / now chintz at the window / was revolution...” begins one of her wildly political works, from her book The Granite Pail (Gnomon Press, 1996). Read more about her at Modern American Poetry & at Taverner’s Koans.
Alice Notley
Currently living in Paris, she carves the poem out of beauty without disturbance. Uses dynamite as dental floss. Her papers are collected at UCSD. You can read two poems from Disobedience in Jacket Magazine #5 & one more recent poem, “The Myth” in Jacket Magazine #16.
Currently living in Paris, she carves the poem out of beauty without disturbance. Uses dynamite as dental floss. Her papers are collected at UCSD. You can read two poems from Disobedience in Jacket Magazine #5 & one more recent poem, “The Myth” in Jacket Magazine #16.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Poet, song writer and essayist, she gained national attention after appearing with Bill Moyers in the PBS series, The Language of Life. Five of her poems are online at AAP & Rachel Barenblat’s interview with her was published in Pif Magazine.
Poet, song writer and essayist, she gained national attention after appearing with Bill Moyers in the PBS series, The Language of Life. Five of her poems are online at AAP & Rachel Barenblat’s interview with her was published in Pif Magazine.