National Poetry Month-April 2018

Hello dear Readers,

One of the most exciting months of the year for me is April. Why, you may wonder? Because we celebrate National Poetry Month here in the United States and around the world. As a reader and writer of Poetry, I could not be more excited.

For that reason, more than any other month so far, I have been reading a lot of poetry which is a way to celebrate the month but also helps and motives me to keep working on my current WIP which is a book of poems. 

Below some helpful links to know more about National Poetry Month and different ways you can celebrate.

And of course, could not end this blog without sharing my favorite poem.

https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home

https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/30-ways-celebrate-national-poetry-month

https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/national-poetry-month-faq

I like For You To Be Still/Pablo Neruda

I Like For You To Be Still

I like for you to be still

It is as though you are absent

And you hear me from far away

And my voice does not touch you

It seems as though your eyes had flown away

And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth

As all things are filled with my soul

You emerge from the things

Filled with my soul

You are like my soul

A butterfly of dream

And you are like the word: Melancholy

I like for you to be still

And you seem far away

It sounds as though you are lamenting

A butterfly cooing like a dove

And you hear me from far away

And my voice does not reach you

Let me come to be still in your silence

And let me talk to you with your silence

That is bright as a lamp

Simple, as a ring

You are like the night

With its stillness and constellations

Your silence is that of a star

As remote and candid

I like for you to be still

It is as though you are absent

Distant and full of sorrow

So you would've died

One word then, One smile is enough

And I'm happy;

Happy that it's not true