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”.