The Way of the Poet Matters
Curated by Philip J. Rogers, D.M.A.
  

            Without the poets songs would not exist, inner musings would have no true voice and life experiences would have no succinct articulation.  It is through the words of our poets that we find refuge, confirmation and a sense of not being alone in how we think and feel.
 
            The two poets, Langston Hughes and Pablo Neruda, speak of Spring in poignant terms that I have chosen to share with you now.  To me both poems speak of the current American and international season.  They speak of the “new” and the “correct” that will occur despite the actions of those seeking illegitimate power over those whom they regard as lesser than, exotic, losers, and chumps.  Spring is in the air and will positively occur with flawless dynamism.

 
“You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming.”
-Pablo Neruda
 

Pablo Neruda, born in Chile in 1904 as Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, is generally considered the greatest Spanish-language poet of his time.  Though he is often remembered for his exquisite love poems, his later work was deeply political.  After being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, his heartfelt acceptance speech explored the connection between poetry and politics.  Given his passion for social justice, this quote is generally understood as an encouraging nod to revolutionaries the world over. 

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/180067-you-can-cut-all-the-flowers-but-you-cannot-keep
 

 An Earth Song
Langston Hughes – [1902-1967]
 
It’s an earth song,
And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song.
It’s a spring song,
And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.
Strong as the shoots of a new plant
Strong as the bursting of new buds
Strong as the coming of the first child from its mother’s womb.
It’s an earth song,
A body song,
A spring song,
I have been waiting long for this spring song.
 
https://poets.org/poem/earth-song
 

            Langston Hughes wrote as a romantic and socially aware citizen of the world.  Some of his poetry carries double entendre meaning while others are straightforward social commentary proclamations.  I perceive that “An Earth Song” is immersed in the disposition of double entendre.
 
Enjoy this Spring of new and budding paradigms.