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.
‘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.
‘Ballad of the Moon Moon’ by Federico Garcia Lorca is a brilliant and dreamlike depiction of the moon descending to Earth in the form of a woman.
Moon came to the forge
in her petticoat of nard
The boy looks and looks
the boy looks at the Moon
‘The Cry’ by Federico García Lorca is a moving poem that illustrates the mystic but immensely tangible effect that song can have on the individual.
The ellipse of a cry
travels from mountain
to 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.
‘The Guitar’ is a melancholy exploration of the power of music and its relationship to our experience of the world around us.
The weeping of the guitar
begins.
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
‘The Little Mute Boy’ by Federico García Lorca explores the extent to which one little boy will go to keep their voice from being manipulated by those who’ve ensnared it.
The little boy was looking for his voice.
(The king of the crickets had it.)
In a drop of water
the little boy was looking for his voice.
‘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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