Preparing the exhumation of the remains of Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda |
Looks like The Frangible Hour should be available by December 6. Will keep you updated. Below is a second preview poem, "Exhuming Neruda". Pablo Neruda's (1904-1973) real name was Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto.
Exhuming
Neruda
Poet’s story becomes a
murder mystery: Chile
exhumes Pablo Neruda’s remains (CNN
Headline, April 10, 2013)
At Isla Negra,
Neftalí, you sang of joy and pain,
of poverty,
Matilde, birds, of artichokes and rain.
And once at Isla
Negra, they searched each corner of
your hideaway, but
all they found was bread and wine and love.
And now at Isla
Negra, they are digging up your bones;
they’ll fly them
to the capital then rearrange the stones.
At Isla Negra,
Neftalí, far from the abattoirs,
a leaf drifts to
the earth amid the keen of grass and stars.
-- Catherine Chandler
-- Catherine Chandler
View of the sea from Pablo Neruda's home on Isla Negra |
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