The selections represent many generations of poets, from Veronica Micle and Matilda Cugler-Poni in the nineteenth century, to Magda Isanos and the interwar poets, to such important contemporary poets as Ana Blandiana and Daniela Crasnaru, and younger poets, such as Carmen Firan and Carmen Veronica Steiciuc

The selections represent many generations of poets, from Veronica Micle and Matilda Cugler-Poni in the nineteenth century, to Magda Isanos and the interwar poets, to such important contemporary poets as Ana Blandiana and Daniela Crasnaru, and younger poets, such as Carmen Firan and Carmen Veronica Steiciuc