Here is a beautiful poem from the Nobel Prize winning Chilean bard. Neruda, a committed Socialist, died as the result of an assassination ordered by the fascist dictator, General Pinochet. His poetry lives on while Pinochet’s legacy is one of bloodshed and deception. Ultimately, beautiful verse wins out again. Lone Gentleman The gay young men […]
Pablo Neruda -Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines – Latin American Rebel Poet
Pablo Neruda (1904 – 1973) was a Chilean poet, diplomat and Nobel Prize Winner for Literature (1971). He was renowned for penning fine poetry from the age of 13. As a communist, Neruda served as a senator for the Chilean Communist Party, but was forced to flee Chile in 1948 when a warrant was issued […]