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I don’t read poetry very much at all but felt inspired to read this small collection as Pablo Neruda plays an important role in Isabel Allende’s latest book The Long Petal of the Sea. The title is how Neruda describes Chile. Most of these poems are written on Capri and concern the sea, the landscape and his love for Mathilde Urrutia. This is a beautiful and lyrical collection which is a pleasure to read. I especially like Your Laughter, Wind on the Island, Ode and Burgeonings and Epithalamium but they are all very romantic and passionate.