Still Another Day: XVII/Men Poem by Pablo Neruda

Still Another Day: XVII/Men

Rating: 4.8


The truth is in the prologue. Death to the romantic fool,
to the expert in solitary confinement,
I'm the same as the teacher from Colombia,
the rotarian from Philadelphia, the merchant
from Paysandu who save his silver
to come here. We all arrive by different streets,
by unequal languages, at Silence.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 05 May 2020

I'm the same as the teacher from Colombia, the rotarian from Philadelphia, the merchant from Paysandu who save his silver to come here. very fine poem. tony

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 27 September 2017

We all arrive by different streets, by unequal languages, at Silence Life, Society, this world, all are diverse in many aspects. All of us have different origins and destinies, although we live on the same land, we live different lives. A great poem.

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Bonolata Otolantik 16 March 2016

I really don't know how to express how mesmerized I am. Every great poet has written about life's eternal truths and the more I read them the more I'm left wondering about how life is really just simple. We.. make it complicated.

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Fabrizio Frosini 24 November 2015

XVII - 'Men' belongs in the collection ''STILL ANOTHER DAY'' (''Aún'') _______________________________________________________ ''Aún'' is a long work made of many short poems, and is considered to be among Neruda's finest. Neruda was very aware of his imminent death when he wrote those 28 cantos, which are sort of a personal expedition in search of his deepest roots. Aún is a soaring tribute to the history and survival of the Chilean people. The poem invokes the Araucanian Indians, the conquistadors who tried to enslave them, folklore, the people and places of his childhood and the sights and smells of the marketplace. As in the best poetry, Neruda's particulars become profoundly universal. _______________________________________________________

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