Who is Antonio Machado
Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz (26 July 1875 – 22 February 1939), known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that according to Machado echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry."Biography
Machado was born in Seville, Spain, one year after his brother Manuel. The family moved to Madrid in 1883 and bot...
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Antonio Machado Poems
- Last Night As I Was Sleeping
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamtâ??marvelous error!â??
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart. ... - Inventario Galante
Tus ojos me recuerdan
las noches de verano,
negras noches sin luna,
orilla al mar salado, ... - Anoche Cuando Dormàa
Anoche cuando dormÃa
soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!,
que una fontana fluÃa
dentro de mi corazón. ... - Cantares
Todo pasa y todo queda,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,
pasar haciendo caminos,
caminos sobre el mar. ... - Yo Voy Soà±ando Caminos
Yo voy soñando caminos
de la tarde. ¡Las colinas
doradas, los verdes pinos,
las polvorientas encinas!â?¦ ...
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Deannamascle: [traveler, your footprints] by antonio machado | poetry foundationInfinita_fiori: is my soul asleep? (...) no, my soul is not asleep. it is awake, wide awake. it neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great silence. antonio machado tr. robert bly
Wabisabifutures: "walker, there is no path. the path is made by walking." - antonio machado
Godbrahman: antonio machado wayfarer, the only way is your footsteps, there is no other. wayfarer, there is no way, you make the way by walking. as you go, you make the way and stopping to look behind, you see the path that your feet will never travel again(cont'd)
Chvdhaegen: if the purpose is to create a new world order, the tools of the old masters will not do the job
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