Priestesses Of Light
The earth
secretes its mysteries
in a radiant
cosmogony,
amplifying
nocturnal voices
in blue streams
and delicate flowers;
dark bushes
disenthralling
ancient songs of
gargoyles
and waterfalls.
Then, the moon
prints its secret tattoo
in the bright
world of the dreams,
poetry gushing
in its milk
of silence and
mist.
And the
priestesses of the light
assemble,
craving their lunar root,
their white
seals,
when the dawn
utters its purest
secrets,
and the doves,
like white flames
clearing the
shadows,
come and drink
in gentle waters.
Venus Anadyomene
Today, the world
dawned virgin,
floating all
around,
because I was
born from the arms of spring,
in a white
paradise of blue and silence.
The bees are flying
around the flowers
whispering
supreme madrigals,
sipping the
nectar from the shadows.
The sea is calm,
trembling,
voluptuous,
and the seagulls
levitate over the blue lightness
of the waters.
On diaphanous
islands of lilacs,
in ancient
times,
Venus Anadyomene
will have been born,
in fresh days
like these,
bringing out the
mysteries of poetry
among scented
lines
and cascades of
wisteria.
A Flower Floating On The Water
Like an island
where nothing
ever arrives,
neither boat,
nor word, nor a hug,
that's how I
feel.
But the sun
keeps shining
and everything
can happen
when you imagine
yourself
sailing to an
imaginary East.
One day, maybe!
Everything can
happen!
I know.
But I don't know
why I keep asking
for sweet palm
tree dates
on a rainy and
lonely night.
If I could just
anticipate
the gesture
of a flower
floating on the water...
MARIA DO SAMEIRO BARROSO
MARIA DO
SAMEIRO BARROSO (Portugal) is a Medical Doctor, a
Germanist and a multilingual and awarded poet, translator, essayist and
researcher in Portuguese and German Literature, Translations Studies and
History of Medicine. She is a Member of Honor of the Association Alia Mundi
from Serbia, an Ambassador of Literacy and Culture of the ASIM SASAMI INDONESIA
GLOBAL WRITERS of Indonesia, and has authored over 40 books of poetry,
translations and books of essays.
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