Which would you prefer: Gabriela Mistral or Pablo Neruda?

Question: Which would you prefer: Gabriela Mistral or Pablo Neruda!?

I want to start reading poetry and these two poets fascinate me!. Who should I read first!?

Further recommendations on other poets are welcome!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Pablo Neruda!. Start by watching the italian film about him called Il Postino, then buy or download a copy of "20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair"!. I particularly love "Here I love you" which is a beautiful love poem, and "tonight I can write the saddest lines"!.

Read his works and enjoy the experience: as they say in the movie "poetry, when you explain it, becomes banal, better than any explanation is the experience poetry can give to the heart open enough to receive it!."

Enjoy!

I also love Robert Browning, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Tennyson!.Www@QuestionHome@Com