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Ultreya: the Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments of the Galician Youth Movement Ultreya – Porque amo a Galiza con toda a miña ialma, adicareille os meus millores esforzos pra tornala eternamente feliz. Since I love Galicia with all my heart, I shall dedicate my … Continue reading
Ammiel in the Mountains
What is political writing? What is political reading?
How can reading invigorate your life? Continue reading
Noriega: trees and language
It is a rivulet running Sheltered through the shade Of some dense pine wood: Take this cover and it dies Before it can reach the valley. I am thinking about this verse today. Noriega is talking about his own language, … Continue reading
Our Language: Novoneyra and Noriega Varela
Our Language The mountain man is coming now. Why? Oh dear heart! He is blind- He cannot see past the veil: He is coming to speak Gallego He is coming so that Gallego can live. Our language is a little … Continue reading
An Afternoon in Spring
Antonio Machado’s poem “An Afternoon in Spring.” I don’t understand it. Do you? Continue reading
You See, You Hear
In this Christmas post, I am thinking of you sitting at home with a brandy in your hand. I want to share with you some of the sounds of the poetry we have been talking about. And with that in … Continue reading
Shakespeare’s sonnets
This week I took a rest from considering Novoneyra, the mountains and the countryside and gave myself up to Reading Shakespeare The sonnets start with a series in which the poet argues with a young man who is wasting his … Continue reading
