Fiz três versões do poema "L'être: avant la lettre" de Paulo Leminski, do livro La Vie en Close (1991).

In the future look for a long post regarding 18 versions in English. Por agora, agora é que são elas:

l’être avant la lettre         

 

   la vie en close                       

c’est une autre chose                

 

    c’est lui                                

          c’est moi                 

                c’est ça             

 

    c’est la vie des choses              

qui n’ont pas                       

             un autre choix

 

1. o ser: antes da letra 

 

     a vida em cerrada

é outra coisa

 

     êle tem

          sou eu

               ela vem

 

     é a vida das coisas

que ninguém

            escolheu

 

2. ser: avant la lettre

 

     vida a fechar

é outra coisa

 

     ele é

          meu par

               assim são

 

     a vida das coisas

que nem terão

          outra opção

 

3. o ser: avant la lettre

 

     la vie en close

é outra pose

 

     ele está

          eu estou

               até doze

 

     é a vida em folha

onde não há

          outra escolha

 

 

 

 Comentários:  charlesaperrone@gmail.com.  Merci.

Thank you! Here is the link to the poem:  https://www.poetryxhunger.com/now-more-than-ever-submitted-poems/poem-by-charles-perrone 

Poem of mine at Poetry X Hunger site. Great initiative.

S I P poem 1

Pandemic Poem (Spring 2020)

All over the land

folks cooperating

doing their part

obeying the orders

staying home

sheltering in place

self-isolating

keeping social distance

hunkering down

avoiding everything

it adds up to an activity

for each day of the week

and lots of time to think

to put things in perspective

so with all this I decided

it just might be effective

to ask if I should feel virtuous

because this vodka is distilled

with Fairtrade Certified Quinoa.

Shelter in Place Poem 2

Quarantine Queue (Spring 2020)

So a vast viral event is unfolding

and by order you're in quarantine

now you have time on your hands

to do so many things that obtain

brush those teeth over and over

clip those nails with frequency

select best quarantunes to listen to

youtube watch endless old cartoons

retrieve ancient letters from the attic

and write back to those you neglected

for all those years of loving and lust

decades able to convince you

that finally you must