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

[Christina]

This is lovely it makes you yearn to have that spanish lover. Its also a nice switch from the other pieces that I have read o yours.

[Eamon]

Pablo Neruda, now there was a genius. Bald and could nab any female he wanted just because he was a wordsmith.

In "Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion desesperada" Neruda constantly speaks of:

"Crepusculos" or twilights

and

"Madrugadas" early morns

as comparing his love and lover.

I bought a copy of it in Sevilla, Espana circa 1997. Still have it, still love it.

Now, when you say Spanish, are you referring to Spaniards? Or are you simply referring to the language?

In either way, nice.

E.

[Pierce Franklin]

I don't speak Spanish and have not read any Spanish literature, but in a way this really summed up the image I have of it:

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

Beautiful, very romantic.

[Ross Korben]

WOW! I speak fluent Spanish I this was put together really well! I loved how you mixed the Spanish in with the English sort of a Spanglish in reverse! My favorite line was . . . "listen to the inflections in my voice until we fall asleep in a blanket of momentos silenciosos". Great little read!

[Nicole Hellene]

oh f**k it, I tried to look through my old spanish notes from high school to see how to say "I love it" in the ghetto California spanish we speak over here, but alas, dos anos de espanol in la escuela y no entiendo nada.

muy bien!

[Ernie Roman]

ahh yea! i love this!!what a way to mix it up...the language... me gusto mucho!!

[Crystal Elisa]

very neruda-esque which is hard to do so big kudos for that!!! great write

[Kurt]

this is a beautiful piece..... i love the soft romantic style you have with this one... very well done!

[Tedefroberts]

anything that stands as an homage to Neruda always appeals to me...this piece is very fitting in flow and emotion.

[Marc Mccune]

"i barely comprehend
all the parts of you
i recognize."

that line is to nice.

I love romantic accents, whispered in the ear.

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