Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoato
"A poet goes in search of poetry
To Neruda poetry came to search him.
He knew not from where it sprung.
There were no voices, faces or words
Poetry touched the man without a face".
Surrounded by foreign language
And alien culture, without literary community
He learnt what true loneliness was
Turning inward he wrote Residence of Earth.
He was in his true element in Spain
He wrote love poetry inspired by Matilde.
Neruda presented woman and nature
Often passionate odes to love and nature.
To him “Love is a journey thro’ waters and stars
Love is a war of lightning- two bodies ruined
By a single sweetness – a genital fire
Transformed by the delight”.
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2010
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