Gabriela Mistral Mother Poems

• 1. The Sad Mother
  Sleep, sleep, my beloved,
  without worry, without fear,
  although my soul does not sleep,
  although I do not rest.
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• 2. Song Of Death
  Old Woman Census-taker,
  Death the Trickster,
  when you're going along,
  don't you meet my baby.
  ...
• 3. Death Sonnet I
  From the icy niche where men placed you
  I lower your body to the sunny, poor earth.
  They didn't know I too must sleep in it
  and dream on the same pillow.
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• 4. Decalogue Of The Artist
  I. You shall love beauty, which is the shadow of God
  over the Universe.
  
  II.There is no godless art. Although you love not the
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• 5. The Alpaca
  She is harnessed for a long journey; on her back she carries an entire store of wool.
  She walks without rest, and sees with eyes full of strangeness. The wool merchant has forgotten to come to get her, and she is ready.
  In this world, nothing comes better equipped than the alpaca; ones is more burdened with rags than the next. Her sky-high softness is such that if a newborn is placed on her back, he will not feel a bone of the animal.
  The weather is very hot. Today, large scissors that will cut and cut represent mercy for the alpaca.
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