https://edicoespqp.blogs.sapo.pt/ IP - SAPO Blogs Wed, 25 Feb 2015 03:58:33 GMT LiveJournal / SAPO Blogs https://edicoespqp.blogs.sapo.pt/poesia-pla-madrugada-3392302 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 03:57:00 GMT beatriz j a https://edicoespqp.blogs.sapo.pt/poesia-pla-madrugada-3392302 <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>A person protests to fate:</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">“The things you have caused</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">me most to want</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">are those that furthest elude me.”</span></p> <p> </p> <div class="text_exposed_show"> <p><span style="color: #000080;">Fate nods.</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">Fate is sympathetic.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">To tie the shoes, button a shirt,</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">are triumphs</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">for only the very young,</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">the very old.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">During the long middle:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">conjugating a rivet</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">mastering tango</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">training the cat to stay off the table</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">preserving a single moment longer than this one</span><br /><span style="color: #000080;">continuing to wake whatever has happened the day before</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000080;">and the penmanships love practices inside the body.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: #000080;"><em>Jane Hirshfield</em></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> https://edicoespqp.blogs.sapo.pt/poesia-pla-madrugada-3392302 0 poesia p'la madrugada