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it would be great to go through the streets with a green knife

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda would have been 100 yesterday. I wanted to raise a glass of Concha y Toro in his name, but instead settled for a California Sauvignon Blanc. But I did hear Ariel Dorfman read "Sexual Water" on NPR. And I guide you to "Walking Around", one of my favorite Neruda poems.

Posted by Mike on July 13, 2004 11:03 AM |

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Walking Around is fantastic. I haven't read that poem before. Thanks for posting it.

Posted by: finn | July 13, 2004 11:14 AM

yeah, i read his Nobel acceptance speech to mark the event...beautiful

Posted by: Rob | July 14, 2004 6:19 PM

Link?

Posted by: nedlog | July 15, 2004 9:51 AM

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