Pablo Neruda's most famous poems
The top 3 according to 35 votes from people: Walking Around · Poem 20 · Poem 15. (Updated Jan 16, 2025.)
Neruda's most read and remembered poems, from Twenty Love Poems to Canto General, according to anthologies and popular poetry sites.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 16
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1
Walking Around
Residence on Earth (1935). Urban weariness, with an English title.
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2
Poem 20
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924). The most recited farewell in Spanish.
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3
Poem 15
Twenty Love Poems (1924). The one about the beloved's silence.
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4
Sonnet XVII
One Hundred Love Sonnets (1959). A love that can't be explained with flowers.
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5
So That You Will Hear Me
Poem 5 of Twenty Love Poems (1924).
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6
If You Forget Me
The Captain's Verses (1952). A love warning it can leave too.
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7
The Song of Despair
The closing poem of Twenty Love Poems (1924).
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8
I'm Explaining a Few Things
Spain in Our Hearts (1937). The Civil War enters his poetry.
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9
Ode to My Socks
New Elemental Odes (1956). A pair of hand-knitted socks as a gift.
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10
Poem 1
Twenty Love Poems (1924). The loved body as landscape.
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11
Ode to the Onion
Elemental Odes (1954). Everyday things turned into poetry.
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12
The Heights of Macchu Picchu
Canto General (1950). Climbing the ruins as a song to the peoples of America.
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13
Ode to Tomatoes
Elemental Odes (1954). A Chilean salad in verse.
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14
Ode to Sadness
Elemental Odes (1954). He stands up to melancholy.
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15
Your Laughter
The Captain's Verses (1952). Her laughter as a shelter.
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16
The United Fruit Co.
Canto General (1950). His most direct attack on the banana companies.
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Comments (1)
Me sorprende que no esté Oda al libro, pero bueno, el Poema 20 arriba del todo es indiscutible