Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973 / Parral)

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Poems by Pablo Neruda : 36 / 145

I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair - Poem by Pablo Neruda

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I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.

Translated by Stephen Tapscott

Pablo Neruda

Poems by Pablo Neruda : 36 / 145

Titto Mutunguti (10/16/2015 4:00:00 PM)
There is this girl i am craving.. (Report) Reply
Brian Jani (4/27/2014 5:03:00 AM)
Awesome I like this poem, check mine out (Report) Reply
Suchismita Pattnaik (7/2/2012 7:22:00 AM)
hahaahhaha.... totaly different view of love.... grate u r.....

love it.. (Report) Reply
Venus Blue (2/2/2012 9:05:00 PM)
My ex loved Neruda. She was extremely unstable, passionate and at time very cruel, she scared the hell out of me and I loved her for it. (Report) Reply
Abhishek Tiwari (10/13/2011 2:46:00 AM)
Pablo is the great..
Simple and straight.. (Report) Reply
Kimberly Griffith (7/23/2011 8:42:00 PM)
Oh my gosh is that not the picture of a man, or woman in love? ? ? Awesome! ! ! I luv it! ! ! (Report) Reply
Mohammad Akmal Nazir (5/11/2011 1:38:00 AM)
Wonderful poem. A bit different from the conventional view of love.
Great write.
A fine 10 indeed. (Report) Reply