Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

THE MADRIGAL I listened To a madrigal— Fire, fire, fire, They sang So brightly, Ethereal, I imagined The song itself, ...

SONG OF THE SOLITARY The moon abides invisibly in a day painted white. At my shoulder a dark green shadow is floating, the sea. B...

APHORISMS Tonic more powerful than music or spoken words is silence. Solitude is the companionable presence of God. A consci...

BLUE TRAIN To John Coltrane I listened to your blue train sauntering by... Rhythmic, not marching but the two-step Of a bird in ...

BAYANI Hero and bayani do not have the same meaning. Bayani is a richer word than hero because it may be rooted in bayan as place o...

SEVEN TIMES A DAY The series of poems, “Seven Times a Day,” is inspired by Psalm 119:164: “Seven times a day I praise you.” Each of t...