Tag Archives: Pablo Neruda

Brecht Celebrated Overlooked Workers

Brecht and Neruda poems to celebrate International Workers’ Day.

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I Am the Bread of Life

Jesus declared that he was “the bread of life.” These poems explore the metaphor.

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The Poetry of Holy Bread

I share a church talk on “The Poetry of Bread” where I shared poems by Levertov, Ungar, Neruda, Underhill, and others.

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The Tomato Sheds Its Own Light

Neruda’s “Ode to Tomatoes” is a perfect poem for midsummer.

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Neruda: Let’s All Stop for a Moment

In “Keeping Quiet,” Neruda offers us a powerful challenge in the face of the world’s horrors: what if the entire world were to observe a moment of stillness?

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The Always Overflowing Sea

Neruda’s “Ode to the Sea” can also be an exploration of our relationship to God.

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Poetry & the Sea Liberate the Imprisoned

For Pablo Neruda’s, the “poet’s obligation” is to speak for freedom–which makes poetry vital important in our time.

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The Thrill of Bird Watching

Sports Saturday I don’t know if bird watching is a sport or not, but it’s the activity that my recently deceased father engaged in for exercise. Although from his childhood he was nearly blind in one eye and couldn’t look straight up without experiencing vertigo, he was an excellent birder and just needed the tiniest […]

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Rand Paul’s Misadventures with Poetry

Senator Rand Paul’s often may misapply poetry, but the poems he chooses tell us a lot about Rand Paul.

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