"BIC AZUL"

"BLUE BIC"

"we do nothing but chorus the howls on
tiptoes
in the midst of almsgiving"

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"utopia is not part of poetry
but intrusion"

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"this is the time of poetry at the foot of the mouth
on the return from a disbanded strike"

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"the poem takes the hand of dirty laundry"

by Luís Filipe PEREIRA, in "BIC AZUL", The Poets and Dragons Editors", 2024 (quotes)

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2024)