“Romero’s book is not so much a collection of poems as it is a narrative sequence, a body of related pieces which follow the title character from birth to the brink of death. Celso is Everyman, his roles ranging from shabby Christ figure to buffoon, drunkard and ladies’ man, alternately unkempt, lascivious, pathetic, witty-cruel, curious and outrageous.”
—Literary Arts
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Celso's adoptive mother (I)
- Celso's Adoptive Mother
- Celso's Father
- A Pillow Full of Feathers
- The Rooster
- The Moon and Angels
- The miracle (II)
- The Miracle
- Holy Water
- Celso's Dream
- Across Pitch Black Forests and Meadows
- Roses Blooming in the Snow
- Angel Hair
- Lake of Sorrow
- Estrellita's lips (III)
- Estrellita's Lips
- Una Cancion de Flores
- Celso, Moonstruck
- Dancing with Moonlight
- Love Makes Fools of Us All
- The First Ever Picked by Eve
- Qué Pendejos Son los Hombres Viejos
- The Poison of Her Kiss
- The gospel according to celso (IV)
- The Gospel According to Celso
- The Sermon of the Grape
- No Bed as Cold
- His Hunger Forgotten
- Devil-May-Care
- Visitors
- The Endless Miles of Pine
- A lost soul (V)
- A Lost Soul
- When Witches Come Visiting
- The Lengthening Shadows of Evening
- The Dead Have No Eyes with Which to Cry
- Celso Talking to the Moon
- Breath of flowers (VI)
- Breath of Flowers
- A Widow's Dance
- As He Shuts the Door behind Him
- Newlyweds
- Celso's Rejuvenation
- Celso's Story about China
- Celso's Detractor's
- Winter in His Bones
- The Other Side of the Horizon
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