The Common Grief



The Common Grief is a bilingual collection of poems from Honduran poet Roberto Sosa. His work is characterized by clarity and richness of language combined with an attack on privilege and oppression.
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The Common Grief



The Common Grief is a bilingual collection of poems from Honduran poet Roberto Sosa. His work is characterized by clarity and richness of language combined with an attack on privilege and oppression.
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The Common Grief

The Common Grief

The Common Grief

The Common Grief

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The Common Grief is a bilingual collection of poems from Honduran poet Roberto Sosa. His work is characterized by clarity and richness of language combined with an attack on privilege and oppression.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781880684238
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 07/01/1995
Series: Contemporary Bilingual Editions Series
Edition description: 1st ed
Pages: 109
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Roberto Sosa (18 April, 1930 - 23 May, 2011) was an author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He published over a dozen books of poetry and prose, as well as two anthologies of Honduran literature. He also worked as a magazine editor, a journalist, and a professor. 

JoAnne Engelbert is Professor Emeritus at Montclair State College and currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida.
 

Table of Contents



Introduction



El Llanto de las cosas
The Weeping of Things

I: El Llanto de las Cosas / The Weeping of Things


Recuerdos número 1 - 2
Memories Numbers 1 - 2

El pequeñín
The Child

El llanto de las cosas
The Weeping of Things

Cansancio
Weariness

Los sucesos de aquel puerto
The Events in That Port

Lo cubra el mar lo cubra
Let the Sea Cover Him Let It Cover Him

Esa otra parte del misterio de la vida
That Other Part of the Mystery of Life

Del odio
On Hate

El viejo Pontiac
The Old Pontiac

Llama del bosque
Flame Treee

Los pesares juntos
The Common Grief

II: Historia Universal / Universal History

La casa donde habita la poesía
The House Where Poetry Lives

Historia universal
Universal History

Una gaviota
A Seagull

La Ceiba
La Ceiba

III: La Puerta Unica / The Only Door

El tiempo
Time

Patria mía
Dear Country

Siempre Honduras siempre
Honduras Forever and Ever

Los brutales amantes
The Brutal Lovers

La eternidad y un día
Eternity and a Day

La puerta única
The Only Door

Bajo un árbol
Under a Tree



Máscara Suelta
The Lifted Mask

I: Máscara Suelta / The Lifted Mask


La desconocida
She

El mar en el aire
Sea in the Air

La muerte enamorada
Amorous Death

La brevedad ilímite
Boundless Brevity

La estación y el pacto
The Station and the Pact

El regreso del río
The Return of the River

La fuente iluminada
The Illuminated Fountain

Ciudad inclinada
Leaning City

De la bruma hice vino
From the Mist I Made Wine

Así de sencillo
Simple

Vía muerta
Dead End

Máscara suelta
The Lifted Mask

II: El más Antiguo de los Nombres del Fuego / The Oldest of the Names of Fire

Ultimo verso de un epigrama
Last Verse of an Epigram

La sal dulce de la palabra poesía
The Sweet Salt of the Word Poetry

Sobre el agua
Upon the Water

Ruth, la que fue alondra
Ruth, Who Was a Lark

Las hermosas palabras
Beautiful Words

El cisne negro
The Black Swan

Como unelogio
A Kind of Praise

En este parque, solo
In This Park, Alone

El más antiguo de los nombres del fuego
The Most Ancient of the Names of Fire
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