Brief tribute to Pablo Neruda is poetry viewers will long remember. From: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) | Date: February 3, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Fabiola Santiago

MIAMI _ "I can write the saddest verses tonight."

"Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche."

So begins the most famous poem by Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, and if reader surveys and book sales are to be trusted, probably the most recited poem in the Spanish language.

It's No. 20 in the collection "Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada" ("Twenty Poems of Love and a Desperate Song"), one ...