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Constantine Petrou Cavafy
The Cavafy Archive website was created by the Center for Neo-Hellenic Studies and is owned by the Onassis Foundation. It contains all of Cavafy’s major works in the translation of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard (edited by G.P. Savidis)
Fernando Pessoa
The Fernando Pessoa House has a unique treasure: the private library of this great literary figure. It’s not very often one can find an entire library belonging to a writer with Pessoa’s universal dimension.- Sophie Hannah Official Sophie Hannah Website
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Tag Archives: Creativity
HER LOVE IS THINKING AND SEEING
I spent the whole night, without sleep, seeing, without space, her mirage, Then seeing her always in different ways I encountered her full visage. I have thoughts with a memory of what she’s like when speaking of an age, And … Continue reading →
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I SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT, WITHOUT SLEEP, SEEING, WITHOUT SPACE, HER MIRAGE
I spent the whole night, without sleep, seeing, without space, her mirage, And seeing her always in different ways when encountering her visage. I have thoughts with the memory of what she’s like in speaking of an age, And in … Continue reading →
Posted in David Scanlon, David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
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Tagged Creativity, Listening, Love, Poetry, Seeing, Truth, Wisdom, Words
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THE LOVING SHEPHERD LOST HIS STAFF
The loving shepherd lost his staff, And the sheep lost their way from the hillside, And, from thinking too much, he didn’t even touch the flute he brought to play. No one appeared to him or disappeared. He never found … Continue reading →
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Tagged Creativity, Learning, Listening, Poetry, Seeing, Truth, Work
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IF, AFTER I DIE, THEY WANT TO WRITE MY BIOGRAPHY
If, after I die, they want to write my biography, There is nothing more simple. There are only two dates – the one of my birth and that of my death. Between the two every day things are mine.
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXXII
Yesterday afternoon a man from the city Spoke outside the tavern door. Spoke to me too. Spoke of justice and the struggle for justice And of the workers who suffer, And the constant work, and those who are hungry, And … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alive, Creativity, Happiness, Learning, Life, Listening, Reality, Reflection, Truth, Wisdom
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