Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

From – Twenty Poems Of Love

I can write the saddest lines tonight.Write for example: ‘The night is fracturedand they shiver, blue, those stars, in the distance’The night wind..

© Pablo Neruda

Bird

It was passed from one bird to another,the whole gift of the day.The day went from flute to flute,went dressed in vegetation,in flights which opened..

© Pablo Neruda

Clenched Soul

We have lost even this twilight.No one saw us this evening hand in handwhile the blue night dropped on the world.I have seen from my windowthe fiesta..

© Pablo Neruda

A Song Of Despair

The memory of you emerges from the night around me.The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea.Deserted like the wharves at dawn.It is the..

© Pablo Neruda

Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.Write, for example,'The night is shatteredand the blue stars shiver in the distance.'The night wind revolves in..

© 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..

© Pablo Neruda

A Dog Has Died

My dog has died.I buried him in the gardennext to a rusted old machine.Some day I'll join him right there,but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,his..

© Pablo Neruda

Your Laughter

Take bread away from me, if you wish,take air away, butdo not take from me your laughter.Do not take away the rose,the lance flower that you..

© 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 longand I will be waiting for you, as in an empty..

© 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 youMy heart moves from cold to fire.I..

© Pablo Neruda

If You Forget Me

I want you to knowone thing.You know how this is:if I lookat the crystal moon, at the red branchof the slow autumn at my window,if I touchnear the..

© Pablo Neruda

Wastebasket Brother

Someone put their baby brotherUnder this basket- -The question is exactly why,But I'm not going to ask it.But someone, I ain't sayin' who,Has got a..

© Shel Silverstein

Rotten Convention

They had a Rotten ConventionAnd everyone was there:Hamburger Face and Gruesome GraceAnd the Skull with the slimy hair.There was Mr. Mud and the..

© Shel Silverstein

Won't You?

Barbara's eyes are blue as azure,But she is in love with Freddy.Karen's sweet, but Harry has her.Gentle Jane is going steady.Carol hates me. So does..

© Shel Silverstein

Mr. Grumpledump's Song

Everything's wrong,Days are too long,Sunshine's too hot,Wind is too strong.Clouds are too fluffy,Grass is too green,Ground is too dusty,Sheets are..

© Shel Silverstein

Hungry Mungry

Hungry Mungry sat at supper,Took his knife and spoon and fork,Ate a bowl of mushroom soup, ate a slice of roasted pork,Ate a dozen stewed tomatoes..

© Shel Silverstein

Scum Of The Earth

There was a group called called Scum of the EarthAnd they say they got their birthIn a basement bar on Greek Street down in SohoThe bass man he..

© Shel Silverstein

Thumbsucker

I met her on a corner in Duluth(That’s the truth.)She was tryin’ to fix her shoe in a telephone booth(Her name was Ruth.)She said she was just..

© Shel Silverstein

Don'T Change On My Account

"If you're sloppy, that's just fine.If you're moody, I won't mind.If you're fat, that's fine with me.If you're skinny, let it be.If you're bossy..

© Shel Silverstein

Quaaludes Again

She fumbles and stumblesAnd falls down the stairs,Makes love to the leg of the dining room chair.She's ready for animals, women or men.She's doing..

© Shel Silverstein

The Great Conch Train Robbery

'Twas sunset down in old Key WestThe locals all were high.The tourists snapped their photographsAnd munched their Key Lime pie.And meanwhile down at..

© Shel Silverstein

Peace Proposal

Said General Clay to General Gore really must we fight this silly warTo kill and die in such a bore I quite agree said General GoreSaid General Gore..

© Shel Silverstein

The Homework Machine

The Homework Machine,Oh, the Homework Machine,Most perfectcontraption that's ever been seen.Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime,Snap on..

© Shel Silverstein

Polly In A Porny

Haha I kissed Polly goodnight haha as we stood at her front doorNow she's quite a proper lady so I didn't ask for anything moreBut haha I was feeling..

© Shel Silverstein

Modern Talk

There was a time when people taked said with their mouthHow they talk and it doesn't mean a thing it's called the modern talkNow picture the scene..

© Shel Silverstein