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Pablo Neruda

The Chilean poet, diplomat, and Communist leader Neruda was born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basualto on July 12, 1904. Neruda's highly personal poetry brought him enormous acclaim. After 1927 he was in consular service in

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by Pablo Neruda (1904–73)

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Love, love, the clouds went up the tower of the sky

like triumphant washerwomen, and it all

glowed in blue, all like a single star,

the sea, the ship, the day were all exiled together.

Come see the cherries of the water in the weather,

the round key to the universe, which is so quick:

come touch the fire of this momentary blue,

before its petals wither.

There's nothing here but light, quantities, clusters,

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