Octavio Paz Moment Poems
- 1. Between Going And Coming
Between going and staying
the day wavers,
in love with its own transparency.
The circular afternoon is now a bay
... - 2. Brotherhood
I am a man: little do I last
and the night is enormous.
But I look up:
the stars write.
... - 3. 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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