Poemas de Amor. Antología Mario Benedetti / Love Poems: An Anthology Mario Benedetti

Como un torrente imparable, un fen meno ajeno a la voluntad, cae sobre sus lectores toda su poes a. Nos alcanza y nos deja totalmente calados, pero tambi n m s limpios, con algo m s de luz . - Elvira Sastre

Existe emoci n m s presente en la poes a que el amor? Pasan los siglos y, con ellos, sus poetas fundamentales, y no hay una poca que no sea abrazada por multitud de poemas amorosos. Por eso este g nero nos gusta tanto a los que confiamos en las bondades de su efecto. El amor, en todas sus variantes y caminos paralelos, es a veces un motor que permite el movimiento y, otras, un arma para combatir el desconsuelo. En los poemas pol ticos y sociales aparece el afecto a la patria o a sus gentes y en las obras existencialistas se encuentra el mismo apego por entender la vida y amar sus fisuras. Uno puede leer un poema a la naturaleza y hallar en sus versos el sentimiento profundo que despiertan los p jaros, y al mismo tiempo entender la emoci n luminosa de la tristeza. Todo eso tambi n es amor: la mezcla de experiencias, gestos y formas de mirar y existir. La poes a nos recuerda qui nes somos y Mario Benedetti es uno de sus mejores int rpretes.

Esta antolog a es un viaje por la experiencia del amor en todas sus formas. Para m , como poeta y lectora, ha sido una experiencia ntima con el poeta y con el hombre que me ha dejado un poco m s iluminada. Benedetti nos humaniza, nos coloca en el lado correcto. Te invito a que te sumerjas en sus poemas, disfrutes de cada fase y te dejes atravesar por cada una de las emociones que despierte en ti . - Elvira Sastre

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

THE BEST LOVE POEMS BY THE MOST BELOVED AND POPULAR POET IN SPANISH LITERATURE, SELECTED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY ELVIRA SASTRE.

"Like an unstoppable torrent, a phenomenon beyond our control, all his poetry falls upon his readers. It reaches us and leaves us completely soaked, but also cleaner, with a little bit more light." --Elvira Sastre

"Is there any emotion more present in poetry than love? Centuries pass, and with them, their fundamental poets, and there is no era that is not embraced by a multitude of love poems. That is why those of us who trust in the goodness of its effect like this genre so much. Love, in all its variations and parallel paths, is sometimes an engine that allows movement and, at other times, a weapon to combat despair. In political and social poems, affection for the homeland or its people appears, and in existentialist works, the same attachment to understanding life and loving its cracks is found. One can read a poem about nature and find in its verses the deep feeling that birds awaken, and at the same time understand the luminous emotion of sadness. All of that is also love: the mixture of experiences, gestures, and ways of seeing and existing. Poetry reminds us of who we are, and Mario Benedetti is one of its best interpreters.

This anthology is a journey through the experience of love in all its forms. For me, as a poet and reader, it has been an intimate experience with the poet and with the man that has left me a little more enlightened. Benedetti humanizes us, puts us on the right side. I invite you to immerse yourself in his poems, enjoy each phase, and let yourself be swept away by each of the emotions they awaken in you." --Elvira Sastre