STADIUM

42nd Poem from the Unpublished ‘Poetic Collection’ by Evo João Camões Fernandes

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Editor via : Alone in the stadium, the poet contemplates the freedom of nature he longs for yet feels forbidden to reach.

Were I a plant,And each timeI would be reborn as a flower.Were I the wind,And each winterI would pass softly by that cabin.Were I a cloud,And each dawnI would kiss the grasses of the fields.But I am a man,And menAre forbidden to dream.But were I truly a man,Every dayI would pity myself…

Lisbon, 05/16/1963

Poem of the unpublished ‘Poetic Collection’, published for the first time in reference to the 11th Edition: A Poetic Journey between the Longing for Mozambique and Existentialism in Lisbon from the biweekly publication “I’ve Got Something to Tell You: In the Labyrinth of Freedom”.

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