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First poetry book of 2023. I try to read a poem a day. Ideally with organic tea in bed and because I‘m on school holidays I can do just that. With no alarm to wake me up. The painting in the back ground is at my mother‘s place as you walk up the stairs to the landing. It‘s of a shearing shed. Both her father and brother were shearers. Good ones so I‘ve heard. I am enjoying these romantic poems so far. I scored them at an op shop a week ago for $3.

#PoetryMatters Day 5: #Sonnet

No list is complete without Pablo Neruda. Accessible even to those who don‘t read poetry, his work is beautiful.

“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees” 🌸

#alphabetgame #letterT @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

from Editor‘s Note:

“For this edition, we have drawn from 39 of the 74 poems, presenting a total of 70 questions. These questions represent parts of poems, with poem LVI being the only full poem in the book, but even in this case, not all of the poem‘s couplets appear on the same page. The 70 questions were arranged into more or less thematic groups, informed by the relationship between humans and the natural world, mind, and geography.”

“How do the oranges
On an orange tree share the sun?

Who wakes up the sun when it sleeps
upon its blazing bed?

Don‘t you see that apple blossoms bloom
In order to die as apples?”

#illustratedbooks #pabloneruda #bookofquestions #palomavaldivia #poetry

As if I needed a reason to visit one of my favorite independent bookstores - LOL! - today was Independent Bookstore Day; and this is what I scored at 57th Street Books!! First illustrated bilingual Spanish-English selection published in 2022 by Enchanted Lion Books. Illustrations by Paloma Valdivia. #poetry #pabloneruda #independentbookstoreday #illustratedbooks

National Poetry Month: Day 29! 📖❤

Out of the Neruda poems that I've read, this has always been my favorite. In fact I've even used it in a couple different fan fiction stories that I've written in the past! Don't even ask. It's just as cringey as it sounds! 🙊🙈😂

#NationalPoetryMonth

#WorldPoetryDay
#PabloNeruda

Opening of "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda. Click on the link and read the whole thing. You won't be disappointed. It's Neruda! ?https://poets.org/poem/ode-my-socks
#ode #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#ItHadToBeYou #lovepoem @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks