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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
Novoneyra and the Shepherd’s Calendar
Two poets look at a disappearing landscape, from distant points in time. Continue reading
R.S. Thomas: Wales and Galicia
Two books published in 1952 and 1953 show the connections between Galicia and Wales, R.S. Thomas and Novoneyra. Continue reading
Novoneyra and Saudade
The roots of Novoneyra in Galician Saudade: yearning. Continue reading
