In one poem from this collection, deep channels likened to "water-oxen" lie in "mountains of magnet," where the condemned speaker's sleepless eyes "look toward a north / of metals and of cliffs / where [his] veinless body / consults decks of frozen cards." A girl who won't drink an Englishman's gin "comes down an amphibious path / of crystals and of laurels" in a poem from this collection, which includes poems describing women's breasts as "bouquets of hyacinths" and "smoky anvils" "moaning round songs" in its seminal translation by (*) Langston Hughes. A discreet "gentleman" leads a woman who claims to be a virgin to the river in this collection's poem "The Faithless Wife." Three poems pairing cities with archangels appear in this collecti
In one poem from this collection, deep channels likened to "water-oxen" lie in "mountains of magnet," where the condemned speaker's sleepless eyes "look toward a north / of metals and of cliffs / where [his] veinless body / consults decks of frozen cards." A girl who won't drink an Englishman's gin "comes down an amphibious path / of crystals and of laurels" in a poem from this collection, which includes poems describing women's breasts as "bouquets of hyacinths" and "smoky anvils" "moaning round songs" in its seminal translation by (*) Langston Hughes. A discreet "gentleman" leads a woman who claims to be a virgin to the river in this collection's poem "The Faithless Wife." Three poems pairing cities with archangels appear in this collection, which includes a poem that evokes a girl "dreaming in the bitter sea" through the refrain "Green, how I want you green." For 10 points, name this poetry collection that employs the Roma people as a motif, written by Federico García Lorca.
In one poem from this collection, deep channels likened to "water-oxen" lie in "mountains of magnet," where the condemned speaker's sleepless eyes "look toward a north / of metals and of cliffs / where [his] veinless body / consults decks of frozen cards."
Gypsy Ballads [or Romancero gitano]