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Born in March 31, 1914 / Died in April 20, 1998 / Mexico / Spanish

Poems by Octavio Paz

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Between going and staying the day wavers,

... Between going and staying the day wavers, ...

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As One Listens To The Rain

... it's raining, light footsteps, a murmur of syllables, ...

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Touch

... My hands Invent another body for your body ...

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Passage

... Your body is the trace of your body ...

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Piedra de sol

... et c’est toujours la seule-ou c’est le seul moment ...

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The Street

... Someone behind me also tramples, stones, leaves: ...

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On the Death of Anne Brontë

... The cloud, the stillness that must part ...

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Summit And Gravity

... You are The seal of the scorched year ...

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Coda

... like the oak and the linden of the fable ...

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Counterparts

... In your body I search for the boat ...

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Last Dawn

... Asleep you are bigger than the night, ...

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Where Without Whom

... There is not A single soul among the trees ...

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Brotherhood

... I am a man: little do I last ...

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Axis

...   Through the conduits of the body ...

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The Bridge

... a rainbow. I'll sleep beneath its arches ...