Description
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (1889-1959) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. This is the first major collection of his poetry in English. “A man for whom language has been all that language can be: sound and sign, inert trace and wizardry, a clockwork mechanism and a living thing.” (Octavio Paz)







The Lover's Pinch
Postcards from God
The Tamarit Poems
Pleased to See Me
Steep Tea
The Mystical Rose