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Taking Cues from Wordsworth: Ode on Intimations of Immortality

The vital spontaneity of life brought William Wordsworth's "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" to my heart-mind on Saturday, as my family and I visited the Cementerio General in San José, to honor and remember my father R.C.M., my grandmother D.M.A., my grandfather E.C.J., and other ancestors, up to my great-great grandmother or tatarabuela, who rest … Continue reading Taking Cues from Wordsworth: Ode on Intimations of Immortality

Zanate en claroscuro

El día había amanecido gris, frío, lluvioso. Un manto denso de estratocúmulos ensombrecía el valle. La tierra del jardín estaba húmeda; en las hojas de la heliconia, la pasiflora, la pitanga y el rosal se acumulaban gotitas de agua. Mirándolo a través de las puertas de vidrio desde mi escritorio, el jardín me parecía triste, … Continue reading Zanate en claroscuro

Juan Ramón Jiménez: Platero y yo

Hoy mi papá hubiera cumplido setenta y nueve años. Han pasado casi once meses desde que falleció. Acá comparto unos apuntes de mi cuaderno personal sobre mi lectura de Platero y yo, del Premio Nobel español Juan Ramón Jiménez. No lo había leído desde la escuela primaria. Pero en la misa del funeral, en la … Continue reading Juan Ramón Jiménez: Platero y yo

Sunday Windy Sunday: Autumn Walks

It is a windy, early autumn Sunday in Brooklyn. It was forecast to be rainy, but a nor'easter storm that was supposed to drench New York City has been to slow to arrive. So it is merely drizzling, but the wind is blowing and howling, full of sound and fury, signifying freedom. Prospect Lake yesterday, … Continue reading Sunday Windy Sunday: Autumn Walks

Mary Oliver: Going to Walden

As my peripatetic fate beckons once again, I have been drawn to the voice of Mary Oliver. She roamed and wandered in her region of the cosmos, but she was attentive, respectful, and caring as she did so. In her early poem "Going to Walden," she responded to people that told her she must go, … Continue reading Mary Oliver: Going to Walden