Esperanza and hope : poems / Esperanza Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Esperanza, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Physical Description:

107 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Rhinebeck, New York : Sheep Meadow Press, [2018]

Contents:

Who is Esperanza Snyder? p. 1

Colombia

My Father's Letter p. 15

My Father's Language p. 16

Blue Nights p. 17

Photograph of a Man Standing by a Waterfall p. 19

Out of the Blue p. 20

Childhood Companion p. 21

Leehe p. 22

Gladys p. 23

Ironing Lessons p. 24

My Grandfather, 1910-1982 p. 25

The Way Things Were p. 27

Traveling with My Brother to See Pope John Paul p. 28

Taking Care of Things p. 29

The Year I Live with My Cousin p. 30

Mamá Inés p. 31

Lorca and My Grandfather p. 32

Elegy for My Grandfather Who Lived in a City Surrounded by Mountains p. 33

Mar del Plata, Where Alfonsina Walked into the Sea p. 34

Confessions for the Guerrilla Fighter Upstairs p. 35

Ingrid Betancourt Speaks after Her Release p. 36

What I Remember about My Brother's First Wedding is... p. 37

Neruda Wrote Twenty Love Poems p. 38

Europa

Memory in the Wine p. 41

Salamanca p. 42

Cante Flamenco p. 44

Falling p. 45

Tito's Gone p. 46

Summer in Madrid p. 48

Salamanca, Summer Sundays p. 50

July in Plaza Santa Ana, Madrid p. 51

Life in Mercatale with My Future Second Husband p. 52

Twelve Tuscan Nights p. 53

Arranging Flowers p. 55

Pianura Padana p. 57

Portrait of a Youth: Lucrezia Borgia Duchess of Ferrara p. 58

Honeymoon in Ischia p. 60

Il Mio Marito Italiano p. 62

What I Never Told You about the Marriage p. 63

Early Fall in the Boboli Gardens p. 64

Artemisia's Susanna p. 66

Elegy for Eugenio Montale p. 67

The Mask p. 68

Weeds p. 69

Ghosts p. 71

The Bells of Erice p. 74

Chiaromonte p. 76

Estados Unidos

Atlanta, Seventh Grade p. 81

Wisconsin Summer p. 82

Beyond Bogotá p. 83

Carefree Days in Williamsburg with My Future First Husband p. 84

Why I Never Got to Montpellier p. 85

What I Remember About Our First Marriage p. 86

Leaving My First Husband p. 88

Sitting on the Steps with My Third Husband at 2:00 A.M. p. 89

Fireflies p. 91

Candle p. 92

Santa Madre Tierra, Gente Mezclada Elegy for Mother Earth p. 94

The Return of Alfonsina Storni p. 96

Thinking About Lincoln on Sharpsburg Pike at Seven A.M. p. 98

Napping with Steve Orlen p. 100

I Dream of Alfonsina Storni p. 101

Esperanza's Country p. 102

Poem By Stanley Moss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781937679750

1937679756

OCLC:

1029061013