Neruda, Borges, and the magic of Latin verse.
The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails
— Federico Garcia Lorca
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, j..."
"The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your ..."
What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air
— Octavio Paz
"What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air"
"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can br..."
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is…
— Derek Walcott
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that ..."
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has love…
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life"
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to…
"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ear..."
"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excel..."
Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape
"Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape"
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"
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