Neruda, Borges, and the magic of Latin verse.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition
— Octavio Paz
"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition"
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has love…
— Derek Walcott
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life"
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..."
What we call love is a journey through water and stars, through suffocating air
"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..."
At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon
"At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon"
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"
Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is…
"Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that ..."
Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches
"Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches"
"The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your ..."
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