Poems by Pablo Neruda
Lovely One
... It flowed a thousand years through your sweet body, ...
Walking Around (Original Spanish)
... sobs. The only thing I want is to lie still like stones or wool ...
Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)
... Write, for example, 'The night is starry and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance ...
I Explain A Few Things
... Spain emerges and from every dead child a rifle with eyes, ...
Sonnet XVII: I do not love you as if you were brine-rose, topaz
... I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride ...
Tower Of Light
... calcareous eye, insignia of the vast waters, cry ...
A Dog Has Died
... and we don't now and never did lie to each other ...
Ode To Maize
... cornmeal pulp, you were worked and patted ...
Poet's Obligation
... to him I come, and, without speaking or looking, ...
One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII
... I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, ...
A Lemon
... in a lemon, in the sweet-smelling house of the rind, ...
Some Beasts
... in the high places swarthed with distances, ...
Enigma with Flower
... Shedding of clothing, the thick darkness of soil, ...
The Insect
... From your hips down to your feet ...
Clenched Soul
... and my blue sweater rolled like a hurt dog at my feet ...
