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“the sense of things remains in the intensity of their names”

Book:The Galloping Hour: French Poems

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Alejandra Pizarnik

Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet known for her unique poetic style and profound introspection. Her works often explore themes of loneliness, love, and death, earning her acclaim from readers and critics alike. more

“Your eyes begin in my eyes which no longer see you. Begin in my voice which no longer speaks to you. Die out in my hands which no longer touch you. Your eyes are inscribed in my flesh. No one can bear to see me now. Sinister tattoo. I do the rain, I do the sun. For want of your eyes in my eyes.”

Poetry Breakup Eyes Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour Parted

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“Don't forget your eyes because I inhabit them”

Poetry Eyes Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour Don T Forget

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“but the day rains over the emptiness of everything”

Poetry Rain Emptiness Everything Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour

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“you don't speak you no longer speak to yourself even the she in the mirror has disappeared”

Poetry Identity Speechless Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour Disappeared

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“devouring myself and panicking”

Panic Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour Internal Struggle

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“Remember it. Remember that I must want it badly. Remember that this is the only thing left to want, in this world wide and deep.”

Want Remember Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour

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“Human progress can fast toward enlightenment and fast in starvation of empathy; faith dies where advancement outruns conscience.”

Faith Humanity Progress Morality Empathy Enlightenment Ethics Conscience Spiritual Growth Advancement

Author:Pierre Lagrenat

“- BUSCAR No es un verbo sino un vértigo. No indica acción. No quiere decir ir al encuentro de alguien sino yacer por que alguien no viene.”

Poesia Mujeres Alejandra Pizarnik

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“The same night, the same rain.”

Poetry Night Rain Alejandra Pizarnik The Galloping Hour The Same

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