Fiery sensuality and eroticism...

This weeks post is part of the Blog-A-licious Blog Tour organized by Pandora Poikilos. The theme for June 18 is “The Book that Inspires Me The Most” .  

After much deliberation I chose Love Poems by Pablo Neruda.

Pablo Neruda’s poems are charged with fiery sensuality and eroticism. His words create passionate images of love and loss.

As a photographer and digital artist this book is my favorite “go to” book when I’m creating digital art.  His words inspire my creative juices and motivate me to produce some of my finest digital art. I hope you enjoy his poetry and my digital art both:

The Queen (La Reina)

I have named you queen.

There are taller than you, taller.
There are purer than you, purer.
There are lovelier than you, lovelier.
But you are the queen.

When you go through the streets
No one recognizes you.
No one sees your crystal crown, no one looks
At the carpet of red gold
That you tread as you pass,
The nonexistent carpet.

And when you appear
All the rivers sound
In my body, bells
Shake the sky,
And a hymn fills the world.

Only you and I,
Only you and I, my love,
Listen to me.

The Dream (El Sueño)

Walking on the sands
I decided to leave you.
I was treading a dark clay
that trembled
and I, sinking and coming out
decided that, you should come out
of me, that you were weighing me down
like a cutting stone,
and I worked out your loss
step by step:
to cut off your roots,
to release you alone into the wind.

Ah in that minute,
my dear, a dream
with its terrible wings
was covering you.

You felt yourself swallowed by the clay,
and you called to me, and I did not come,
you were going, motionless,
without defending yourself
until you were smothered in the quicksand.

Afterwards my decision encountered in your dream,
and from the rupture,
that was breaking our hearts
we came forth clean again, naked,
loving each other
without dream, without sand,
complete and radiant,
sealed by fire.

Night On The Island (Noche En La Isla)

All night I have slept with you

next to the sea, on the island.
Wild and sweet you were between pleasure and sleep,
between fire and water.

Perhaps very late
our dreams joined
at the bottom,
up above like branches moved by a common wind,
down below like red roots that touch.

Perhaps your dream
drifted from mine
and through the dark sea
was seeking me
as before,
when you did not yet exist,
when without sighting you
I sailed by your side,
and your eyes sought
what now –
bread, wine, love, and anger –
I heap upon you
because you are the cup
that was waiting for the gifts of my life.

I have slept with you
all night long while
the dark earth spins
with the living and the dead,
and on waking suddenly
in the midst of the shadow
my arm encircled your waist
neither night nor sleep
could separate us.

I have slept with you
and on waking, your mouth,
come from your dream,
gave me the taste of earth,
of sea water, of seaweed,
of the depths of your life,
and I received your kiss
moistened by the dawn
as if it came to me
from the sea that surrounds us.






Choosing one book was extremely difficult - I'm an avid reader and love a variety of subjects. Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed my post. If you like what you see and are interested in weekly photography tips please sign up to follow me and subscribe via email.


I am honored to be part of the tour along with 16 amazing blogs. I've listed links to this weeks other participants below.  I encourage you to visit them all. 




1. Roy - http://royd-spiltmilk.blogspot.com/
2. Sulekha - http://sulekkha.blogspot.com/
3. Dora - http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/
4. Shaeeza - http://shaeeza.blogspot.com/
5. Mari - http://mariscamera.blogspot.com/
6. Paula - http://hardlineselfhelp.com/
7. Karen - http://karenvwasylowski.blogspot.com/
8. Keiko - http://hannahweptsarahlaughed.blogspot.com/
9. Catherine - http://catherinestine.blogspot.com/
10. Kate & Ashley - http://backofthebookreviews.com/
11. Desiree - http://www.desireeholttellsall.com/
12. Sonia - http://soniarumzi.com/
13. DK Levick - http://dklevick.wordpress.com/
14. Kelley - http://4theluvofwriting.blogspot.com/
15. Tosh - http://totsymae.com/
16. Lucy - http://lifethrulucylasticaslense.blogspot.com/
17. Dora - http://blogaliciousblogs.blogspot.com/


Thank you kk for your original creative commons models for me to create from. You know how much I appreciate your sharing your work!