Title: AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION WITH PABLO NERUDA

Author:ARREDONDO CARLOS
Subject:POETRY
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CARLOS ARREDONDO
AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION WITH PABLO NERUDA

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I have in front of me the poet, sitting in a wooden chair.
I dared to ask him:

How have you managed, poet,
to write so dreamily,
yet so precisely, about love,
about the history of Chile and of America,
about politics, about the tomato,
the onion, and the sock?
And more than that,
to nail, with words of fire, the history of Franco and of Spain?

Let me see. the man in the flat cap said.
Listen and do not answer me back. I will try
to summarise for you some aspects of my life.

When, as a young man, I watched the seas of Chile and later of Rangoon,
the virginal enchantment of women
inspired me to romantic adventures with no endings.
These courtships amongst the reeds,
the dark rain of Temuco
the humid scents of the earth
the aroma of my mother's cooking,
my father's work on the railroads,
all provided my delicate southern lungs,
with their first breath of pure air.

The astonishing landscapes of the Araucanía
the home of the Mapuche and their volcanoes
the Copihue flowers,
the black-necked swans,
the strawberries,
the insects
and the industrious axes of the German colonists.
When I arrived in Santiago I discovered
how unsophisticated,
rich and poor I was.

Thus, blow by blow,
I was surprised by life
And all the elements that compose it frontiers separating
the incomparable landscapes of our world,
from humanity
and its never-ending history.

The Fauna, the fantastic insects and animals,
the Flora with their spectacular colours and enchantments.
I started to discover who I was,
the value of my existence and that of others.
I felt in love with words and poetry and with its magic power over me
and ...
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