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Adalberto de Queiroz Feb 2016

O último poema, à moda de Manuel Bandeira (2)

Triste há de ser; curto e doce e terno.
Que seja breve dizendo tudo.

Que seja doce confeito de manhã eterna.
Que seja belo qual água de cachoeira.
Que a pureza o invada: morte indolor.
Da febre se dissipe como quem à tempestade vence.
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Fonte: Cadernos de Sizenando, vol. II, 2016

#de #cadernos #sizenando #beto #queiroz

Adalberto de Queiroz Feb 2016

Geography II

Geografia (2)**

Havia a lua a conquistar: magno evento.
Mas a vida corria normal em solo firme
Ah, e os sustos: o estômago puro vento
Eu silente, exausto, adormecia inerme.
Entanto, no cerrado havia muitas frutinhas.
E havia a revolução, e reuniões de oração.
Quando dormia no meio do Pai-Nosso.
Uma centena de orantes à espera de um milagre.
Então Seu Roque viajava para o Interior –
Com seu carrossel de slides e nossas fotos
Não havia quem não doasse alguma coisa:
- Um capado, um saco de arroz, bananas
Em cachos; voltava no fordinho velho
Mas bem fornido; tão feliz, e barbado.
& The United Brothers enviavam cartas.
Dentro dessas meu primeiro bookmark
E o desejo de conhecer o estrangeiro...
Na escola dominical, aprendi os 10 Mandamentos.
Ficava triste nas tardes de domingo; ainda agora.
Um gosto de mangaba e o dedão do pé doendo
Como quando chutava lobeiras em lugar de bolas.

O abrigo era o melho lugar do mundo limpo
O quintal; o milharal capinado; havia o Careta
Nosso cavalo; o Thinka – latindo para o Leão.
Éramos tão felizes quando banhados à espera
De vovó Cecília e seus doces de buritis...
Jesus, como era o teu nome chamado.
Até que o Filemon teve convulsão e tudo desabou
Sobre nossas cabeças como o Apocalipse de S. João.
Fim.
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Poesia, BetoQueiroz, Memorias

#de #poesia #brasileira #cadernos #sizenando #beto #queiroz

Adalberto de Queiroz Feb 2016

Geography I

Geografia I
Quando a Vila Jaiara era do mundo
O centro vital; se mais longe houvesse,
Lá chegara, aos saltos, de susto tomado
Em mim mesmo; silente rezava o missal.
Corria pelos campos – a savana, cerrado.

O medo do sistema heliocêntrico
Ainda não perdera: o medo de ser
Só. Eu vivia com meus irmãos e irmãs –
Éramos uma centena de bichinhos
Em torno de nossa mãe adotada,
A quem chamávamos de Senhora.
E em torno dela, tudo girava, girava...

Os grandes mandavam-nos, sorrateiros,
Andar pelo cerrado em busca de tudo:
Gabirobas, cajuzinhos, goiabas ...

Na Vila Jaiara havia tanta coisa mais.
A casa de Helena; de deuses onde doces.
Que à caminhada tornava clara para nós.
Centro luminoso em que a ceia do Senhor.

Não havia São Paulo ou Rio de Janeiro –
No máximo: Belo Horizonte, Araxá
Povoavam nossos sonhos.
E talvez Ouro Preto e Divinópolis –
Onde Dora reinava...
- Goiânia, São Petersburgo e Tegucigalpa – só no Atlas.

Anápolis era outra estória: a cidade, o comércio longe demais...
Ali na Jaiara estava o centro de tudo
e no centro de tudo o amor:
Laíde Epifânia me nomeara “Maninho”.

Naquele tempo, na nossa vila, não passava um rio.
Mas havia a fábrica de tecidos, onde Jorge –
Noivo de minha irmã – tecia a união e afeto
E me ensinava a andar de bicicleta.

Do Vietnã, só soube no ginásio.
./.

Portuguese (Brazil)

#poetry #memories #brazilian #de #2016 #cadernos #sizenando

Dimitri Leye Jan 2016

I See Fire

With emotions caused by stress,
Leaves the wires tense,
Love is my only desire,
In my eyes, I see fire.

Cause no pain or hurt,
Alone, feeling nothing but burns,
With eyes raining with clouds choir,
Beneath my feet, I see fire.

Love causes pain,
As it awakens embers,
Although my shields dismember,
I try to love and remember,
My path is all I require,
When I walk, I see fire.

Trapped in myself,
A rage deep encaged,
Just looking for a way,
To be released from pain,
This road from which I get tired,
All around, I see fire.

#de

Arturo Hernandez Dec 2015

Frijolero

Carrizo, lamina,
Cemento, y varilla.
Mi casa
Su casa
Sus casas.
Te busco
Te deseo
Y no te encuentro.
Fotos
Mapas
y Recuerdos
Es donde te tengo.
Escucha,
Habla y dime,
Como esta
Mi pueblo.
Villa de Etla,
Querida,
Adorada.

#poem #pictures #listen #town #small #culture #de #ethnicity #villa #etla

Ellis Reyes Nov 2015

Searching for Signs

Tradition says he’ll come today
With the wind,
In a ray of sunshine
On the arrival of a friendly bird

Was that creak his footfall in the hallway?
Was that warm breeze his breath upon my neck?
Is that his familiar scent or just my deep desire to have him here with me?

We’ll set out candles
Prepare his favorite foods
Bathe our home with love and light
Because today the children,
My child,
Returns from the grave

For Jack. Who left us far too soon.

#sad #children #child #los #de #dia #muertos

Miss Clofullia Aug 2015

#fucktheman

as far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a poet,
just didn’t have the words for it.

**** Facebook people are out to get me
I can’t crack any of my “yo’ momma” jokes
I cannot land any ***** **** pictures on my friends’ walls..
and right now they’re tryin’ to ******’ make me change my name!
the alternative would be for me to scram,
but i am not a fast runner.

like a big fat wizard of wOrdZ King Kong, I’ll climb
office buildings, with a ******* each arm,
only to scream out: “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”.
not sure why I needed to get here.
you all can see me, right?

life should be as Robert put it: “Better to be king for a night, than schmuck for a lifetime!”
I’m still waiting for that special night.
I think everyone should live like this! For that “one night”.
that would certainly make the commies smile.
they’d form a queue, hoping they’ll have another chance to a fresh night of
kingdomness.
*******!
I believe ****!

I hate to say this, but this race is getting to me.
I think I’m getting the fear.
yeah.. really! sometimes, I get the feeling that I’m gonna die right at the next curve,
and my fear pushes me to push the pedal to the metal.

you know what they say: “Death’s forty minutes away. I’ll be there in ten”.
or was it thirty?
never mind!.. I’ll be there in ten!

today, my space friend told me about the #FuckTheMan movement.
I found it to be very static..
despite the authority defying mumbo jumbo.
I told him that I’m gonna use it in one of my poems and
pretend that I’m smart.

I don’t think he believes (in) me anymore.
I’m lying right now.

Ha!

#poem #man #facebook #**** #king #authority #robert #kong #de #niro

Storm Raven Aug 2015

respect and don't judge little child

Oh little child.
Don't judge.
Show some respect.
For an old man who thought the war.
Fought for our freedom.
For someone who is openly gay.
Someone who does nothing but love.
Show some respect.
Don't judge.
Just because someone is not like you.
Show some respect.
Oh little child.
Help making this world a better place.

#love #people #respect #accepting #de #elders #tollerance #lgbt-rights #humams

April Lorenzo May 2015

Compter

Un, deux, trois
Je peux voir la lune ce soir.
Les étoiles: un, deux, trois.
Je ne peux pas compter
le bouquet des étoiles.

Voilà, ils sont infinis.

Le temps va arrêter,
maintenant, cette heure, cette seconde
avec moins des personnes.
Le moment ne terminera pas.

Voilà, il est infini.

Finalement, les étoiles, je peux compter.
Un, deux. Seulement deux.
Tes yeux, mes étoiles.

Voilà, tu es infini.

J'ai le coup de foudre pour toi,
sous le ciel ce soir.
Un, deux, trois,
Tu as le coup de foudre pour moi.

Voilà, nous sommes infinis.

I wrote this poem for a class requirement and it got selected for « Printemps des Poètes 2013 » organized by l'Alliance française de Manille. You can go use google translate. It's actually decent if you traslate it there except for the last stanza. You'll get the gist of it tho. But if you want the legitimate translation, message me.

#love #first #sight #french #at #de #le #coup #foudre

Evie Brill Paffard Apr 2015

Translation: Clair de Lune (Verlaine)

Your soul is a choice, bucolic scene
With charming travellers in a masquerade
Playing the lute and dancing, yet seem
Sad beneath their fanciful charade.

All carouse in a minor key
Of victorious love and opportunity,
They seem not to believe in their delight
And their song mingles with the moonlight,

In the still moonlight, beautiful and blue,
Birds in the trees dream and sigh by
Elegant fountains among marble statues,
And the cascades in their ecstasy cry.

Translation of one of Verlaine's most famous poems and the inspiration for one of Debussey's celebrated piano suites.

#piano #symbolism #moonlight #lune #de #verlaine #debussey #clair