Spain was a taut, dry drum-head
Daily beating a dull thud
Flatlands and eagle's nest
Silence lashed by the storm.
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Pablo Neruba was a poet, a diplomat from Chile, who opposed the dictator, crazy Pinochet.
Neruda employs stunning surreal imagery to describe the duelling natures of the Spanish Civil War.
Proletarian Spain, made of petals and bullets Unique, alive, asleep - resounding.../// wondering me
I just traveled Spain - he loves Spain like he loves women- -intimately and to the depth of the soul
With blood and metal, blue and victorious Proletarian Spain, made of petals and bullets Unique, alive, asleep - resounding. very fine poem. tony