Clenched Soul Poem by Pablo Neruda

Clenched Soul

Rating: 3.8


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.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Brian Jani 27 April 2014

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out 

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Brian Jani Hater 09 March 2022

Your poems are terrible

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cynthia from the tower 09 February 2010

why is it that we are always reminded of 'them' as soon as the sun goes down?

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Maxim Muyu 26 August 2010

nice to read such a lovely poem, I felt it was great and nice to read it too.

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Carlos Echeverria 27 June 2012

I miss you and it hurts would suffice. But Neruda's soul is special, and he HAS TO tell the world.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 28 September 2024

Most deserving as The Classic Poem Of The Day. TOP Marks for this excellent poem.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 28 September 2024

This poem goes about the profound emotions of longing, sadness, and inner conflict experienced by the speaker. It brings out a setting where the speaker expresses deep feelings of loneliness and sorrow due to perhaps being far away from his love.

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Mustafa Test 02 July 2021

Beautiful! ! !

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Khairul Ahsan 05 September 2020

So soulful, so somber! The sadness is deep, touches us lightly, to linger on! An well deserved honor, being selected as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 05 September 2020

Of love eternised through great composition of such an outstanding piece by one of the greatest poets ever 10+++++++

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