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"TOBACCO SHOP"

"TOBACCO SHOP"
"I'm nothing.
I'll never be nothing.
I can't want to be nothing.
This apart, I've in me
all dreams of the world."

by Álvaro de Campos / Frenando PESSOA (excerpt), probably the best Portuguese poem ever

(photo taken at 88ª Feira do LIvro de Lisboa, 2018)

Steve Bucknell, Ulrich John, Annemarie and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo


12 comments - The latest ones
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
je me laisse emporte' dans mon reve......
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
...c'est bon ça...
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Chriss!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Annemarie!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
6 years ago.
 Léopold
Léopold club
Avoid this red poison !
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Léopold club
You should read this magnificent poem by Fernando PESSOA. Nothing to do with tobacco addiction.
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
When I first read the beginning of Pessoa’s Tobacconist’s I quickly wrote this on the facing page:

I am not a poet,
Never shall be a poet,
Cannot will myself to be a poet.
This apart, I often dream that I am a great poet.
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Let me smile to you, Dear Poet!
6 years ago.
Steve Bucknell club has replied to Armando Taborda club
I do appear, in person, at the end of poem, of course.
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
:)
6 years ago.

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