Pablo Neruda: Soneto Xvii

Pablo Neruda: Soneto Xvii Pablo Neruda: Soneto Xvii No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego: te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras, secretamente, entre la sombra y el alma. Te amo como la planta que no florece y …

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Pablo Neruda: Epithalamium

Pablo Neruda: Epithalamium Pablo Neruda: Epithalamium Do you remember when in winter we reached the island? The sea raised toward us a crown of cold. On the walls the climbing vines murmured letting dark leaves fall as we passed. You too were a little leaf that trembled on my chest. …

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Pablo Neruda: Poor Creatures

Pablo Neruda: Poor Creatures Pablo Neruda: Poor Creatures What it takes on this planet, to make love to each other in peace. Everyone pries under your sheets, everyone interferes with your loving. They say terrible things about a man and a woman, who after much milling about, all sorts of …

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Pablo Neruda: The Eighth Of September

Pablo Neruda: The Eighth Of September Pablo Neruda: The Eighth Of September This day, Today, was a brimming glass. This day, Today, was an immense wave. This day was all the Earth. This day, the storm-driven ocean lifted us up in a kiss so exalted we trembled at the lightning …

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Pablo Neruda: The People

Pablo Neruda: The People Pablo Neruda: The People I recall that man and not two centuries have passed since I saw him, he went neither by horse nor by carriage: purely on foot he outstripped distances, and carried no sword or armour, only nets on his shoulder, axe or hammer …

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Pablo Neruda: Ode To Clothes

Pablo Neruda: Ode To Clothes Pablo Neruda: Ode To Clothes Every morning you wait, clothes, over a chair, to fill yourself with my vanity, my love, my hope, my body. Barely risen from sleep, I relinquish the water, enter your sleeves, my legs look for the hollows of your legs, …

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