Drunk Ship is the translation from Spanish of the 50 pages collection of poems Barco Ebrio by Salvador Reyes Figueroa, originally published in 1923, Santiago, Chile, by editorial Nascimiento. It is the very first work of this writer.[1]
The book features a number of poems with marine subjects, whose titles are:[2]
Drunk Ship spoke about marine subjects in a casual style. For that reason, it was not unnoticed by the formal local cultural environment of its time.[2] García Oldini, for instance, considered it one of the books that changed Chilean poetry:
Arthur Rimbaud used the same title for one of his poems.[3]
Barco ebrio Antofagasta, 1963 edition by editorial Imprentas Unidas, Biblioteca Nacional (Chilean National Library) collection MC0011400. Released to the public by Memoria Chilena in PDF format.