This April, in honor of National Poetry Month, I accepted a poetry dare from TweetSpeakPoetry: to read a poem every day of the month and share it with my friends. I opted for the challenge of reading a single poet per week, alternating between historical and contemporary poets.
Here’s a day-by-day list of what I read during week 4. Learn more about my chosen poet, Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), here.
Day 21 – “Morning (Love Sonnet XXVII)” by Pablo Neruda
“As if down a long tunnel of clothing and of chores;
Your clear light dims, gets dressed, drops its leaves,”
Day 22 – “Ode to Salt” by Pablo Neruda
“Dust of the sea, in you
the tongue receives a kiss
from ocean night:”
Day 23 – “Discoverers” by Pablo Neruda, Tran. Angel Flores
“Night, snow and sand make the form
of my slim fatherland,
all silence is in its long line,”
Day 24 – “Tonight I Can Write” by Pablo Neruda
“And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.”
Day 25 – “The Dictators” by Pablo Neruda
“The weeping cannot be seen, like a plant
whose seeds fall endlessly on the earth,”
Day 26 – “Enigmas” by Pablo Neruda
“You’ve asked me what the lobster is weaving there with
his golden feet?
I reply, the ocean knows this.”
Day 27 – “The Light Wraps You” by Pablo Neruda
“The great roots of night
grow suddenly from your soul,
and the things that hide in you come out again “
Snark on the Side 