The River and the Black Cat by James Sutherland-Smith Marianne Burton "A notable trait of his

"A notable trait of his work is his rich and polyhedric “vision in movement

for many years

intelligence and no small sense of mischief

It’s a real treat discovering long lost Neruda poems that do not disappoint

The River and the Black Cat by James Sutherland-Smith Marianne Burton "A notable trait of hisSixty four improvisations, whose principle motifs are a stretch of a small river in Central Europe and a once feral black cat, navigate the language that we inhabit and that inhabits us. Three philosophers or the three musketeers, Boris Karloff, Li Bai and an Indian companion, among others, ghost in and out of poems ordered according to the progress of the seasons. Their moods and perspectives range from the inconsequential and paradoxical to the