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Pablo Neruda: Sonnet Xvii Pablo Neruda: 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 love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love …

Pablo Neruda: Your Laughter Pablo Neruda: Your Laughter Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Do not take away the rose, the lance flower that you pluck, the water that suddenly bursts forth in joy, the sudden wave …

Pablo Neruda: Don’T Go Far Off Pablo Neruda: Don’t Go Far Off Don’t go far off, not even for a day, because – because – I don’t know how to say it: a day is long and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station when the …

Pablo Neruda biography Pablo Neruda biography Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) was a famous Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician, remembered best for works like [Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair] and winning the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto in Parral, Chile, he adopted his …

Pablo Neruda: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You Pablo Neruda: I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You I do not love you except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you My …

Pablo Neruda: If You Forget Me Pablo Neruda: If You Forget Me I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable …

Shel Silverstein: I Know You Little, I Love You Lots Shel Silverstein: I Know You Little, I Love You Lots I know you little, I love you lots, my love for you could fill ten pots, fifteen buckets, sixteen cans, three teacups, and four dishpans. Shel Silverstein Read also: Shel …

Shel Silverstein: In Search Of Cinderella Shel Silverstein: In Search Of Cinderella From dusk to dawn, From town to town, Without a single clue, I seek the tender, slender foot To fit this crystal shoe. From dusk to dawn, I try it on Each damsel that I meet. And I …

Shel Silverstein: Whatif Shel Silverstein: Whatif Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I’m dumb in school? Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool? Whatif I get beat up? Whatif …