April 2011
34 posts
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As we drove back, crossing the hill,
The house still
Hidden in the trees, I...
– A Locked House, W.D. Snodgrass
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The housewives laugh at what they can’t avoid:
In single file, buckling one by...
– Death and Taxes, Urayoán Noel
Pela estrada fora vinha um homem
Encoberto pelas sombras da noite
Alguém lhe...
– Anarquista Duval, Adolfo Luxúria Canibal
The “Ring” is big, no question, but it is made up of intimate moments. One such...
– Na New Yorker
Haverá evangelho onde houver vida oferecida, desapossamento de si, para dar...
– Manuel Clemente, Bispo do Porto
I caught you knockin’
at my cellar door
I love you, baby,
can I have...
– Neil Young
A primeira Bertrand, fundada por Pedro Faure em 1732, abriu portas na Rua...
– No Público
I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot...
– The Strokes
I have long believed that when principled conservatives grasp the reality of gay...
– Andrew Sullivan, no The Dish
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Às vezes parece
que estamos no centro da festa.
No entanto
no centro da festa...
– Roberto Juarroz, in Poesia Vertical
I’m worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little...
– kurt cobain, smells like a teen spirit
From the kindness of my parents
I suppose it was that I held
that belief...
– W.S. Merwin’s Good People
he said the great presence
that permitted everything and transmuted it
in...
– WS Merwin’s “Berryman,”
Celibacy was vital in the battle against corruption and rent-seeking within the...
– Na Economist
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to...
– Gore Vidal