Ancient photo

It occurred to me that day spend eternity
in the face of the boys, keep the size
of their heads, their legs
in pants, old clothes
was what had
a look
they did not know
would how to illuminate the dark room
of the future.

J.T.Parreira

The Lovers

After the violin snatch the public
they began playing the fingers
one another
until the bottom of the hands
The woman said yes
with a left hand
and a right hand of him is imprisoned
maybe forever.

Van Gogh died the other day

Van Gogh died the other day
one shot
into Auvers, a shot
burst into the light
of winding wheat, one shot
in the Van Gogh's head
the wings of crows scaring the blue.

João Tomaz Parreira

Cardiology

I showed my heart to the doctor: he said I just have to quit.”

(Leonard Cohen)

I showed my heart to the doctor, graphics

trampling the beats of the blood- the doctor said

that although the tests

no showed evidences

was the loneliness, he showed the danger

I have a greater love

than the age that I can reach Finally

showed me how it works

is the divine breath.

Cardiologia

Abri o meu coração para o médico, gráficos

atropelando as batidas do sangue- o médico disse

que embora os exames

não mostrassem indícios

havia solidão, ele mostrou o perigo

de se ter um amor maior do que a idade

a que podemos chegar Por fim

mostrou-me como trabalha

ainda o sopro divino.

J.T.Parreira

Mickey Rourke, the wrestler

Angelic step in air
falls on the carpet
I was very good at it
cause problems to the sensitive Hollywood
I do it exceptionally well
was stupid say
acting is not work to hard-boiled male
so after much knock out
my memory have a long space.

In:

http://www.litkicks.com/poetry.php?poem=716527

Mickey Rourke, o lutador

Em passo angélico no ar

cair no tapete, era bom nisso

causar problemas à seriedade

de Holywood, fazia isso naturalmente

foi estúpido dizer

que representar não era trabalho

para um homem a sério

depois de tanta pancada

a minha memória tem muito

espaço.

23/2/2009

In:

http://www.poetasalutor.blogspot.com/

Robbers

In the temple he found men selling

cattle, sheep and tears

and flash of doves

those who exchanged forgiveness

the daily rate.

by JTParreira

Ezra's pretty tough, by Bukowski

http://bukowski.net/vault/manuscripts.php

A dureza de Ezra

Há uns milhares de ingleses licenciados em literatura

que pensam tomar o lugar de Ezra

ou cummings ou Eliot

quando a melhor coisa que lhes

acontecerá

é acabarem como caixas

nas Lojas Safeway

e a perguntar

(sob as directrizes da gerência)

«Como está o sr. hoje?»

e não obterem resposta

nenhuma.

(Tradução: J.T.Parreira)