English Poem

The Queen

I have named you queen.There are taller than you, taller.There are purer than you, purer.There are lovelier than you, lovelier.But…

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The Night in Isla Negra

Ancient night and the unruly saltbeat at the walls of my house.The shadow is all one, the skythrobs now along…

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The Fickle One

My eyes went away from meFollowing a dark girl who went by.She was made of black motherofpearlMade of darkpurple grapes,And…

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Tell Me, Is The Rose Naked?

Tell me, is the rose nakedOr is that her only dress?.Why do trees concealThe splendor of their roots?.Who hears the…

3 months ago

Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I…

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Sonnet VIII

If your eyes were not the color of the moon,of a day full [here, interrupted by the baby waking --…

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Soneto XVII

No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacioo flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:te amo como se…

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Some Beasts

It was the twilight of the iguana:From a rainbowing battlement,a tongue like a javelinlunging in verdure;an ant heap treading the…

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Poor Fellows

What it takes on this planet,to make love to each other in peace.Everyone pries under your sheets,everyone interferes with your…

3 months ago

Ode To Wine

Day-colored wine,night-colored wine,wine with purple feetor wine with topaz blood,wine,starry childof earth,wine, smoothas a golden sword,softas lascivious velvet,wine, spiral-seashelledand full…

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