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I apologize to Neruda fans in advance for what is essentially a rant. If I’m being honest, I don’t like poetry. With a handful of exceptions (Walt Whitman and T.S. Eliot come to mind), the vast majority of it leaves me completely cold. I wish I could appreciate it better given how much I love […] read full post >>

This week’s reading was quite a nice refresher compared to the past couple of weeks as it’s all poetry instead of prose. I have heard of Pablo Neruda before, as I am sure most people in this class have, but something that I learned from the lecture and that I find really interesting about this […] read full post >>

For this week’s reading, as in my last post, I was conflicted. After watching the lecture, I was affirmed of that confliction and also guided to understand empathetically the possible reality of Gabriela Mistral. My conflict with reading this poetry book was that for claiming to be a Latin American poet, more times than not, […] read full post >>

The poems in twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair were very interesting to read and in many ways different from poems I’ve read in the past. Each poem follows this overarching theme of nature and uses this to find the beauty in so many little elemen... read full post >>

The poems in twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair were very interesting to read and in many ways different from poems I’ve read in the past. Each poem follows this overarching theme of nature and uses this to find the beauty in so many little elemen... read full post >>

This week’s reading surprised me in a very positive way. I am not a fan of poetry in general, as personally, I find it harder to understand and connect with the writer. Moreover, everything I had heard and read about the politician and writer Pablo Neruda hadn’t been very positive or especially “poetic”, but thanks […] read full post >>

 I hope everyone is doing well!   This week, I finished reading Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair. This collection of poems had both pieces I enjoyed and some I didn't. In order to fully understand, I had to read som... read full post >>

 I hope everyone is doing well!   This week, I finished reading Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair. This collection of poems had both pieces I enjoyed and some I didn't. In order to fully understand, I had to read som... read full post >>

 Neruda's poems were filled with words and connections to nature and stillness. Neruda's love is rooted in nature and earth, "his feet almost literally rooted in the ground" (Lecture, Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair). This concept of love ... read full post >>

 Neruda's poems were filled with words and connections to nature and stillness. Neruda's love is rooted in nature and earth, "his feet almost literally rooted in the ground" (Lecture, Twenty Love Poems and A Song of Despair). This concept of love ... read full post >>