They hoisted their atrocious artillery up the hill. They went down to the river, they scaled the walls, Man and woman, they felled mountains and gardens, Who slipped out from the dark like a bladeĪnd - before we realized - knew what was there:Īnd the two of them built up a contraption, Maybe you'll remember that razor-faced man In keeping with this magical value of fourteen that defines the sonnet, I have selected 14 sonnets from Pablo Neruda love poetry for our enjoyment, but before we look at them here are two other beautiful poems from Pablo Neruda love poetry which I could not resist serving up for you dear reader, as a special bonus for your patience!

Pablo Neruda uses the idiom loosely by keeping to a 14-line structure for each poem even though he rather modestly did not regard his sonnets to be of the more refined type. 'Your heart is a clay toy shaped like a dove'Ī sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines often employed to express contemplative thoughts or emotions. 'Your kisses are clusters of fruit, fresh with dew' Some of the lines are simply unforgettable: This intimate travelogue is also juxtaposed with imagery and metaphor from Neruda's mountainous homeland and provides a surrealistic tinge to their intimacy '.I am like a scorched rock / that suddenly sings when you are near, because it drinks / the water you carry from the forest, in your voice'Ĭien Sonetos de Amor, to use its spanish name, employ many of the master poet's signature of sensuality and vivid imagery. In his own words 'Kiss by kiss I travel your little infinity,/ your borders, your rivers, your tiny villages' In these poems, Matilde's is the only micro universe the poet inhabits.

Highly passionate and imaginative, the poetry is divided into four sections, Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night. Most of the Pablo Neruda love poetry in this section is taken from 'One Hundred Love Sonnets'. Indeed her inspiration did not end with 'One Hundred Love Sonnets' There were other love poems in 'The Captain's Verses' and 'Barcarole' which volumes contain some of the most beautiful Pablo Neruda love poetry, showcasing a mature shared love rather than the youthful infatuation of his youth.

Probably, rarely has a muse served as the inspiration and driving force of such a large body of poetry, as did Matilde Urrutia to Pablo Neruda when he wrote the famous 'One Hundred Love Sonnets'. Pablo Neruda love poetry cannot be complete if we ignore the body of love poetry he produced in his middle age, which were mainly inspired by his third wife Matilde Urrutia.

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