Serene and Volcanic

Pablo Neruda



His poems also echo the common threads of thought on place, solitude, sensuality, blessings, home and the list continues. It's because of these universal thoughts and feelings that I turn to Pablo Neruda when I feel the need for inspiration and even, companionship. His essence and words give home to many.

From the poem "Getaway"

"...I went back to my own region,

went back to not dreaming

on the street, to being this greyish traveller

in the world of barbershops,

this me wearing shoes,

with hunger and spectacles,

who doesn't know where he came from, who is lost,

who gets up in the morning

missing the meadow grass,

who goes to bed sightless

to dream without rain..."

Some books of poetry by Pablo Neruda Full Woman, Fleshy Apple, Hot Moon, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, Plenos Poderes, Intimacies: Poems of Love, Extravagaria, Residence on Earth, and The Sea and the Bells.


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