Community Practice #6

Comm Practice #6

Spanish Poem

Aquellos veranos [Poema: Texto completo] Jorge Guillén

Lentos veranos de niñez Con monte y mar, con horas tersas, Horas tendidas sobre playas Entre los juegos de la arena, Cuando el aire más ancho y libre Nunca embebe nada que muera, Y se ahondan los regocijos En luz de vacación sin tregua, El porvenir no tiene término, La vida es lujo y va muy lenta

For this community practice, I read a poem by one of the greatest Spanish poets of the twentieth century. Jorge Guillén was born January 18th, 1893, in Old Castile, Spain.

This poem is basically about the summers experienced by youth. Summers are slow and they seem to be eternal. Like the mountains and the sea, summer is everlasting. The poet's theme of the poem seems to be time and how it seems to go slowly and encompasses everything. My favorite line of the poem is "Con monte y mar, con horas tersas" which translates to "With mountain and sea, with smooth hour." That line sounds so good and it really captures the essence of the poem.