The Observer reports that the Mexican publishers, Planeta, are to publish the contents of Che Guevara’s green notebook, which was found among his belongings when he was shot by the CIA in 1967. The notebook has since been kept locked away by the Bolivian military.
The notebook contains 69 poems by Pablo Neruda (Chile), Nicolás [...]
Love - by Pablo Neruda
Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers I ache from the
perfumes of spring.
I have forgotten your face, I no longer remember your hands;
how did your lips feel on mine?
Because of you, I love the white statues drowsing in the parks,
the white statues that have neither voice nor sight.
I have forgotten [...]
The Queen - Pablo Neruda
I have named you queen.
There are taller ones than you, taller.
There are purer ones than you, purer.
There are lovelier than you, lovelier.
But you are the queen.
When you go through the streets
no one recognizes you.
No one sees your crystal crown, no one looks
at the carpet of red gold
that you tread as you [...]
I’m not the biggest fan of Elvis Presley. He’s all right . . . he gets the job done. But he’s not quite 50 Cent or Eminem. British Tennis number one Andy Murray before he played a tournament in Memphis.
And, it is rumoured that the nineteen-year-old Scot has collected £1million from Random House for his [...]
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