In You the Earth - Pablo Neruda
Little
rose,
roselet,
at times,
tiny and naked,
it seems
as though you would fit
in one of my hands,
as though I’ll clasp you like this
and carry you to my mouth,
but
suddenly
my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips:
you have grown,
your shoulders rise like two hills,
your breasts wander over my breast,
my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin
new-moon line of your waist:
in love you loosened yourself like sea water:
I can scarcely measure the sky’s most spacious eyes
and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth.
My response- I believe this poem has a double meaning to it. The first meaning leans towards mother nature and the circle of life. But then if you image a man can be referring to woman's body as well. I find this to be an odd poem, but at the same time I love how it has a double meaning. Because each person will think differently about the poem. In my opinion the two most common topics to come up would be mother nature/ circle of life and a man referring to a woman's body.
