Pablo Neruda

Cat’s Dream

How neatly a cat sleeps,sleeps with its paws and its posture,sleeps with its wicked claws,and with its unfeeling blood,sleeps with…

4 weeks ago

Bird

It was passed from one bird to another,the whole gift of the day.The day went from flute to flute,went dressed…

4 weeks ago

Absence

I have scarcely left youWhen you go in me, crystalline,Or trembling,Or uneasy, wounded by meOr overwhelmed with love, aswhen your…

4 weeks ago

A Lemon

Out of lemon flowersloosedon the moonlight, love'slashed and insatiableessences,sodden with fragrance,the lemon tree's yellowemerges,the lemonsmove downfrom the tree's planetariumDelicate merchandise!The…

4 weeks ago

Your Feet

When I cannot look at your faceI look at your feet.Your feet of arched bone,your hard little feet.I know that…

2 months ago

We Are Many

Of the many men whom I am, whom we are,I cannot settle on a single one.They are lost to me…

2 months ago

Walking Around

It so happens I am sick of being a man.And it happens that I walk into tailorshops and moviehousesdried up,…

2 months ago

Tower Of Light

O tower of light, sad beautythat magnified necklaces and statues in the sea,calcareous eye, insignia of the vast waters, cryof…

2 months ago

The White Mans Burden

Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twigand lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips:maybe it was the…

2 months ago

The Song of Despair

You swallowed everything, like distance.Like the sea, like time.In you everything sank!It was the happy hour of assault and the…

2 months ago