A review by booksbysoph
Apocalypse and Other Poems by Ernesto Cardenal

3.0

I found this collection by chance at an antique shop when I was in high school. I remember being enthralled by the direct, sharp nature of these poems, the steady voice of the author throughout the collection. In re-reading it now, I’m not sure it stands the test of time so much as it is a snapshot of Nicaragua throughout the mid-twentieth century.