Octavio Paz Body Poems

  • 1.
    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.
    ...
  • 2.
    Through the conduits of blood
    my body in your body
    spring of night
    my tongue of sun in your forest
    ...
  • 3.
    My hands
    Open the curtains of your being
    Clothe you in a further nudity
    Uncover the bodies of your body
    ...
  • 4.
    More than air
    More than water
    More than lips
    Light light
    ...
  • 5.
    Between now and now,
    between I am and you are,
    the word bridge.

    ...
  • 6.
    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,
    ...
Total 6 Body Poems by Octavio Paz

Top 10 most used topics by Octavio Paz

Night 9 Body 6 Open 4 Sun 4 Light 4 Water 3 Moment 3 World 3 Room 2 Dark 2

Write your comment about Octavio Paz


Poem of the day

Emily Dickinson Poem
How many schemes may die
 by Emily Dickinson

1150

How many schemes may die
In one short Afternoon
Entirely unknown
To those they most concern-
The man that was not lost
Because by accident
...

Read complete poem

Popular Poets