Has My Heart Gone To Sleep? Poem by Antonio Machado

Has My Heart Gone To Sleep?

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Has my heart gone to sleep?
Have the beehives of my dreams
stopped working, the waterwheel
of the mind run dry,
scoops turning empty,
only shadow inside?

No, my heart is not asleep.
It is awake, wide awake.
Not asleep, not dreaming—
its eyes are opened wide
watching distant signals, listening
on the rim of vast silence.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rebecca Johns 06 May 2021

What's this poem about?

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Dr Antony Theodore 21 June 2020

Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, ....No my heart has not gone to sleep. a fine poem. tony

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Richard Antwi 21 June 2020

Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working Beautiful metaphor to suit the line.

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Ahmed 09 February 2019

Samira

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Savita Tyagi 26 December 2014

Reading this poem I was reminded of my poem ' Sitting on well head '. At the rim of vast silence mind opens again.

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