Um poema e uma ilustração para o Dia da Mãe

Lin Wang

SÓ POR ISSO, MÃE

Mesmo que a noite esteja escura,
Ou por isso,
Quero acender a minha estrela.

Mesmo que o mar esteja morto,
Ou por isso,
Quero enfunar a minha vela.


Mesmo que a vida esteja nua,
Ou por isso,
Quero vestir-lhe o meu poema.


Só porque tu existes,
Vale a pena!

Lopes Morgado, “Mulher Mãe”

A ouvir "Never Enough", da banda sonora do filme "The Greatest Showman": magnífica!

"Never Enough" é uma das canções mais lindas do filme The Greatest Showman. Um dos momentos altos do filme (já aqui falei de outro) é quando a actriz Rebecca Ferguson, no papel de Jenny Lind, num dos momentos mais intensos e apoteóticos do filme, deslumbra com a sua beleza e interpretação, ao "cantar" esta música:

Na verdade, surpreendentemente, a voz não é da actriz mas da cantora Loren Allred. Aqui fica a prova:

Ilustração comemorativa do Dia Mundial do Livro / An illustration for World Book Day

Fernando Vicente

Hoje é o Dia Mundial do Livro! / Today is World Book and Copyright Day!

Imagem do site das Nações Unidas.

Clique na imagem para aumentar e saber porque este é o Dia Mundial do Livro.

"Write Smart, Write Happy: How to Become a More Productive, Resilient and Successful Writer": a minha "review"

"Write Smart, Write Happy: How to Become a More Productive, Resilient and Successful Writer", de Cheryl St. John, foi-me cedido pela Netgalley e pelo editor para que eu fizesse uma apreciação honesta deste livro. Não há de momento edição em português. Publiquei a minha opinião na Amazon e no Goodreads com 4/5 estrelas e a seguinte "review":

"I’ll start to confess that I went to check how many books Cheryl St. John had published: the answer is dozens of them. She knows what she is talking about. She’s a prolific writer that was already getting published in the nineties.

This is not the usual book about the writing process, inspiration, emotion and momentum. This is not about the magic of creation. It’s about organized work and productivity. It's about showing up. It reminds me of some books about time management and setting goals. All this applied to creative writing, with multiple examples. Good book.

I received this book as an eARC from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review".

Livros têm a forma de portas: um poema / “Books are door-shaped”: a poem

Quint Buchholz

Tula [“Books are door-shaped”] 

Books are door-shaped

portals

carrying me

across oceans

and centuries,

helping me feel

less alone.

But my mother believes

that girls who read too much

are unladylike

and ugly,

so my father's books are locked

in a clear glass cabinet. I gaze

at enticing covers

and mysterious titles,

but I am rarely permitted

to touch

the enchantment

of words.

Poems.

Stories.

Plays.

All are forbidden.

Girls are not supposed to think,

but as soon as my eager mind

begins to race, free thoughts

rush in

to replace

the trapped ones.

I imagine distant times

and faraway places.

Ghosts.

Vampires.

Ancient warriors.

Fantasy moves into

the tangled maze

of lonely confusion.

Secretly, I open

an invisible book in my mind,

and I step

through its magical door-shape

into a universe

of dangerous villains

and breathtaking heroes.

Many of the heroes are men

and boys, but some are girls

so tall

strong

and clever

that they rescue other children

from monsters.

Margarita Engle

Essa coisa maravilhosa chamada livro / That wonderful thing called book

Adrian Gottlieb

"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book". 

Margaret Walker