In one poem in this collection, a woman runs into the house of an English Consul to escape from the lust of the pursuing wind.
In one poem in this collection, a woman runs into the house of an English Consul to escape from the lust of the pursuing wind. Another poem in this collection is named for a group of men who impose "silences of dark rubber and fear of fine sand" and burn down a city while riding black horses with black horseshoes. A third poem in this collection describes how "a thousand glass tambourines wound the dawn," and begins with its speaker proclaiming his desire for a woman in green in its opening line, "Verde que te quiero verde." It begins with a poem in which a small child is carried away by the moon, and includes poems about a sleepwalker and the destruction caused by the Spanish Civil Guard. First published in 1928, it consists of eighteen poems which celebrate its author's native Andalusia. For 10 points, name this poetry collection about gitano culture, written by Federico Garcia Lorca.
In one poem in this collection, a woman runs into the house of an English Consul to escape from the lust of the pursuing wind.
Gypsy Ballads [or Romancero Gitano]