The Common Grief is a bilingual collection of poems from Honduran poet Roberto Sosa. His work is characterized by clarity and richness of language combined with an attack on privilege and oppression.
The Common Grief is a bilingual collection of poems from Honduran poet Roberto Sosa. His work is characterized by clarity and richness of language combined with an attack on privilege and oppression.
Roberto Sosa (18 April, 1930 - 23 May, 2011) was an author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He published over a dozen books of poetry and prose, as well as two anthologies of Honduran literature. He also worked as a magazine editor, a journalist, and a professor.
JoAnne Engelbert is Professor Emeritus at Montclair State College and currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida.
Introduction
El Llanto de las cosas
The Weeping of Things
I: El Llanto de las Cosas / The Weeping of Things
Recuerdos número 1 - 2
Memories Numbers 1 - 2
El pequeñín
The Child
El llanto de las cosas
The Weeping of Things
Cansancio
Weariness
Los sucesos de aquel puerto
The Events in That Port
Lo cubra el mar lo cubra
Let the Sea Cover Him Let It Cover Him
Esa otra parte del misterio de la vida
That Other Part of the Mystery of Life
Del odio
On Hate
El viejo Pontiac
The Old Pontiac
Llama del bosque
Flame Treee
Los pesares juntos
The Common Grief
II: Historia Universal / Universal History
La casa donde habita la poesía
The House Where Poetry Lives
Historia universal
Universal History
Una gaviota
A Seagull
La Ceiba
La Ceiba
III: La ló5
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