Thursday, September 15, 2011

#504


(image by stachelpferdchen)

A minha versão corajosa
com armadura completa
e espada em punho,
mataria os monstros que habitam
as sombras que as suas mãos
fazem quando se movem pelo papel,
a minha versão corajosa

- quer fossem tão altos quanto sequóias
ou tão concretos quanto moinhos de vento.


The brave-hearted me,
dressed up in shiny armor,
sword in hand,
would duel and slay
the monsters inhabiting
the shadows
your hand makes on paper
while you write,
the brave-hearted me.

It wouldn't mind them
being as tall as the tallest trees
or as concrete as windmills.

12 comments:

  1. "Que os dragões sejam moinhos de vento...por amor as causas perdidas."

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  2. Esse monstros não conhecem o que é morrer. Eles parecem sempre, apenas, se esconder. E quem houve neste mundo que conseguisse derrubar os moinhos de vento?

    =/ Felizmente [ou não], de alguma maneira, eles permanecem.

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  3. We all have bravery within us. It expresses itself in different ways. And we all can be brave with our poetry....as you are!

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  4. Ótimo! tenho medo de que a minha versão corajosa jamais saia do papel... Por outro lado como saber? Só quando os meus adversários, os perigos, os monstros e as ameaças se tornarem tridimensionais. Talvez, então, eu invista contra eles em legítima defesa.

    Beijo, Kenia.

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  5. I can only read it in the English - which is all I need to think this a wonderful poem!

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  6. Bravery can come in many different ways, always different for everyone. Oh and my lines wouldn't go crooked..haha

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  7. I feel these words in my heart, my brave hearted kenia. Thanks for sharing them.

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  8. moving and so well fashioned - your poetry always stirs my cold heart - i love to read your delicate and really quite beautiful poetry

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  9. smiles. love the imagery in your verse...the monsters your hand shadows make on the paper as youwrite...and concrete windmills...smiles.

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  10. bravery comes in many shapes and sizes and this poem comes in one beautiful size thanks for sharing
    http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/20/the-fait-of-our-lands/

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  11. I think your words are great similes for bravery - I think we might lose in translation why the hand of the person writing casts such ominous shadows. Well done. G.

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  12. What a unique and interesting way to describe the feeling of a poet..... The shadows left on the paper form your writing hand.... that's awesome. I don't know if there is a term for poems like these but I have always called them "Poets Poems" because they deal wiht the thoughts and process of the writer themselves. This is just as beautiful as any I have ever seen....

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