STILL LIFE WITH WORDS

There is a room
with only a table and a chair in it
and sometimes

a vase of flowers
that is carried into the room
by no more than these words

and set down on the table,
red flowers and yellow flowers
that brighten the whole poem.

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NATUREZA MORTA COM PALAVRAS

Há uma sala
só com uma mesa e uma cadeira
e às vezes

uma jarra de flores
posta na sala
por nada mais do que estas palavras

e as flores vermelhas e amarelas
pousadas na mesa
abrilhantam o poema inteiro.

by Simon RICHEY, in "THE POETRY REVIEW", Volume 105:3, Autumn 2015

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2015)

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA - painting by Henri MATISSE)