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Pablo Neruda (1904-1973 / Parral / Chile)
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Pablo Neruda was born in Parral, Chile. He studied in Santiago in the twenties. From 1927 to 1945 he was the Chilean consul in Rangoon, in Java, and t .. more >>
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  We have lost even this twilight.
No one saw us this evening hand in hand
while the blue night dropped on the world.

I have seen from my window
the fiesta of sunset in the distant mountain tops.

Sometimes a piece of sun
burned like a coin in my hand.

I remembered you with my soul clenched
in that sadness of mine that you know.

Where were you then?
Who else was there?
Saying what?
Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly
when I am sad and feel you are far away?

The book fell that always closed at twilight
and my blue sweater rolled like a hurt dog at my feet.

Always, always you recede through the evenings
toward the twilight erasing statues.

Pablo Neruda


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  Donal Thoms-cappello  (5/4/2008 2:22:00 AM)

my favorite neruda poem evah
  Davis Cup  (3/17/2008 10:56:00 PM)

Love is.... like my password which happens to be '5210'! ! ! isnt that great! you can sign in now! ! my email is davebculp2@gmail.com. Thanks folks.
  Yoonoos Peerbocus  (6/12/2007 10:16:00 AM)

love is enigmatic ...kaleidoscopic as heart ..elusive
  John Tiong Chunghoo  (7/1/2006 4:00:00 AM)

why would the whole world
feels so empty
with the loss
of a single soul?
  Vaun Moore  (8/19/2005 3:37:00 PM)

This is my favorite poem of Neruda. It encompasses the whole world of what it feels like to miss someone that you love beyond all reason. This is the most beautiful sentence ever wriiten 'Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly
when I am sad and feel you are far away? '

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