I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for authentic and raw emotional expression in poetry.
In this quote, Pablo Neruda articulates a longing for poetry that captures the intense and unrefined aspects of human experience. He desires words that convey deep feelings, evoke powerful imagery, and resonate with the primal emotions of existence. By comparing words to natural elements, he emphasizes the depth and richness of language that can express the complexities of life and emotion.
In practice
This quote could be used in a creative writing workshop to inspire poets to explore raw emotions in their work.
Perhaps this war will pass like the others which divided us leaving us dead, killing us along with the killers but the shame of this time puts its burning fingers to our faces. Who will erase the ruthlessness hidden in innocent blood?
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.
I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss and could teach no one anything except that I have lived with something in common among men.
I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you are the queen.
I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.
A painting in an interior spreads joy around it by the colors, which calm us.
In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before.
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and then was taken (at age eight) to hear Pons at a Met performance of Lakme. It was at that moment that I decided to become an opera star. Not just an opera singer, but an opera star!
In the Led Zeppelin shows of the Sixties and Seventies, it was the same numbers every night, but they were constantly in a state of flux. If I played something good, really substantial, I'd stick it in again.
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