Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, verse collection by Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda, published in 1924 as Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. The book immediately established the author’s reputation and went on to become his most popular book; it became one of the most widely read collections of poetry written in Spanish. The 20 love poems of the title poignantly describe remembered affairs with two women: a girl...