Well (thou´ll say) hearing stars! Certainly
Thou´ve lost your mind!" And I´ll say to thee, ...
poem by Olavo Bilac
I did not have this face of today
So calm
So sad
So thin.
Nor these eyes so empty
Nor this bi...
poem by Cecilia Meireles
My sweet, here at the foot o fyour last bed
In which you're resting now from your long life,
I've ...
poem by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
I took wild honey from the plants,
I took salt from the waters, I took light from the sky.
Listen,...
poem by Jorge de Lima
The sweetness of poverty like this…
To lose everything your, even the egoism of being,
So poor t...
poem by Mario de Andrade
The firefly danced in the air impatiently:
"Oh how I wish that I could be that yellow,
That b...
poem by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Look at these old trees, more lovely these
Than younger trees, more friendly too by far:
More beau...
poem by Olavo Bilac
I sing because the moment exists
And my life is complete.
I am not gay, I am not sad:
I am a poet...
poem by Cecilia Meireles
Since the lords are already dead
and cannot fight any more,
their armored plates, with regret,
ha...
poem by Cecilia Meireles
Rag doll with eyes of bead,
a dress of chintz,
hair of ribbons,
stuffed with wool.
Day and nig...
poem by Jorge de Lima
Stop everything that keeps me form sleep:
Those cranes in the night,
that violent wind,
The last ...
poem by Jorge de Lima
The wind cuts everything in two.
Only a wish for neatness binds the world…
There is sun. There...
poem by Mario de Andrade
Inside the nighttime of the storm,
the mystery caravel goes there.
Time moves, and waters crest,
...
poem by Jorge de Lima
Here is the tiny shepherd,
much smaller than his flock,
watching, timid and careful,
the sunset i...
poem by Cecilia Meireles
Silver dagger you were,
Silver dagger!
It was not you who made
Such a fool of my hand.
I saw y...
poem by Cecilia Meireles
Youth is spring!
The soul, full of flowers, shines,
Believes in good, loves life, dreams and waits...
poem by Olavo Bilac
I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in realit...
quote by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Naked, but for love modesty is unfit,
On my mouth I pressed hers.
And, in carnal trembling, she sa...
poem by Olavo Bilac
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an ...
quote by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
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Woman wandering - Version II
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