Between Going And Coming Poem by Octavio Paz - Poem Hunter
Between Going And Coming
Poem by Octavio Paz
Between going and staying
the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.
The circular afternoon is now a bay
where the world in stillness rocks.
All is visible and all elusive,
all is near and can’t be touched.
Paper, book, pencil, glass,
rest in the shade of their names.
Time throbbing in my temples repeats
the same unchanging syllable of blood.
The light turns the indifferent wall
into a ghostly theater of reflections.
I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.
The moment scatters. Motionless,
I stay and go: I am a pause.
Poem Submitted: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Poem Edited: Thursday, November 3, 2011
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'The Modern Poem of the Day' - this poem certainly deserves the honor! Congratulations to the poet, posthumously!
Report Reply'I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.' - These two lines cannot have a parallel. Outstanding!
'The moment scatters. Motionless,
I stay and go: I am a pause.' - What a beautiful end to the poem! A masterly mark!
to this earth everyone comes and goes, everyone does everything according to own mind satisfaction- maybe someone unable to do accordingly. But this is the life where sometimes this feelings come that it's a recycling circle of this whole universe; greatly written this poem
Report ReplyAll is visible and all elusive,
Report Replyall is near and can’t be touched.
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Time throbbing in my temples repeats
the same unchanging syllable of bIood.....Ow fantastically crafted the pure feelings of life, death, earth, time and peoples mental condition;
Found this poem has been selected as the modern poem of the poem of the day for second time. Congratulations.
Report ReplyBeautiful! So refreshingly reflective and eloquent in its expressions. Between come and go we are a pause.......
Report ReplyBeautiful words that illuminate the poet's theatre of the mind...Thank you for sharing.
Report ReplyThis is superb a poem of such expressiveness yes the pause the between states great write from a great poet.
Report ReplyThis is very outstanding so brilliantly crafted I am speechless 10++++
Report ReplyAwesome
Report ReplyPaper, book, pencil, glass,
rest in the shade of their names
To and fro! ! ! The day wavers along.
Report ReplyThanks for sharing this poem with us.
The moment scatters, Motionless
Report ReplyI stay and go, I am a pause" .
Excellent expression deserving modern poem of the Day.
First, since Paz wrote in Spanish, the translator should be credited. As to what’s posted here, I never had a notion to represent a pause, and if I did, I don’t know that much of what I would choose would resemble what Paz uses. But I find his images appealing and most relate to the last two stanzas. -GK
Report ReplyI find myself in the middle of an eye,
Report Replywatching myself in its blank stare.......psychologically sound. A beautiful poem is amazingly shared. It is nice that this poem has been selected as modern poem thrice of the poem of the day.
everything is
Report Replyin nothing! ! !
again
nothing is
in everything! ! !
illusion
delusion
born from dead; dies on birth!
absolutely loving the imagery and depth of this poem
Report ReplyThe light turns the indifferent wall
Report Replyinto a ghostly theater of reflections.
I find myself in the middle of an eye,
watching myself in its blank stare.
great wrote
great 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Beautiful poem.well penned I stay and go I am a pause.... marvelous!
Report Replybetween coming and going slight leisure time - this is life///
Report ReplyI honestly do not understand this poem. Plz can anyone explain
Report Replywhen was this poem published
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