Federico Garcia Lorca was an internationally recognized poet and playwright. He also worked as a theatre director. He was a part of Generation ’27, which included poets writing in the symbolist and futurist movements. His poetry collections include Libro de poemas and Seis poemas galegos. Read more of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Biography.
‘Romance Sonámbulo’ by Federico García Lorca is a mournful and beautiful dream sequence in which the poet longs for something unattainable.
Green, how I want you green.
Green wind. Green branches.
The ship out on the sea
and the horse on the mountain.
‘Gacela of Unforseen Love’ explores the relationship between love and despair through a remembered romance which has run its course.
No one understood the perfume
of the dark magnolia of your womb
Nobody knew that you tormented
a hummingbird of love between your teeth.
‘Sonnet Of The Sweet Complaint’ describes the freeing and revelatory love experienced between a speaker and his listener.
Never let me lose the marvel
of your statue-like eyes, or the accent
the solitary rose of your breath
places on my cheek at night.
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