A review by purplepaperback
The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda

emotional mysterious reflective sad

4.0

The order of the poems is weird. I had a much easier and enjoyable time reading these out of order. I recommend starting with the love sonnets, then reading some of the political ones like “I Explain Some Things,” before reading his poetry about nature. His perspective on nature and beauty hit differently after his despair about Chile.