Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

“Tyrants impose, peoples depose. ” “He who builds the future without regard for the past is like one who looks into the mirror and pro...

“Aloneness is alienation, solitude communion.” “Solitude is the companionable presence of God.” The Anchorite (1881) by Franz ...

I listen to broken grass… I listen to broken grass Dried out by summer Popping underfoot like Frozen grass in winter. *** ...

This blog is a personal journal for public consumption: https://oddsandendsgonzalinhodacosta.blogspot.com/ Seated Figure (1989...

You are the reflection... You are the reflection on the pavement of a rainy day, Mirror of the sky painted briefly by shadows of a bus...

APHORISMS A theory works until you try it out. A theory corrected by experience is no longer a theory. Wisdom is life experie...

WINTER DAWN In first wintry morning light The window sill peeling paint Has grown a beard of ice Overnight. Glacial darkness N...