# Gabriela Mistral's most famous poems

The poems by the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature that are most read at school and recited, from Desolación to Tala.

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- Apr 10, 2025 · medalloversionoriginal
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## Top 14

1. **The Sonnets of Death** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1914. They won the Floral Games in Santiago and made her known.
2. **Little Feet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Desolación, 1922. The bare feet of poor children.
3. **We Were All to Be Queens** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tala, 1938. Four girls from Elqui and what life did to them.
4. **Give Me Your Hand** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ternura, 1924. A children's round.
5. **Caress** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ternura. Mother and child.
6. **Rocking** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lullaby by the sea.
7. **Kisses** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — All the different kinds of kisses.
8. **The Sad Mother** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lonely mother rocking her child.
9. **Fear** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The fear that her daughter will leave.
10. **The Prayer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Desolación. A plea for the dead beloved.
11. **Ballad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Desolación. The beloved walking past with another.
12. **I Am Not Lonely** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lullaby about companionship.
13. **The Flower of the Air** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tala. One of her most symbolic poems.
14. **Poem of Chile** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1967. Her great posthumous poem, a journey through her country.

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