Pablo Neruda Quote

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?
and the poppy-petaled metaphysics?
and the rain repeatedly spattering
its words and drilling them full
of apertures and birds.


Residencia en la Tierra [Residence on Earth] (1933)


You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petaled metaphysics? and the rain repeatedly spattering its words and drilling them...

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petaled metaphysics? and the rain repeatedly spattering its words and drilling them...

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petaled metaphysics? and the rain repeatedly spattering its words and drilling them...

You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs? and the poppy-petaled metaphysics? and the rain repeatedly spattering its words and drilling them...