I KNOW IT'S NOT SO

About Patricia Evans' poetry

"Although I have spent time with Patrícia Evans on three separate occasions, I feel I know Patrícia Evans only through her poetry. She hides nothing, she surrenders everything. It is some of the most powerful poetry I have ever read. And I have read only English translations of her poems, so those who read her in her native Portuguese will experience her even more intimately. They should prepare themselves for imagery, anger, compassion, despair, humor, insight, knowledge of her self and the deepest love for those she loves, especially dad."

Robert E. Sheridan


Mr. Sheridan had been an editor for the New York Times for 32 years. He is also a poet, and a father.


Mr. Sheridan's blog:
http://www.coffeedrome.com/


PATRÍCIA EVANS

Twitter: @TiciaEvans - Email: TiciaEvans@gmail.com

11 de abr. de 2008

MANTRA / MANTRA


MANTRA
(© Patrícia Evans)

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Um deus ex machina, um deus ex machina, um deus ex machina!

Às vezes eu choro, às vezes concordo
e às vezes até decoro os poemas de amor que escrevo

mas nada impede ter medo, não ter medo,
ter medo, não ter medo, ter medo.

Enquanto falo por dedos, tua boca cospe a frieza
que teu peito abriga mas não guarda.

Continuo em prece;
um deus ex machina, um deus ex machina, um deus ex machina!
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MANTRA
(© Patrícia Evans)
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An ex machina god, an ex machina god, an ex machina god!

Sometimes I cry, sometimes I agree
and sometimes I even memorize the love poems I write

but nothing prevents me from being afraid, not being afraid,
being afraid, not being afraid.

While I talk through my fingers, your mouth spits the coldness
your chest shelters but doesn't keep.

I go on praying;
an ex machina god, an ex machina god, an ex machina god!

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