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FRANZ SCHUBERT, Impromptus

They are impromptus

they are secret talks

intimate

monologues jumping from mind to mind

they are naked bodies

free

emotions traveling from sound to sound

they are impromptus

I just said.

VIOLA DELTA, Volume XXVIII, Ed…

(to see / read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

Illustration by Fernando Grade

In "SonhoGrafias", Universitária Editora, and, "VIOLA DELTA", volume XXVIII, 2000

Under the sponsorship of the Project AWARE Foundation, the School of Sea, in the current year of 2009, leads an awareness and educational programme on environmental conservation towards kids and young people, in Portugal. www.escolademar.pt

Project AWARE Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. With headquarters in the United States and offices in Australia, Japan, Switzerland and United Kingdom, Project AWARE combats challenges facing aquatic resources in 175 countries and territories with direct support from divers and water enthusiasts worldwide. www.projectaware.org

To find and know the underwater sub-world and life beyond the surface, to study the oceanographic environment, marine animals and diverse ecosystems are essential steps towards the environmental conservation.

"Between Earth and Sea", the S…

Sob o patrocínio do Projecto AWARE Fundação, a Escola de Mar, durante o corrente ano de 2009, conduz um programa de sensibilização e educação sobre conservação ambiental para os mais jovens e adolescentes, em Portugal. www.escolademar.pt

O Projecto AWARE Fundação é uma organização não lucrativa dedicada à conservação dos ambientes subaquáticos através da educação, defesa e acção. Com sede nos EUA e escritórios na Austrália, Japão, Suiça e Reino Unido, o Project AWARE combate as ameaças aos recursos subaquáticos de 175 países e territórios com o apoio directo dos mergulhadores e dos entusiastas da água de todo o mundo. www.projectaware.org

Descobrir e conhecer o meio subaquàtico e a vida acima da superfície, estudar o ambiente oceanográfico, os animais marinhos e os diferentes ecossistemas são passos essenciais para a conservação ambiental.

GUERNICA

White-grey-black-rectangle

spectre of

Guernica's flight of arms-legs-heads

and their morsels

in Madrid

at the museum

I hear the sarcastic bombing

of silently comments.

VIOLA DELTA, Volume XLVI, Mic…

(to see / read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

Illustration by Fernando Grade

In "VIOLA DELTA", volume XLVI, Edições Mic, 2009

From the Arctic Circle

comes an insidious wind

God's blow

destiny of death

the cold

paralyzes the body

afterwards

the being

releases the soul.

The fireplace warms

the revived being

at the flames' flicker

the soul dances

before coming back

into the body.

Iceberg

Do círculo polar árctico

vem um insidioso vento

sopro de deus

destino de morte

o frio

paralisa o corpo

depois

o ser

liberta a alma.

A lareira aquece

o reanimado ser

no bruxulear de chamas

a alma dança

antes de reentrar

no corpo.

by Armando Taborda, unpublished text, 2008

My pen

writes in a choreography of fingers

turning round on tiptoe.

I hear the music

alone

and the pen's dance continues on tiptoe

pirouettes

and other tricks

very nice on the stage

of the Foundation Gulbenkian.

Pen's Dance (illustration)

(to read the original Portuguese version please click on the figure)

In "Sinfonia em Dor Menor", Edição da Escola de Mar, 2007