SANIDADE RELATIVA: PROMESSA / VOW

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/

PROMESSA
( © Patrícia Evans)
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Vou te amar,
não como Ulisses amou Penélope,
Romeu, Julieta.
Jamais um amor de Otelo
ou Orfeu,
porém, nada menos incisivo;
vou te amar como Narciso.
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VOW
(© Patrícia Evans)

I'll love you
not as Ulysses loved Penelope,
Romeo, Juliet.
It won't be an Othelo or Orpheo's love
though not less incisive.
I'll love you like (would have loved) Narcissus.
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