MARIA DO SAMEIRO BARROSO

MARIA DO SAMEIRO BARROSO

Amber Beads

I´m feeding a snake, a living snake,

a poisonous snake

in a bright sunny day

under fig and orange trees,

while cuckoos sing

over the deep black well

where my face shines

in silent waters.

How I would like to dive

and drawn,

just belonging to the faraway

mist of waters, sea and dreams,

while black commorans stand,

sand I hear melodies of love

and life,

among pebbles, sand,

amber beads, foam

and immense gold,

forgotten gold,

never touched before.

 

Harvest

Through other doors I will step in,

when the light comes to push me

in the morning dew shine

of bud roses and sea foam.

As the first syllable of the silent night

I'll speak.

Of shadows and blue angels

such was my life.

I am a spark, a moment,

a white skull,

a twilight,

a small fish in a lake.

I swim in water, fragrance

and sweet wine

of an old golden harvest.

 

A Carriage Of Water

I am the etheric flesh,

wrapped in the feet of dance.

I move among the leaves,

pursuing the patterns of gold.

I hide in the shadows of green light.

My labor is to go through the fields

and dive into a mud,

as if it was a chariot of crystalline water.

The horses of the night bring pain,

manes, eternity.

The sun is diving in a blue century,

the world is a drunken movie,

the flowers say good-night,

the nightingales keep singing,

the music flows.

And ripe dates go by.

MARIA DO SAMEIRO BARROSO

MARIA DO SAMEIRO BARROSO (Portugal) is a medical doctor and a multilingual poet, translator, essayist and researcher in Portuguese and German Literature, translations studies and History of Medicine. She has authored over 40 books of poetry, published in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France, Serbia, Belgium, Albany, USA, and translations and essays. Her poems are translated into over twenty languages. She is the recipient of numerous literary distinctions, being awarded the Prize of the Académie Européene des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres (AESAL) 2020.