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BE THE SCISSORS

BE THE SCISSORS
In the poem's hand
Cutting and cut close
Be the word
That being a wing
Flies and
Forgets
Be the non-straight front
Of time
Starting fire
For birds
Cutting
The invisible thread
Of their flight
The clepsydra of their song
Be the biting invocation
Of verses with sharp nails
Tearing
The skin to its scar
Be a word with teeth
Be and bite the page
Let the barbed wire
Caught in the breath

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SER A TESOURA
Na mão do poema
Cortando e cortado rente
Ser a palavra
Que sendo asa
Voa e
Esquece
Ser a frente não recta
Do tempo
Abrindo lume
Para que os pássaros
Cortem
O fio invisível
Do seu voo
A clepsidra do seu cântico
Ser a invocação mordaz
De versos com unhas afiadas
Rasgando
A pele à sua cicatriz
Ser vocábulo com dentes
Ser e morder a página
Deixar ficar
O arame farpado
Preso à respiração

by Leonora ROSADO, in "ORNATO EM CADEIA" (a small anthology by eight poets), Nu Limbo Edições, 2017 - edition of 100 numbered copies -

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2022)

Nouchetdu38, William Sutherland, Annemarie, Ulrich John and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo


11 comments - The latest ones
 Xata
Xata club
Ou a pedra?
2 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Xata club
...a pedra não corta aos bocadinhos, mas fere em profundidade...e mata...
2 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Poets strive to make hidden things visible, i.e. to put them into words.
2 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
...yes, cammino, they try to show what is covered by clouds or isn't seen/felt by ordinary people...
2 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Un beau et remarquable poème très vibrant.
Bon week-end.
2 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
D'accord, Malik! Bonne soirée!
2 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Fred Fouarge, vero, Ulrich John, and Nouchetdu38!
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
sometimes we need sissors!
2 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Annemarie club
Absolutely, Annemarie!
2 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Outstanding shot and poem! Stay well!

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2 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks twice, William!
2 years ago.

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