"Tales for The Ones in Love"

With extreme weather phenomena, all over the world, our care for nature seems to be totally justified. This August: why not be careful and put all the plastic in the dustbin? why not think of the best way to use technology without harming nature? May poetry inspire us.

Fragility - Corina Savu (Romania)

Waves break through the shore

flooding the banks with tears.

Under the eyelids, pray lost its sound

And music is just a fad and broken sound

that separetes the worlds.

It's raining...

With tears from the sky

Over lonely souls,

Traveling to dusk

From the heights of suffering

With a final "burning" embrace

What's left after the gray rains fall,

...backwards...

from the soul to the forehead,

from the earth from which the life went down to heaven?

We gather broken wings...

in fact, there are only piles of ash, but

we lie that we are still alive,

that we still feel,

that we have not yet lost our way or His hand.

Ah, it's raining...

With tears that washed away sins

Over dried hearts,

Traveling from fire

Into eternal peace

With fragile wings.

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Enjoy.

 Bests.

This month we present the translation of two poems by Brazilian poets.

First the poem by Ricardo de Souza, mentioning a positive world made of love and peace, regardless the duties, doubts and uncertainties...

Yes, always yes, by Ricardo de Souza

I live in the world of duties, doubts, uncertainties, taxes,
I live in the world of wars, of individualism, with lack of ideas,
I live in the world of beautiful landscapes, kind people, balance, love and peace,
I live in the world where complaining does not solve,
I come to this world with the poor purpose of leaving the little knowledge I know,
I come to this world with the duty of change, innovation, vision of the future for the quality of life of many,
I come to leave my name written in the memory of those I can reach.

The same poem in Portuguese:

Sim, Sempre Sim

Vivo no mundo de deveres, dúvidas, incertezas, impostos,

Vivo no mundo de guerras, de individualismo, afogado na pobreza de espírito,

Vivo no mundo de paisagens bonitas, pessoas bondosas, equilíbrio, amor e paz,

Vivo no mundo aonde reclamar não resolve,

Venho a este mundo com o pobre objetivo de deixar o pouco conhecimento que sei,

Venho a este mundo com o dever de mudança, inovação, visão de futuro em prol da qualidade de vida de muitos,

Venho deixar o meu nome escrito na memória dos que eu puder alcançar.

 A poem by the Brazilian poet Maria Coquemala.

MY SOUL

Light, my soul gets free and grows.
My soul that has never been so joyful,
who abandons this departing body.
       My soul transcends, advances in space ...
       Driven by the wings of desire, go to the infinite ...
       My soul goes through the rainbow.
       and is painted with the colors of joy.
All the painful memories are erased.
Silence for ever the voices of longing,
of sorrow, of pain, of suffering.
      They reveal themselves to my soul,
      the secrets of the Universe ...
      There are no unanswered questions.
      There is no longer body, agony and death.
And my whole soul, without cuts,
fulfill all my fantasies.
Reason and feeling merge in harmony.
     My walking soul advances in infinity
     unraveling paths in eternity.

Note: in the book "Pulsar" (2015), All Print Editora, São Paulo, Brazil

Original in Portuguese:

MINHA ALMA

Leve, minha alma se liberta e cresce.
Minha alma que nunca esteve tão alegre,
que abandona este corpo que se esvai.
      Minha alma transcende, avança no espaço...
      Levada pelas asas do desejo, ruma ao infinito...
      Minha alma atravessa o arco-íris
      e se pinta com as cores da alegria.
Apagam-se todas as lembranças doloridas.
Silenciam para sempre as vozes da saudade,
da tristeza, da dor, do sofrimento.
     Vão-se revelando à minha alma,
     os segredos todos do Universo...
     Já não há perguntas sem respostas.
     Já não há corpo, agonia e morte.
E a minha alma inteira, sem recortes,
realiza todas as minhas fantasias.
Razão e sentimento se fundem em harmonia.
    Minha alma andarilha avança no infinito
    desvendando veredas na eternidade.

Nota: no Livro "Pulsar" (2015), All Print Editora, São Paulo, Brasil

Enjoy your readings and writings.

Bests.

Books in Lisbon...

We would also want to drop a few words about the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: marvellous and inspiring event that took our attention for a few hours even if with intervals to dream.

Let's visit this news from The Guardian and listen this music from Ed Sheeran...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/may/19/royal-wedding-2018-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-marry-at-windsor-live

Enjoy and return soon to this blog.

If you would like to know more about some classic writer, writing in English, you can visit:

http://www.online-literature.com/

Here we can have access to some literary content and also some subscriptions that allow us to receive poetry from famous authors.

At the Oxford website we can find some online courses in literature. With a wide range of possibilities.

https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/online-courses-in-literature

And if you would like to read something writen in Portuguese you can visit this website from University of Lisbon.

https://bibliotronicaportuguesa.pt/

We would like to receive your suggestions.

Thanks.

The Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal was a very lively event. From the Terreiro do Paço to the Parque das Nações, there was a lively excitement that made it possible to feel the music and see the day with new eyes. The poetry of the good disposition, of the endless waits in the queues, of the musical tourism, of the multiple flags.

It was worth knowing the Eurovision radio ...
http://www.escradio.com

It was worth seeing friends from Australia.
There is poetry even in kangaroos.

And although the winning song is not the one that, in poetic terms or the transmitted message, is the favorite of this blog, it has a happy rhythm that is worth knowing. Congratulations to Israel!

Dear Friends,
Our Anthology is almost created and we would like to share with you an alternative cover that was put appart.

This one....

and this one....

Additionally, we present you two photos from Lisbon.
This is an image taken from Viewpoint of Santa Luzia.

We can see the Tagus Tiver and many old houses........

Also, here you can see an image of the Jardim da Estrela (Garden of the Star).

Enjoy and don't forget to come back!

Finally, we announce the winners. We received high quality work. We present the first, second and third classified and then the other works selected for the Anthology.

1 “In a Square Circle” by IONUŢ  CALOTĂ (Romania) - Poem

2 “Bunches of Fruit” by Eliza Segiet (Poland) - Poem

3 “Rainbow” by Corina Savu (Romania)  - Short Story

Works selected for the Anthology:

a)

Chimezie Ihekuna (Lagos - Nigeria) with “Nature’s Blessing” and “The Other Side of Nature’s Consciousness”

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b)

Joan Beebe (USA) with “A PEACEFUL WALK” and “Endangering Nature”

c)

Claire O' Connell (Cork - Ireland) with “Piano Ocean”

 d)

Ana Nedelcu (Romania) with “His flight” and “Nature`s Royalty”

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from the e_volume “MY MUSE & I - 365 DAYS ~ A POEM A DAY” 2017

e)

Ana Duda (Romania) with “Variations on a theme” (Poem) and “A man, a tree, a leaf” (Short Story)

f)

Alex Maxwell (UK) with “The Battle Rages”

Our sincere congratulations.
Let writing continue to be a light in your lives.

Thank you for enlightening us.

We ask you to disclose not only these results but also the fact that our Competition seeks a sponsor for the next Competitions. Thank you very much. Please do not forget to send us a photo or small essay on environment.