spanish poetry

if i read you
pablo neruda
with faux spanish lilts
will you smile at me
deliciously

listen to the inflections
in my voice
until we fall asleep
in a blanket
of momentos silenciosos.

if i read you
spanish poetry
will you
adóreme.

remind me of kindness
with your warm
liquid eyes.
i barely comprehend
all the parts of you
i recognize.

if i sing you
pablo neruda
to the sounds of
your guitar
are we sharing music
or poetry
or perhaps
it is
eternity.

mira...
how your silent moments
awaken such sweet
sounds
in me.
 

Reviews

[Nihad Dweidary]

This evoca can easily melt the most intractable brick. This is surely worthy of another visit, Karabelle.

I am so delighted to have featured your work this week. I have no doubt that a plethora of authors are able to walk away with a wonderful sense of satisfaction when reading your poems. They are the brightest flowers in the garden, begging to be felt, smelt, and tenderly caressed. I love these lines:

i barely comprehend
all the parts of you
i recognize.

Love, -Nihad

[Philip Hartshorn]

...you're voice is so... captivating. wow. how intriguing. what a great poem though, I adore the rhyme scheme it just works so perfectly. and what beautiful words as well. I love spanish. I just finished up my fourth year of studying it. speaking of that I have more homework... but your poems are so great! oh the choices in life! you're going to fail me with your beautiful voice! great poem.

[Jato]

Oh me gusta mucho! Makes me want to fall in love con un desperado guapo.

[Zachary Dolan]

yes. beautiful is the right word for this. I think my heart might have stopped beating for a moment there...you have such an expressive voice...not only can you write, but you can speak...beautifully

well, I could keep going on this track for quite a while, but I don't think I'd say anything new...

Hearing you read this makes me realize yet again how a computer is no replacement for human interaction...if only this Cafe was a real place...with comfy chairs and a hot cup of tea...The discussions to be had would be legendary...

Thank you for putting this piece on the Cafe...

[Mute.]

i... felt that "carefreeness" but it was fleeting, i'm not sure if it was intended- but i sensed doubt in the speaker's voice. haha, maybe that's just my paranoid self.

[Kari [io]]

this is sooooo beautiful. i pretty much fell in love with it. you have such a great sense of letting your words sort of float up in the air, featherlight, and then cascade off of whatever. it made me feel so carefree and clean. loved it.

[Frances Lennon]

This is quite lovely. You have so many emotions here. The Love and humour that comes across is very uplifting. I just love the fourth stanza.
Frances.xx

[Gordon Greene]

Got to say, I love it.
I think the setup is what makes it go from very nice to beautiful in about 2 seconds flat.
g.g.

[Bluehealer]

An honest, sober review :)... Beautifully written... I have studied Neruda, Borges, and Vargas Llosa - read classic Spanish masterpieces of centuries long forgotten, and they always give me a certain feeling - I studied Spanish for eight years, and spent a summer in Mexico - to hear your words takes me back to the azotea - the rooftop porch where my friends and I would waste an entire evening over guitar and tequila. Well, I would say it was time well wasted :)Your words bring all of that back, and I thank you for the memory jogger -P.S.: If you like Spanish poetry, read these poems by Jorge Luis Borges - "Arte Poetica" -At times in the evenings a faceLooks at us out of the depths of a mirror;Art should be like that mirrorWhich reveals to us our own face.And "Dream" -...Who will you be tonight in your dreamfall,into the dark, on the other side of the wall?-b

[Kara Emily Krantz]

i was pretty darn close, but i translated it anyways:

"you are beautiful, like your poetry. Your words speak through the lips of the wine, music and melod�a. The dreams become truth. Oh, how I desire to learn."

... oh, ms. jacobson. :) how lovely ! muchas gracias!