Yes, I move, I live, I wander astray— Water running, intermingling, over the sands. I know the passionate pleasure of motion; I taste the forests; I … - Alfonsina Storni

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Yes, I move, I live, I wander astray—
Water running, intermingling, over the sands.
I know the passionate pleasure of motion;
I taste the forests; I touch strange lands.
Yes, I move—perhaps I am seeking
Storms, suns, dawns, a place to hide.
What are you doing here, pale and polished—
You, the stone in the path of the tide?

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About Alfonsina Storni

Alfonsina Storni (29 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and playwright. She is known for her contributions to Latin American literature and her early feminism. She killed herself by walking into the sea. Storni's works often explored themes of feminism, femininity, eroticism, and love.

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Alternative Names: Alfonsina Storni Martignoni • Tao Lao
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Unas veces mis versos han nacido
Del ideal.
Otras del corazón y de la angustia
En tempestad.
Otras de algunas sed como divina
Que pide hablar.
Pero otras muchas, hombres, los ha escrito
Mi vanidad.
Soy, como todos, una pobre mezcla
De lo divino al fin y lo bestial.
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Occasionally my poetry is born
of the ideal.
Other times of the heart, and in a tempest
of distress.
Still others of a godlike thirst that begs
to speak.
But often, gentlemen, it’s authored by
my shallowness.
I am, like everything, a lowly mix
of the divine, the bestial.
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