Today’s poem is “Ode to the Watermelon” by Pablo Neruda, recited in English and Spanish by Ilan Stavans from the collection All the Odes, edited by Ilan Stavans. The collection is available for purchase here. To listen to the poem, click here. To read an excerpt of the poem translated by Robert Bly, click here.
Prompts:
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1. Begin with “fruit from the thirst tree…” 2. Begin with “among our longings and our teeth…” 3. Draft an ode to a fruit or vegetable. To read more about odes, click here. 4. Draft a poem that explores something (an activity, food, person, event) that provides relief from summer’s heat.
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