Love sonnets are for romantics, starry-eyed lovers and ardent hearts. And Shakespeare\"s sonnets are the best ever written. But this is why they are also for cynics, for star-crossed lovers and for those who know the anguish of unrequited love. Some appear to be written to a young man, some to a woman....

This is one of the greatest collections of love poetry ever published. Inspired by Pablo Neruda\"s youthful relationships and injected with an expressive eroticism, these poems are as accomplished as they are evocative and sensual....