Poetry Quote by Pablo Neruda — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees”

“I stalk certain words... I catch them in mid-flight, as they buzz past, I trap them, clean them, peel them, I set myself in front of the dish, they have a crystalline texture to me, vibrant, ivory, vegetable, oily, like fruit, like algae, like agates, like olives... I stir them, I shake them, I drink them, I gulp them down, I mash them, I garnish them... I leave them in my poem like stalactites, like slivers of polished wood, like coals, like pickings from a shipwreck, gifts from the waves... Everything exists in the word.”

“Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.”

“It was at that age”

“Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde,”

“Si todos los rios son dulces”

“There is nothing”

“I could not love thee, Dear, so much,”

“My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.”

“I give you this to take with you:”

“Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,”

“One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.”