(12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973 / Parral / Chile)

Absence

I have scarcely left you
When you go in me, crystalline,
Or trembling,
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  • Rinki Nandy (4/2/2013 5:12:00 PM)

    But wait for me,
    Keep for me your sweetness.
    I will give you too
    A rose.
    The most romantic lines I've read so far, simple, close, personal n touchy. I like his language style, they offer the connection a lot of poets lack.

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  • Shiela Marie Anunciacion (11/17/2012 4:43:00 AM)

    It's as if, they both know they have flaws and mistakes. But the poet all asks is for a little faith in their love, that they don't give up or give in... because in the end, all will end well.

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  • Jemme Simbulan (7/21/2012 1:18:00 AM)

    I'm interested to know as what inspired him to write this one.

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