Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Poetry, by first line

• The Onset Of Love

  The hammock between two mango trees
  swayed in the sunken world.

  24 lines, 4 comments
• The Elephant

  I create an elephant
  of my scarce resources.

  104 lines, 5 comments
• Society

  The man said to his friend:
  -Soon I'll visit you

  30 lines, 1 comment
• Don't Kill Yourself

  Carlos, keep calm, love
  is what you're seeing now;

  36 lines, 1 comment
• The House of Times Past

      I knocked on the door of times past, no one answered.
      I knocked a second time and then another and ano

  15 lines, 1 comment
• The Wander's Illusion

          When I came from my land
          if I really came from my land

  49 lines, 2 comments
• Flesh That Is Shamed

      Flesh that fears to grow old calls on the Devil
      And asks him for consolation. The Devil listens

  9 lines, 1 comment
• To Remember Life

      How to remember without suffering?
      to recollect without horror?

  20 lines
• Apparition of Love

      Sweet ghost, why do you visit me
      as in other times our bodies visited each other?

  38 lines, 2 comments
• The Great Pain of Things That Will Happen

      The great pain of things that will happen
      turned into the most exquisite pleasure

  16 lines, 4 comments
• Diante das Fotos de Evandro Teixeira -- with English Translation

  A pessoa, o lugar, o objeto
  estão expostos e escondidos

  105 lines
• Aporia

  An insect digs
  digs without alarm

  13 lines, 3 comments
• Souvenir of the Ancient World

  Clara strolled in the garden
  with the children.

  29 lines, 1 comment
• Residue

  From everything a little remained.
  From my fear. From your disgust.

  92 lines, 4 comments
• To wake, To live

  How to wake up without hurt?
  Restart without horror?

  21 lines, 8 comments
• Sentiment of the world

  I have only two hands
  And the sense of the world,

  26 lines, 3 comments
• Lost Hope

  I missed the trolley and the hope.
  Pale, I go back home.

  16 lines, 3 comments
• The Word

  I no longer want to consult
  dictionaries in vain.

  13 lines, 2 comments
• Poetry

  I spent one hour thinking of a verse
  my pen does not want to write.

  9 lines, 5 comments
• Ulterior Desire -- English translation of Inconfesso Desejo

  I wish I had the courage
  To speak of this secret

  49 lines, 2 comments
• New Year's Recipe

  If you want to have a beautiful New Year
  The color of the rainbow or the color of your peace,

  39 lines, 7 comments
• The Dead in Frock Coats

  In the corner of the living room was an album of unbearable photos,
  many meters high and infinite minutes old,

  8 lines, 2 comments
• In the Middle of the Road

  In the middle of the road there was a stone
  there was a stone in the middle of the road

  26 lines, 5 comments
• Boy Crying In The Night

  In the warm, humid night, noiseless and dead, a boy cries.
  His crying behind the wall, the light behind the window

  12 lines, 2 comments
• Where Not Long Ago We Talked

  It is an old
  piano, belonged

  100 lines, 2 comments
• Quadrilha -- with English translation

  João amava Teresa que amava Raimundo
  que amava Maria que amava

  23 lines
• Square Dance -- English translation of Quadrilha

  João loved Teresa who loved Raimundo
  who loved Maria who loved Joaquim

  23 lines, 1 comment
• Receita De Ano Novo

  Para você ganhar belíssimo Ano Novo
  cor do arco-íris, ou da cor da sua paz,

  40 lines, 1 comment
• Beach - Palm - Peace

  Peace tries to land in Vietnam,
  but only after a cautious examination.

  61 lines, 4 comments
• Para Sempre -- with English translation

  Por que Deus permite
  que as mães vão-se embora?

  59 lines

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