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Saturday, June 20, 2009
He is a genius-Nobel laureate, fine. But verse usually stops me short. What startles is the simplicity, the permission to write what he will, even an Ode to a lemon. So right.
The ode is so well written...i've always loved the fragrance of a lemon and the flavor it adds too...wonder whats the origin of the quote "getting a lemon"...they say "When life throws you lemons, make lemonade"...will read more on Neruda's works
PQ- lovely, isn't it? So much that we see but disregard as being too mundane.
Norrbu- I wish you dua from the bottom of my heart. For me the fact tnat he permits himself to first feel and then the express- that indeed is superlative.
That was really good- simplicity at it's best,in a way.They should use such works for school textbooks rather than drab ole poems,I feel.What do you say? -- BTW, will be checking out those sites this weekend...btw,did u mention chillifreeze?I read about it today.
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Simplicity startles me too. But my favourite Neruda line has to be this:
"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."
I've had it memorized for ten years now, in the hopes of using it, or a variant of it.
The ode is so well written...i've always loved the fragrance of a lemon and the flavor it adds too...wonder whats the origin of the quote "getting a lemon"...they say "When life throws you lemons, make lemonade"...will read more on Neruda's works
you, too, write that kind of amazing work, my friend.
Quin-beholden. but no. No. I just try.
PQ- lovely, isn't it? So much that we see but disregard as being too mundane.
Norrbu- I wish you dua from the bottom of my heart. For me the fact tnat he permits himself to first feel and then the express- that indeed is superlative.
That was really good- simplicity at it's best,in a way.They should use such works for school textbooks rather than drab ole poems,I feel.What do you say?
--
BTW, will be checking out those sites this weekend...btw,did u mention chillifreeze?I read about it today.
you succeed
quin- distant, that shore...
amit- haan chillifreeze and elance.
I love that guy's work - am fortunate to have been introduced to his work by good friends
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