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Twenty Love Poems

by Pablo Neruda

Early romantic poetry exploring erotic desire and emotional longing

About the author

Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, whose Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair made him the most widely read poet of the Spanish language. His later work expanded to political epic and elemental celebration of the natural world.

More by Pablo Neruda

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of DespairEarly love poems marked by passionate lyricism and youthful sensuality
Canto GeneralEpic poem celebrating Latin American geography, history, and revolutionary spirit
Elemental OdesCelebrations of ordinary objects and simple human pleasures through ode form
Residence on EarthSurrealist-influenced poems exploring love, solitude, and cosmic mystery
The Captain's VersesLove poems written during secret affair marked by passion and concealment
Odes to Common ThingsOdes celebrating the beauty and significance of commonplace objects