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20th Century

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Antonio Machado

Timeline (1875 - 1939)

Poems by Antonio Machado
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Antonio Machado's wife died when she was very young. It is through his lifelong anguish over this loss that a kind of sacred spiritual yearning emerges. He begins to see his dead wife as his divine beloved, ever present, ever calling to him, yet ever just out of reach so union can only be found in a mystical embrace. In this way, his unsatisfied romantic yearning was elevated to an experience of the sacred, similar to that sought by the troubadour mystics several centuries earlier.

When his poems speak of this beloved woman, read into it the divine, and see what meaning emerges.

Poems by Antonio Machado

	Autumn Daybreak
	Hope says
	I dreamt you took me
	Last night, as I was sleeping,
	Lord, You Tore from Me
	Proverbs and Songs
	Siesta
	Songs
	The Waterwheel

Recommended Books

	Antonio Machado: Selected Poems, by Antonio Machado / Translated by Alan S. Trueblood Amazon.com
	Border of a Dream: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado, by Antonio Machado / Translated by Willis Barnstone Amazon.com
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell Amazon.com
	Six Masters of the Spanish Sonnet: Francisco de Quevedo, Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, Antonio Machado, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel, Translated by Willis Barnstone Amazon.com
	Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado, Translated by Robert Bly Amazon.com

Related Links:

	La Obra Poetica de Antonio Machado http://jaserrano.com/Machado/ (Spanish language) Biography, bibliography, and poetry of Machado.
	Antonio Machado http://www.poesia-inter.net/indexam.htm (Spanish language) A large collection of Machado's poetry on-line.
	Abel Mart�n. Revista de estudios sobre Antonio Machado http://www.abelmartin.com (Spanish language) Poetry, photographs, a biography, and several articles on Antonio Machado. The photographs of Machado's Spain are worth the visit, even if you don't read Spanish.

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