POW PROMPT 14 POETRY ON WEDNESDAY
This is the last of the Language Sprinkle Series..Spanish
Here is an extract of a poem by Pablo Neruda. Write a poem with a few Spanish sprinkles based on Neruda or another Spanish poet of your choice. As always please provide translations if you write big chunks. A Sprinkle is only a few words.
ODE TO TOMATOES
happily it is wed
to the clear onion
and to celebrate the union
we
pour
oil
essential
child of the olive
onto its halved hemispheres
pepper
adds
its fragrance
salt its magnetism
it is the wedding
of the day
ODA AL TOMATE
se casa alegremente
con la clara cebolla
y para celebrario
se deja
caer
aceite
hijo
esencial del olivo
sobre sus hemisferos entreabiertos
agrega
la pimienta
su fragancia
la sae sa magnatisimo
son las bodas
del dia
Ay caramba!
ReplyDeleteGracias mi corazon!
ReplyDeleteNo tener la más posibilidad
ReplyDeletethat I could write a poem in Spanish.
Problema gordo:
olé is the limit of my knowledge.
Yo no tiene sufficient cara.
yo metiste en camisa de once varas.
Poro poner al mal tiempo buena cara
en un momencito
i alconzará la cumbre del éxcito
oro derrotado por completo.
Hasta miércoles
According to an online translation site, this means:-
There’s not the ghost of a chance
that I could write a poem in Spanish
big problem:
olé is the limit of my knowledge.
I don’t have the nerve,
I’ve bitten off more than I can chew
But I’ll put a brave face on it
and in two shakes of a lamb’s tail
I’ll reach the pinnacle of success
or be defeated on all fronts.
Until Wednesday
Vivienne...Ahem! You are only required to use
ReplyDeletea 'Spanish sprinkle' which means just a few words in the poem.You are creating your own
'problema gordo'
I knew that really - I was just having a bit of fun.
ReplyDeleteno es 'problema gordo'
ReplyDeleteesta 'una problema grande'
hay genero in Español
lo mismo in frances no?
pero no se exactamente
;) Pam
I've seen Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, so Spanish is not a problem.
ReplyDeleteEsto es un robo - 'Butch' taught me that... :P
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Now to build a poem around the only four words of Spanish I know - I think I know. Not the kind of phrase you can practice too often...
Here are a few more Spanish words you might find useful Stanski!
ReplyDeleteMi aerodeslizador esta lleno di anguilas
My hovercraft is full of eels
Hola! I disappeared into a murder mystery yesterday, all day. Back into the blogosphere I go. Hopefully I can do this prompt. I'm feeling blocked(which is why I devoured a fat book...sometimes it helps). I do have some Neruda on my shelf. Hablo Espanol un pocito, aber...escritar?
ReplyDeleteHasta Miercoles. :)
~Brenda
Or there's always:
ReplyDeleteLa llama es un quadrupedo,que vive en rios grandes como el Amazona. El Tiene dos ojos, una corazon, un frente y un pico para comer miel!
Olé!
- Monty Python... Nobody does it better.
Agree. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
ReplyDeleteKing Arthur: If you will not show us the Holy Grail we shall take your castle by force.
French Soldier: You don't frighten uz
English peeg dogs
Go and boilz your bottomz
you zonz of a zilly person
I fart in your general direction
Oh... go on then:
ReplyDeleteLife of Brian: re nationalities...
'Blessed are the Greek, for they shall inherit the earth' ... and their economy will never crash again...
'Blessed are the Cheesemakers'... he was obviously referring to Cheesers of Nazareth... :?
But...
'Romanes eunt domus'... online translation...?
100 times; correctly...
ROMANI ITE DOMUM
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Fawlty Towers next...
Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
ReplyDeleteI said... ... :)
ReplyDeleteThem banana eating possums get everywhere...
Stop that - it's silly...
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No it isn't
alguna practica mas espanola para proxino viaje a Cuba en Octubre. Gracias por el aviso
ReplyDeleteRall.
the one-"l" lama
ReplyDeletehe's a priest .....
What a friend we had in cheeses Stanski!
ReplyDeleteBarbara the Dalai Lama does not live in the Amazon. Ay Ay Ay Ay
ReplyDeleteTienes Suerte Wayne! Doing another gig with the Guevara Guerilla Light Orchestra are we?
wonderful =)
ReplyDeleteYou are 3 and a half years late for this post Miss Chilli. I am now a much more serious poet:)
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