Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

THE LADDER OF SILENCE The ladder of silence consists of seven steps. The first step is habitual prayer. The second step is to...

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

I eat dry bread… I eat dry bread in the desert: It tastes like a cake of dust. I breathe in and out powdery clouds: Nostrils si...

The condor wheels… The condor wheels, Currents, warm, rise, Noon pulsates, Shadows entice, Stillness, a wing, Silence bea...

Forbearance is silence… Forbearance is silence, Virtue of the meek. Silence is complicity, Oppression of the weak. Ma...

OUR LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES Trappist Abbey When the moon climbs the cloudless sky and stillness pours into valleys pooling waters o...

Forbearance is silence… Forbearance is silence, Virtue of the meek. Silence is complicity, Oppression of the weak. Mart...