“The Condition of the Verses”
Original by Maria Teresa Horta Translated, from the Portuguese, by Edite Cunhā and M.B. McLatchey I am of the condition of the verses with eagerness rescued I have a pact with the angels I recognize the trace of light …
Tag: Portugese
Flakes
Original by Ana Maria Machado Translated, from the Portuguese, by Elton Uliana She didn’t sleep well. She woke up very early, in a sweat. The air conditioning wasn’t working. It would make a loud noise but nothing of fresh …
sunflowers (and two other poems)
Original by Michael Garcia Spring Translated, from the English to the Portuguese, by Maria João Marques sunflowers it’s nearly impossible to look at a sunflower and not think of van Gogh a bullet-shaped bee shoots past and my mind takes …
“My mind”
Minha mente Mesmo dividindo O mesmo espaço com o meu coração, Não se dá por vencida Nem por votação. Posso ouvir o meu coração Falando para não seguir a razão Mas, mesmo assim Escuto a razão Me dizendo para não …