Quieto
no en la rama
en el aire
No en el aire
en el instante
el colibrí
no en la rama
en el aire
No en el aire
en el instante
el colibrí

1914 - 1998/Male/MexicanA writer, poet, and diplomat, Octavio Paz Lozano wrote poems influenced by Marxism, surrealism, and existentialism, Buddhism and Hinduism. (wikipedia)
View profile & all 50 Poems / StoriesThe water hollowed the stone,the wind dispersed the water,
I am a man: little do I lastand the night is enormous.
Perhaps to love is to learnto walk through this world.
My handsopen the curtains of your being
Between going and staying the day wavers,in love with its own transparency.