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Borges created his last collection of poems in 1985. He wrote in the "Preface": "In a book written by an eighty-year-old man, the first element fire will not account for a large proportion... I often feel that I am earth, barren earth. However, I am still writing" and, as always, he practices his aesthetic beliefs in poetry creation.

The collection of poems written by Borges in 1984 is one of his late mature works. The author writes poems about what he saw and felt when he and Maria Kodama visited various places together. Each topic is an independent chapter, full of interesting things.

Beginning with "Preface to the Preface", it contains thirty-nine prefaces and was published in 1975. Borges had a unique opinion on literary style. He believed that "in the case of a slim majority, the preface is similar to a drunken speech or a funeral eulogy, irresponsibly exaggerated and suspicious of reading." He was determined to reform this genre. The discussion involves famous figures such as Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Whitman, as well as some writers forgotten by literary history, with the intention of rediscovering the value of their works.

Borges's first collection of poems, published by Borges at his own expense in 1923, was his first attempt to enter the literary world. The collection of poems mainly depicts Buenos Aires, the birthplace of the writer, the city's early mornings and dusk, urban areas and suburbs composed of low-rise buildings, its tranquility and sadness. Underneath the hometown complex is the tracing of family history and historical culture. Various specific things and characters seem to have an eternal appearance under the erosion of time.

A collection of essays, published in 1936, containing eight articles. Among them, "The History of Eternity" sorts out and denies the history of "eternity" in Platonism and Christian theology, and "Two Commentaries: Approaching Almotaxin" attempts to prove the "circular" nature of time... "Eternity," "reincarnation," and "cycle" all point to the proposition of time.

The representative works of Borges's early poetry include the two collections of poems he wrote in the 1920s, "The Moon Before Me" and "Notes of Saint Martin". The collection of poems mainly depicts the writer's hometown of Buenos Aires, its "streets with pink storefronts", its South District, North District and "suburban horizons". It also records the grandparents and parents who once lived here, as well as the emotions placed here.

Borges's poetry collection "Deep Rose", created in 1975, contains twenty-seven poems. The author has deep knowledge of the aesthetic theory and creative practice of poetry. He proposed that "language is a symbol of magic, but it has been intensified by time. The mission of the poet is to restore its original advantages that have now been lost." At the same time, Borges proposed the tasks of poetry: first, to convey accurate facts, and second, to give us practical touches like the close sea. In this collection of poems, Borges strives to discover the unique beauty of things and the overlooked value of words, giving poetry richer connotations.

Borges's masterpiece of poetry was created in the 1970s and contains 47 poems. It can be called Borges's most famous poem. The poet chooses topics from history, mythology, country, language, flora and fauna, or daily behaviors, breaking the rules of sonnets. According to him: "When chaos first begins, people are at a loss, obeying the irresistible laws of nature, and there is probably no difference between poetic and non-poetic things. Everything is a bit magical."