Aleixandre's video poems

There are some submissions of video poetry that have been made available to a wide audience on YouTube and thereby give the reader, now the viewer, a new experience of Aleixandre's poetry through sonic and visual layering. The following links are a selection of the few video poems of different quality available on the web.

• Videos of original live poetry read by the poet

Vicente Aleixandre himself recites an old-age poem "Rostro final" from one of his last books “Poemas de consumación” published in 1968:

Aleixandre recites "Canción a una muchacha muerta" from his fourth collection “La destrucción o el amor” written in 1932–1933:

Aleixandre recites "Adolescencia" from his first book “Ámbito” published in 1928:

Aleixandre recites “Ten esperanza” written in 1977:

• Other people performing his poetry

Two video versions (one of which being only linkable) of “Unidad en ella”, an Aleixandre's poem also from his book “La destrucción o el amor” published in 1935:

“Ven”, another poem from Aleixandre's “La destrucción o el amor”:

Ramón Fernández "Palmeral" recites Aleixandre's poetry from his collection "Poemas Paradisiacos" published in 1952:

Mercedes Pérez recites "El último amor” by Vicente Aleixandre from his collection ”Historia del corazón” published in 1954:

Manuel Mulciber recites “Después del amor” by Vicente Aleixandre:

Manuel Mulciber recites “Mano estregada” by Vicente Aleixandre:

Luciano Torres recites “Para quién escribo” by Vicente Aleixandre from his collection “En un vasto dominio” published in 1962:

• Aleixandre's Poetry recited in English:

“The Dream” and “You Almost Loved Me” by Vicente Aleixandre.

For the whole list of his books of verse, click here.