ABOUT
ABOUT
Chancellor Florida State Poets Association
Florida Poet Laureate Volusia County
Winner of 2011 American Poet Prize
Selected Poems of
Maria Teresa Horta
Translated by:
M.B. McLatchey and Edite Cunhã
Published in Springhouse, Fall 2019
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IDEALIZATION
I fashion with care
poetry
and words
life and its stories
the stars
and the characters
I use in my life
Between verses
stanzas
gardenias and just before dawn
spinning and weaving
I fashion the passion
and the rose
of my work
IDEALIZAÇÃO
Idealizo com esmero
a poesia
e as palavras
a vida e as histórias
as estrelas
e as personagens
usadas no meu viver
Por entre versos
estâncias
gardénias e madrugadas
a fiar e a tecer
idealizo a paixão
e a rosa
do meu escrever
Copyright © 2019 M. B. McLatchey &
Edite Cunha, with permission. All rights reserved.
Published in Springhouse, Fall 2019
Copyright © 2017 Maria Teresa Horta,
from her collection Poesis.
Dom Quixote Publisher, Lisbon.