I am re-reading my many volumes of Neruda this long week-end.
The 1971 Nobel Laureate is truly amazing - what a voice and soooo prolific too.
I especially like the Captain's Verses. My used 1972 edition is a little dog-eared. It is full of annotations and random thoughts.
But I think that is what makes it special. I love to underline and capture ideas as I read. It makes for a messy book.. but it is very interesting a decade later.
Consider a poem from his third book.. at only 20!
Body of woman, white hills, white thighs,
you look like the world in your posture of surrender.
My savage peasant body digs through you
and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth.
(From "Song I")
you look like the world in your posture of surrender.
My savage peasant body digs through you
and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth.
(From "Song I")
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