I will not read you again Pablo
the dusky maiden defence
your unbridled hot manhood
what a lying cur you were
those words of silk intelligence
over such coddled remorse
hungry thousands at your readings
the artifice of immunity
all cracked clay in the hearts of men
your words now dust from rain
the pages leak for closing
diplomat claims for service
did Pinochet and cancer kill you
the torture slow
as the wooden hundred sonnets
used as kindling this cold night
so barren in your conscience
let erasure be the legacy
your regret as hollow
as the empty shelves should be
your phrases large pebbles
rolled back into your throat
Goya detail: Saturn devouring his son
James Walton Poetry 
I knew very little of Pablo Neruda the poet, but now Iâve read you and the review of his biography, I donât think Iâll bother. Iâll stick to Margaret Atwood â now thereâs an activist poet for you! Virginia Dr Virginia Lowe Create a Kids’ Book createakidsbook.com.au PO Box 2, Ormond Victoria 3204 ph: 03 9578 5689 mob: 0400 488 100 Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two children tell (Routledge 2007) Lines Between Virginia and John Lowe (Melbourne Poets Union 2018) Description: Description: Lines Between front cover
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Atwood is a genius! Getting a bit of flak on the ‘separate the art from the artist’ line, but really!
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