-The most important poet of the twentieth century--in any language.---Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is a poem of ascension. . . . In its final passages, Neruda's poetry jumps from a personal hope to a global one; from a poetry dealing with the poet's heart to a poetry centered on humanity's struggles.---BBC
-The Heights of Machu Picchu- has been called Pablo Neruda's greatest contribution to poetry--a search for the -indestructible, imperishable life- in all things. Inspired by his journey to the ancient ruins, Neruda calls the lost Incan civilization...
-The most important poet of the twentieth century--in any language.---Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is a poem of asc...
-I will call the voice of this poet a 'common' voice... a voice a poet could take into an entire lifetime of memorable writing.- --Philip Levine, Ploughshares
This second collection from APR-Honickman winner Tomas Q. Morin explores love gone sideways in the lives of lovers, parents and children, humans and the divine. Patient Zero is filled with voices--of all the people, places, and things that surround a life sick with heartbreak. Doors are the wooden tongues of a house, grocery-store cashiers are gatekeepers to the infinite, and food is the all-powerful life force...
-I will call the voice of this poet a 'common' voice... a voice a poet could take into an entire lifetime of memorable writing.- --Philip Levine, <...
