"Tropical Town and Other Poems, de la Selva’s little-known first collection, was written in English while he resided in the U.S.; he employs traditional rhyme, meter, and forms such as the sonnet and quatrain. Some works celebrate de la Selva’s native land, Nicaragua, while others, such as “Finally” and “The Dreamer’s Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness,” speak of the United States with a mixture of admiration and misgiving. Love lyrics intermingle with folk songs and poems observing the war then raging in Europe. All are marked by a graceful verbal music, embodying what poet Grace Schulman has called “a poetry of deep concern for human suffering.” In a thoughtful critical introduction, Silvio Sirias surveys the poet’s life and work, and examines the “poetic dialogues” that de la Selva conducted with Millay and Dario.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Author’s Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- The World Circa 1918
- A Biography
- Themes
- Formal Aspects of Tropical Town
- The Poetic Dialogue with Edna St. Vincent Millay
- The Poetic Dialogue with Rubén Darío
- Salomón de la Selva After Tropical Town
- The Literary Heritage of Tropical Town and Other Poems
- Editor’s Acknowledgments
- Works Cited
- Tropical Town. And Other Poems
- My Nicaragua
- Tropical Town
- Tropical House
- Tropical Park
- Tropical Morning
- Guitar Song with Variations
- Tropical Dance
- The Midget Maiden
- The Girl That Was Wise
- Tropical Rain
- The Haunted House of León
- A Song for Wall Street
- Tropical Afternoon
- Tropical Life
- All Souls’ Day
- Tropical Childhood
- Birds of Clay
- Body and Soul
- My Nicaragua
- The Dreamer’s Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness
- In New England and Other Lyrics
- Deliverance
- Portrait
- The Secret
- Confidences
- Finally
- Measure
- Inmate
- Song of the Magdalen
- Cellini at the Metropolitan Museum
- Three Songs My Little Sister Made
- Sonnet
- Courtship
- Three Songs
- In War Time
- A Prayer for the United States
- Hatred
- December, 1916
- Drill
- Ode to the Woolworth Building
- The Knight in Gray
- The Tale from Faerieland
- Pastorale
- The Tale From Faerieland
- To A Young Man
- The Box of Sandalwood
- Candle Light
- Fleur D’Or
- Song of the Poppy
- Song of the Poppy’s Lover
- Aria in G
- The Sword of Wonder
- First Love Revived
- The Little Foxes
- The Sorry Madrigal
- “I Would Be Telling You”
- “Her Wish Was That Myself Should Be”
- To Those Who Have Been Indifferent to the Pan American Movement
- “Oh Glorious Spendthrift Joy!”
- The Modern Eve
- Joy
- Hunger in the City
- The Maker of Red Clay Jars
- Delgadina
- Of Time and Song
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