Tag Archives: poetry
La Chascona | Pablo Neruda’s Home
Photo Credit: magical_world The Chilean Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda owned three homes in Chile–two outside Santiago and one in Barrio Bellavista in Santiago. His home in Bellavista is named after his third wife Mathilde: “La Chascona” which pays … Continue reading
Cerro El Roble | The Oak Hill
It’s becoming Fall here! So strange to be writing about Fall foods like casseroles and chilly weather when so many of you are breaking out your skirts and t-shirts. I went on another hike last weekend–this one on Cerro El Roble–The … Continue reading
Filed under Chile
Tonight I Can Write
Photo Credit: Bracani….Antonio Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write for example, ‘The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.’ The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. A portion of Pablo Neruda’s … Continue reading
Filed under Argentina
Descending – Tango
Photo Credit: Zabara_Tango This is the place. And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hair streams black, the merman in his armored body. We circle silently about the wreck we dive into the hold. I am she: I am … Continue reading
Filed under Tango
Golden
Leaves litter the sidewalks now–golden and curled. The scuttle of dried leaves even scared the tender greyhound I walked today. As I dashed through them, chasing after the lithe hound on my leash, the leaves brought to mind part of … Continue reading
Filed under New to Town
Valzhyna Mort
Please indulge me in some non-Buenos Aires related news. One of my friends, an enormously talented and humble poet named Valzhyna, has a new book entitled Factory of Tears. Her second book of poetry was published by my all-time favorite … Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Literature
