Festival Quijote 2010
Poems for Recitation Category
You will find the other Festival categories here. Category entry forms are available here.
The poems to be recited by Festival participants are listed below. Wherever possible, online links to the poems are included. Copyright law prohibits us from posting many of the poems on our site.
The following poems were the 2009 Festival Quijote poems. You may use them for practice until the 2010 poems are chosen. Don't spend all your time learning these poems!
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Level 1: “Rima XI,” Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
“Romance sonámbulo,” stanza 1 only, Federico García Lorca
“Proverbios y cantares, XXIX,” Antonio Machado
Level 2:
“Canción de jinete,” Federica García Lorca
“Dos patrias,” José Martí
“Peso ancestral,” Alfonsina Storni
Level 3:
“Rima LIII,” Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
“Poema 15,” Pablo Neruda
“Soledades, II,” Antonio Machado
Level 4:
“Llama de amor viva,” San Juan de la Cruz
“El Enamorado y la Muerte,” Anónimo
“Sensemayá,” Nicolás Guillén
Level 5:
“Yo soy un hombre sincero (Versos sencillos),” José Martí
“Romance de la luna, luna,” Federico García Lorca
“Danza negra,” Luis Palés Matos
Native:
“Oda a la alcachofa,” Pablo Neruda
“Yo soy un hombre sincero (Versos sencillos),” José Martí
“Canción del pirata,” José de Espronceda