"I’ve said that that you sang in the wind,
as the pines and the masts do.
Like them you are tall and taciturn.
And you sadden quickly, as a voyage does."
Pablo Neruda, Poem Number 12
...by a a song I love as much as any of my other favorites. I don't know why I'm putting it here now, except that like so many great country tunes, it stirs echoes of longing, a common experience for me at Christmas Time. So appropriate, it's almost maddening.
Sing it, Emmylou, for that will surely break my heart in two. (You know what I mean, Steve.)
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I love metaphors that compare things one would not ordinarily associate with one another. If you really like Neruda, check out Red Poppy at www.redpoppy.net. It's a non-profit set up to create a documentary about Neruda, publish his biography, and translate his works into English.
"Theres two kinds of people allright- them thats going somewhere and them thats going nowhere. I'm on an Exodus to nowhwhere, and it gets mighty lonely sometimes.
Ben Rumpston
"No Direction Home"
Bobby D
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