Writers on My Watch

Esteemed poet and literary scholar Robert Lima penned poems dedicated to some of his favorite authors.
ROBERT LIMA is a Cuban-born award-winning poet, and an internationally-recognized critic, bibliographer, playwright, and translator. He retired after 40 years in the teaching profession as Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at The Pennsylvania State University, as well as Fellow Emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. Previously, he had taught at Hunter College, CUNY, and abroad in Perú and Cameroon, lecturing widely in the U.S. and overseas.
The writers on his watch include:

AMIRI BARAKA

JORGE LUIS BORGES

ANDRÉ BRETON

JOSEF BRODSKY

GWENDOLYN BROOKS

LEONARD COHEN

DEMOCRITUS

JAMES DICKEY

ROBERT FROST

FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA

TONY HILLERMAN

RANDELL JARRELL

LEUCIPPUS

JACKSON MACLOW

HOWARD MOSS

DYLAN THOMAS

RAMON DEL VALLE-INCLAN

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

PAUL WEST

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO

MAO ZSEDONG