ADMIRATING SMALL THINGS AND MAKING THEM LOOK GREAT

THERE'S a lyric genre for that:

THE ODE is a passionate song where the lyrical speaker expresses a feeling of excitement, enthusiasm, commitment and ADMIRATION.

Most of the authors that have cultivated this genre are Spanish and french; so I'm sorry I couldn't find any english ode. Anyway, for spanish and latinamerican readers this time I've had a look to some of Pablo Neruda's -yes, again him, this man is always surpising me-odes and I found one you may find yourselves identified with:  Ode to the dictionary.

This is it's most significant part, though the fragment where he exaltates the diccionary's qualities appears many verses under (you'll see it by clicking on "linked" title of the poem, over these lines):

[...]te ignoré, me vistió

la suficiencia

y me creí repleto,

y orondo como un

melancólico sapo

dictaminé: "Recibo

las palabras

directamente

del Sinaí bramante.

Reduciré

las formas a la alquimia.

Soy mago".[...]

 You see how poetry can show the special side of things, even if they are as simple as the ones which Pablo Neruda chose to write about; and another marvelous ode I found written by him is the Ode to the critics, of which I let you here a podcast; the voice is Joaquin Sabina's.

This is a video from youtube, which belongs to youdeltoro, a youtube user.

Someday, I would like to write an ode, because there are many things and people I admire and I guess there will be more. 

That's all for this week! I hope you enjoy reading and listening both Neruda's works and don't you forget leaving your comments below and also if you want to demonstrate your admiration for something, try to write or even film yourselves reading your ode. any suggestions are welcome.

Pilar R-R