Nearly unanimously considered Brazil’s greatest poet, Drummond (1902-87) left a vast poetical oeuvre (some two dozen books) of considerable thematic and stylistic variety, demonstrating longevity, versatility, and diversified aesthetic charm. He appealed to connoisseurs of belles-lettres and the broader reading public alike. In the pantheon of Western poetry, Drummond merits a place alongside the greatest poets of Portugal—the giant Luiz de Camões (d. 1580) and the modernist Fernando Pessoa (d. 1935)—as well as the most highly regarded Spanish American poets. His signature composition “Poem of Seven Faces” (1930) is a springboard to discuss structural and thematic aspects of his poetry over the years and to organize poems heptagonally. Translations of his work can be distributed in seven groupings. One can identify seven concentric domains of poetic space in his verse. Lyric selves embody seven fundamental voices (personae) who emerge and evolve. Drummond’s own self-presentation organizes his work as concerning the individual, the homeland, the family, friends, social impact, knowledge of love, lyric itself, playful exercises, and contemplation of existence. His poetry can be clear and seemingly conventional, or dense and abstract, even anti-normative.