This major bilingual anthology, with English translations by Richard Zenith and Alexis Levitin, introduces the work of 28 Portuguese poets (beginning with Fernando Pessoa and his 'heteronyms'), and reveals a richly varied body of verse that is at once a place of departure and exploration as well as, in the words of Alexandre O'Neill's 'Portugal', "an ongoing discussion with myself"

Poets included: Alberto CAEIRO - Ricardo REIS - Álvaro de CAMPOS - Fernando PESSOA - Florbela ESPANCA - Jorge de SENA - Sophia de Mello BREYNER - Carlos de OLIVIERA - Eugénio de ANDRADE - Mário CESARINY - Alexandre O'NEILL - António Ramos ROSA - Herberto HELDER - Ruy BELO - Fiama Hasse Pais BRANDÃO - Luiza Neto JORGE - Vasco Graça MOURA - António Franco ALEXANDRE - Al BERTO - Nuno JÚDICE - Ana Luísa AMARAL - Adília LOPES - Paulo TEIXEIRA - José Tolentino MENDONÇA - Luís QUINTAIS - Daniel FARIA - Margarida Vale de GATO - Daniel JONAS