Pablo Neruda's House - Over looking the Pacific Ocean
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"Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer .
Having his works translated into dozens of languages, Pablo Neruda is considered one of the greatest and most influential poets of the 20th century. Critic and biographer Alistar Reid has stated that Neruda is the most widely read poet since William Shakespeare."
OK... this is from wikipedia. As I learnt about Pablo Neruda and His work, I just couldn't pass this opportunity to visit one of his houses on the pacific coast. He has three houses, all belonged to the woman his was with at that period of time. This particular house, was designed a like Boat ( and actually you see me at the end of the boat doing a titanic). I was told that Neruda loved the ocean but he was afraid to go into it. Thats why he created a house like a Ship.
Earlier in the day we were at the mountains and at sharp 5:30 pm we reached the pacific coast, just in time to visit the house.
Here is a Poem by Pablo Neruda
DON'T GO FAR OFF, NOT EVEN FOR A DAY
Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,
because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?
Pablo Neruda
