Antonio Machado Spain (1875 - 1939) Timeline Secular or Eclectic Poems by Antonio Machado Books - Links

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. The goal of union can only be found within. In this way, his terrible ache was elevated to an experience of the sacred, similar to that sought through the ideal of “courtly love” 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
• [Bly] Last night, as I was sleeping
• 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

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 Martín. 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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