Por el brillo de sus ojos

José Hernández publica “Martín Fierro” en 1872, un poema narrativo considerado por muchos una obra maestra del género gauchesco. En él narra el carácter independiente, heroico y sacrificado del gaucho. El poema es, en parte, una protesta en contra de la política del presidente argentino Domingo Faustino Sarmiento de reclutar forzosamente a los gauchos para ir a la frontera contra los indígenas.

A selection of poetry, published between 1995 and 2001, features poems that later were made into songs that appear in both versions, and includes works presented in reverse chronological order, with the idea that the reader, by having access to this work through the newest and nearest door, will soon be tempted to open other doors, as if doing an inventory.

Leopoldo Lugones Argüello's first book of poems, Las montañas del oro, contained measured and free verse prose and appeared during the height of modernism. Later he published two more collections inspired by Rubén Darío. Odas seculares marked a change in his style, exalting the Argentine riches inspired by Virgil. His poetry becomes intimate in later works, and some of his posthumous poems have a more narrative style.

Basado sobre todo en la sobriedad y la sinceridad, el haiku (género poético de origen japonés compuesto con 17 sílabas y ordenado en tres versos de 5, 7 y 5 sílabas) requiere una expresión extremadamente concisa y es el resultado de un sutil acuerdo entre el poeta y el espectáculo del mundo.