Octavio Paz Night Poems
- 1. No More Clichés
Beautiful face
That like a daisy opens its petals to the sun
So do you
Open your face to me as I turn the page.
... - 2. Across
I turn the page of the day,
writing what I'm told
by the motion of your eyelashes.
... - 3. Counterparts
In my body you search the mountain
for the sun buried in its forest.
In your body I search for the boat
adrift in the middle of the night.
... - 4. Summit And Gravity
There's a motionless tree
And another one coming forward
A river of trees
Hits my chest
... - 5. Last Dawn
Your hair is lost in the forest,
your feet touching mine.
Asleep you are bigger than the night,
but your dream fits within this room.
... - 6. Brotherhood
I am a man: little do I last
and the night is enormous.
But I look up:
the stars write.
... - 7. Axis
Through the conduits of blood
my body in your body
spring of night
my tongue of sun in your forest
... - 8. Spaces
Space
No center, no above, no below
Ceaselessly devouring and engendering itself
Whirlpool space
... - 9. As One Listens To The Rain
Listen to me as one listens to the rain,
not attentive, not distracted,
light footsteps, thin drizzle,
water that is air, air that is time,
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