Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

SHANTY Rain is a war hammer. Our roof is our shield. We are safe in our shelter Unless blasting wind Pries our roof free Or...

MONSOON RETREAT We waken to a musical world— Rainwater pigtails Spiraling downward, Bright choral after a storm; Tiny gales, ...

THE ISLAND Bobbing atop the prow of our slender boat, I spy the shadow of a dark green island, Ill-defined smudge in the misty ra...

DOCUMENTARY Snake swallows frog. Marten bites snake. Snake coughs up frog. Snake wriggles free. Frog swims away. Frog snar...

I like my tea hot and sweet... I like my tea hot and sweet— hot thermal blooms, sweet billowing mists— suffusing beverage of ...

I like my coffee hot and black... I like my coffee hot and black— hot hornet stings, black squid ink— heady broth of bitter ...

I RONY Darkness is luminous: It bends as light. Day is over: It rises with night. A clock is a statue; A desert, a lake. ...