Jul 12 2026
Born on July 12, 1904, Pablo Neruda became one of the most widely read poets of the twentieth century, creating a body of work that could move from intimate love poems to surreal visions, celebrations of ordinary objects, political verse, sweeping histories of Latin America, and poems rooted in the landscapes of his native Chile. …
Jul 14 2021
the tomato,star of earth, recurrentand fertilestar,displaysits convolutions,its canals,its remarkable amplitudeand abundance,no pit,no husk,no leaves or thorns,the tomato offersits giftof fiery colorand cool completeness. -from Ode to Tomatoes, Pablo Neruda Neruda understood the suggestive majesty of the tomato, that culinary conundrum – both a fruit and a vegetable!, omnipresent and visually intriguing, memorialized as much on Warhol’s soup can as …
