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2025-03-20
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Poet's Corner: Ode to a Watch in the Night by Pablo Neruda
Ode to a Watch in the Night by Pablo Neruda [trans. Stephen Mitchell]
In the night, in your hand
my watch glowed
like a firefly.
I heard
its ticking:
like a dry whisper
it arose
from your invisible hand.
Then your hand
returned to my dark breast
to gather my sleep and its pulse.
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In the night, in your hand
my watch glowed
like a firefly.
I heard
its ticking:
like a dry whisper
it arose
from your invisible hand.
Then your hand
returned to my dark breast
to gather my sleep and its pulse.
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