# Carlos Drummond de Andrade's most famous poems

The Drummond poems that appear most in anthologies and best-of lists, from "No meio do caminho" to "José".

- 36 votes · 15 items
- Nov 5, 2024 · leitora.curioso
- https://even.best/en/l/2220/carlos-drummond-de-andrade-s-most-famous-poems

## Top 15

1. **José** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — José (1942). A man lost in the big city with no way out.
2. **In Search of Poetry** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A rosa do povo (1945). A lesson on how (not) to write poems.
3. **Shoulders Bear the World** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sentimento do mundo (1940). Life without illusions in wartime.
4. **Confession of a Man from Itabira** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sentimento do mundo (1940). The home town that aches like a photograph.
5. **The Flower and the Nausea** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A rosa do povo (1945). A flower breaking through the asphalt.
6. **Any Little Town** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Alguma poesia (1930). The slowness of a small inland town.
7. **Square Dance** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Alguma poesia (1930). A chain of mismatched loves.
8. **Holding Hands** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sentimento do mundo (1940). The poet chooses the present and the people in it.
9. **The Machine of the World** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Claro enigma (1951). Often voted the greatest Brazilian poem.
10. **International Congress of Fear** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sentimento do mundo (1940). Fear as the theme of an era.
11. **Seven-Sided Poem** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alguma poesia (1930). The "gauche" poet introduces himself.
12. **Memory** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Claro enigma (1951). What we love is never lost.
13. **The Fighter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — José (1942). The poet's struggle with words.
14. **In the Middle of the Road** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Published in 1928 in the Revista de Antropofagia; modernism's most famous stone.
15. **Childhood** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Alguma poesia (1930). Memories of the farm and the family.

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