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

29/12/2011

PÁTRIA AMADA / BELOVED COUNTRY

PÁTRIA AMADA
( © Patrícia Evans)

Tenho sim, cara irmã
tirado a espada da bainha
a cada investida da raiva
e sim, a raiva é minha
mas não é por mim gerada.

Tenho criado tormentas, geadas
turbulências, furacões e
a tempestuosidade é minha,
mas não são minhas as razões.

Tenho lançado facas
e as lâminas que tinha,
em ensandecida bravura,
abriram cada armadura
dos que me quiseram em pedaços

Eu defenderei minha alma
como o mártir, sua causa vencida
e quantas vezes a ultrajarem
tantas ultrajarei os que o fizerem.

Minha alma é a pálida quimera,
pátria dos anjos cansados,
pobres, loucos, desvalidos,
onde a esperança persevera.
Eis o prometido:
venha peste, fome, morte ou guerra,
só amor há de pisar sobre ela.

...


BELOVED COUNTRY
(© Patricia Evans)

Oh yes, dear sister
I've taken the sword
at every onslaught of anger
and yes, the anger is mine,
but it is not generated by me.

I have created storms, frosts,
turmoil, hurricanes, and
the stormy temper is mine,
but the reasons are not mine.

I have thrown knives
and blades that had,
in insane bravery,
opened each armor of those
who had wanted me into pieces.

I will defend my soul
as the martyr, his winning cause,
and how often they revile it,
how often I will revile those who did.

My soul is a pale chimera
home of the tired,
poor, mad, helpless angels,
where hope endures.
Here is the promised:
come pestilence, famine, death or war,
only love will set foot on it.
...

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