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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...

La Fundación Común Presencia publicó en Colombia la presente obra del poeta bogotano distribuida ahora por CreateSpace y Amazon en todo el planeta. Juan Sebastián Gaviria (Bogotá, Colombia, 1980). Viajero y poeta. Autor de los poemarios Inti Manic (Común Presencia Editores, 2004), y Música Mecánica (Ex-Tinta, 2006). Común Presencia Editores reúne aquí la mayoría de sus poemas, escritos en un viaje de diez años a lo largo del continente Americano.

Son poemas intimista en distintos momentos de mi vida donde como todos busque con ilusión amar y de sentirme amada... Pero el amor tiene sus grandezas y sus miserias y al igual que muchos de vosotros he tenido momento que tras la dicha y el gozo , se sucedió el dolor, la apatía yla tristeza.... Llegando a la convicción de que mi vida se desmoronaba perdida toda ilusión y esperanza......

I am delighted to see this second book in the Bridges Series come to print. I originally conceived of this series of books to be a bridge between two cultures, a bridge between colleagues, friends and fellow writers - two Cubans and two Canadians in each book. Ever since the inception of the CCLA in 2004 we have tried to live up to our mandate: The mandate of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance is to advance cultural solidarity between Canada and Cuba through the creative expression of poetry, prose, art and photography. This book will evidence our ongoing success. For me personally this book...