Poetry Tuesday: poetry

This week a poem by Neruda, translated by David Whyte - a double whammy of poetic greatness.

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La Poesia

...And something ignited in my soul,

fever or unremembered wings,

and I went my own way,

deciphering

that burning fire

and I wrote the first bare line,

bare, without substance, pure

foolishness,

pure wisdom

of one who knows nothing,

and suddenly I saw

the heavens

unfastened

and open.

*this is a photograph (source unknown) of Horsetail Falls in Yosemite where every February,

the sun hits just so it looks like it's full of fire.