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Picture Luis Angelo Pinto, "Poema Semiótico" (Brazil, 1965)

Adélia Prado tweet poetry

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Sometimes I get up at daybreak thirsty Flecks of dreams stuck to my nighclothes And go look at the children in their beds

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Right then what I am most sure of is we die

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"Adélia Prado follows no trends, mostly stays at home, and is read all over Brazil". Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas (born December 13, 1935), is a Brazilian poet and writer.

The full poem quoted from above is called Murmur and is available translated in These are not sweet girls: poetry by Latin American women. Edited by Marjorie Agosin from White Pine Press 1994/ 2001.


Read more about Adélia Prado here in an interview with Bomb magazine  http://bombsite.com/articles/2289


And more of Adélia Prado's poems translated into English can be found here: http://www.antoniomiranda.com.br/poesia_ingles/adelia_prado.html