Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Three Favorite Short Stories

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THE  THREE FAVORITE SHORT STORIES The Fly (1922) by Katherine Mansfield The New Dress  (1927)  by Virginia Woolf Gooseberries  (1898)  by A...

Brimming Water by Tu Fu

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BRIMMING WATER BY TU FU Years ago I came across Kenneth Roxroth’s translation of “Brimming Water” by Tu Fu. It is one of my favorites, if no...
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The Midwife Dream by Alicia Ostriker – Analysis and Commentary

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THE MIDWIFE DREAM BY ALICE OSTRIKER – ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY The poem well illustrates insight executed with brevity. Images and symbols ar...
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The River of Time

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THE RIVER Yesterday the river was lapping at my feet like an old man tapping out a message about time flowing downward from hills remote as ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Time Is No More

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TIME IS NO MORE The sun dwells in darkness. The moon lives in light. The owl hunts at daytime. The falcon prowls at night. The dead dine wit...
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Thursday, December 24, 2020

Three Metaphors for Prayer

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THREE METAPHORS FOR PRAYER The desert The moon and the river at night The swiftly sailing ship I eat dry bread... I eat dry bread in the des...
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Gonzalinho da Costa
Writing poems is my hobby. My favorite poems: Brimming Water by Tu Fu, The lower leaves of the trees... by Sone No Yoshitada, The Glories of Our Blood and State by James Shirley, Anecdote of the Jar by Wallace Stevens, Stillness by Fidel de Castro, Tahimik by Rofel G. Brion, God's Grandeur by Gerald Manley Hopkins. Several of my poems have won awards. Quote of the Day: “I want my poetry, and I want to eat, too.”—Amy King
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