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The Flight of the Bird Passing IX: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

Posted on June 2, 2020 by randomyriad

This   They say I fake or lie In everything I write No, it’s simply that With me imagination Feeds — I don’t use The heart.   All I dream or go through All I fail or lose out On, … Continue reading →

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The Flight of the Bird Passing VIII: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

Posted on June 1, 2020 by randomyriad

Beyond God    1. The Abyss   I watch the Tagus in such a way That my watching forgets I’m watching And suddenly this strikes me Against my daydreaming — What is it, river-being flowing? What is it, my-being-here and … Continue reading →

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The Flight of the Bird Passing VII: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

Posted on May 31, 2020 by randomyriad

I only ask the gods to grant me   I only ask the gods to grant me That I nothing of them. Happiness is a burden, Good Fortune a yoke, Both bespeaking to secure a state, Not composed or discomposed, … Continue reading →

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The Flight of the Bird Passing VI: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

Posted on May 25, 2020 by randomyriad

Recalling who I was , I see somebody else   Recalling who I was, I see somebody else. In memory the past becomes the present.      Who I was is somebody I love,      Yet only in a … Continue reading →

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The Flight of the Bird Passing V: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

Posted on May 24, 2020 by randomyriad

One after another, hard-pressed waves   One after another, hard-pressed waves Curl in their green motion And hiss white foam into The brownness of sea shores.   Leisurely clouds one after another Break open their round motion And sun burns … Continue reading →

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