I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair - A poem by Pablo Neruda


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Pablo Neruda - I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps. 

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond. 

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes, 

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.

Added: on March 17th, 2005 at 11:03 PM | Viewed: 18478 times | Comments (6)

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Poet: Pablo Neruda Poem: I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair Poem of the Day on: Jul 17 2008 Comment 6 of 6, added on May 1st, 2006 at 1:07 AM. I love this poem. Please direct me to where a spanish version exists so I might send it to my amorta. alan from Canada Comment 5 of 6, added on April 16th, 2005 at 9:20 AM. so nice !in my country neruda is famouse andd we love his poet like our famous poetry. anaram from Iran Comment 4 of 6, added on March 17th, 2005 at 11:03 PM. This is one of the saddest poems that I have ever read. I had to read it over and over because it was so captivaiting. I loved it. Its so nice. Violet from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair, has received 6 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Pablo Neruda with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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I Crave Your Mouth, Your Voice, Your Hair Last read: 2009-11-07 19:32:09 Poem of the Day on: Jul 17 2008 Viewed 18478 times. Added on March 17th, 2005 at 11:03 PM.

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