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FORAGING

FORAGING
It's easy to lose us, raggedy children.
Your hands forget they held our hands,

your laps forget we sat on them.
You let our smell go sour.

Bad children, there isn't enough for us.
Where do we belong?

A bird sings in the imagined house.
Tap, tap, let us in.

If we were better, if we were golden,
it could be us there, hopping and singing.

///

FORRAGEM

É fácil perder-mo-nos, crianças esfarrapadas.
As vossas mãos esquecem que se deram às nossas.

Os vossos regaços esquecem que lá nos sentamos.
Deixas o teu perfume azedar.

Crianças más, nada nos é suficiente.
Aonde é que pertencemos?

Um pássaro canta numa casa imaginária.
Toc, toc, deixa-nos entrar.

Se fôssemos melhores, se fôssemos douradas,
Talvez nos deixasse entrar, esperançadas, a cantar.

by Christina DUNHILL, in "Poetry Review", Volume 103: 1, Spring 2013

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2017)

(post 1st edition, 2013; 2nd edition, 2017; 3rd edition, 2021)

ColRam, Nouchetdu38, Danielle, Fred Fouarge and 21 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
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 Renate
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Schöne Arbeit.
11 years ago.
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Thanks much, Renate!
11 years ago.
 * Lemarchal *
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Fantastik !!!
11 years ago.
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Muchas gracias, Paloma!
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 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Hannelore Schmid!
11 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, John Hodgkiss!
11 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, AlyS!
11 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Lebojo!
11 years ago.
 .t.a.o.n.
.t.a.o.n.
that's great !
11 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to .t.a.o.n.
Many many many thanks, Robert!
11 years ago.
 Bruno Suignard
Bruno Suignard
extra!!Armando********************
11 years ago.
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Mille mercis à toi, Bruno!
11 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Kalena Reyna!
8 years ago.
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Thanks for fave, Beyond.Zero!
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Christine ****!
7 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
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Remarquable et équidistant ☆☆☆☆☆☆
Bonne et agréable fin de semaine.
3 years ago.
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Merci de mon coeur, Malik!
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
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Fantastic work !
3 years ago.
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You're very kind, John!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Boro!
3 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire
...imposing with the poem...
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Erika Akire
I agree, Erika! Thanks!
3 years ago.
 cammino
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Kinderarmut ist in einem reichen Staat eine Schande.
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
So true, cammino, there are not many birdhouses with open gates.
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, Fred Fouarge, Danielle, Nouchetdu38, and ColRam!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.

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