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One Of My Favorite Poets, Neruda, Writes Close To The Bone. Though I Know Only A Little Spanish, I Like To Compare The Spanish And English Lines And See How The Translator Worked.

I Pray I Die Before They Day Comes When I Do Not Know If My Sons Are Infants Or Grandfathers.

Mountains Are Where Heaven Meets Earth.

My Early Childhood Was Spent In Newark, New Jersey, But My Family Moved To Denver When I Was 12.

I Wanted To Cry, But I Realized That I Was Too Old For That. I Would Be A Woman Soon And I Would Have To Learn How To Live With A Divided Heart.