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").

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 all the rings-a..

© Pablo Neruda

Enigmas

You've asked me what the lobster is weaving there withhis golden feet?I reply, the ocean knows this.You say, what is the ascidia waiting for in its..

© Pablo Neruda

A Lemon

Out of lemon flowersloosedon the moonlight, love'slashed and insatiableessences,sodden with fragrance,the lemon tree's yellowemerges,the lemonsmove..

© Pablo Neruda

And Because Love Battles

And because love battlesnot only in its burning agriculturesbut also in the mouth of men and women,I will finish off by taking the path awayto those..

© Pablo Neruda

I'M Explaining A Few Things

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?and the rain repeatedly spatteringits words and drilling them..

© Pablo Neruda

Drunk As Drunk

Translated from the Spanish by Christopher LogueDrunk as drunk on turpentineFrom your open kisses,Your wet body wedgedBetween my wet body and the..

© Pablo Neruda

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