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The Legal Studies Forum
Volume 30, Number 1/2 (2006) reprinted by permission Legal Studies Forum Lawyers & Poets Scenes | | Dreams AUREA DOMENECH _________________________ Versos Livres Em Dia De Sol Intenso Como gemem e gritam os animais deste bosque hoje. O sol voltou e com ele o crepitar de ramos e de galhos. Mas a casa, a bela casa, cercada de altos carvalhos, geme de uma dor inconsolável. A mãe de Susan morreu. E eu, eu relembro meu pai que se foi há exatos três meses. Ah! Dor da Morte, não há nada comparável a ti. Não há braveza no mundo que suporte a perda dos que mais amamos nesta vida. E a vida? O que é a vida? Fantasmas somos de um sonho esquecido. Esta noite há uma festa no céu. Celebremos a vida com máscaras coloridas e não com armaduras. Porque em breve todos nós descobriremos o mistério e a glória de estarmos vivos. (como gemem e gritam estes animais melodiosos). Como é maravilhoso o sopro da vida! [713]
Free Verses on an Intense Sunshine Day How these animals of the wood groan and scream today! The sun comes back fetching the branch's crackle. The house, the beautiful house, surrounded by ancient trees, mourns from inconsolable pain. Susan's mother is dead. And I remember my father's funeral, which was exactly three months ago. Oh! Death's Pain, there is nothing comparable to you. No bravery in the world can face the loss of those we have loved most. And life? What is life? We are all ghosts of a forgotten dream. Tonight, there is a party in heaven. Let's celebrate life with colorful masks and no armor. Because soon all of us will join and discover The mystery and glory of being alive. (How these noisy and melodious animals clang!) How marvelous is the breath of life! [714]
Aurea Domenech was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an artist she specializes in oil landscape painting, drawing on local Brazilian scenes as inspiration for many of her paintings. Her work has been exhibited in Brazil and the United States and chosen on three occasions to appear on UNICEF cards. In recent years, Domenech studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and has exhibited her paintings at Great St. Mary's, the Church of the University of Cambridge, England. Poems from her two poetry books Curto Tempo: Poesias and O Pescador de Sombras ("The Fisherman of Shadows") have appeared in various anthologies and she was the winner of a poetry contest for lawyers held by the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association. "Free Verses on an Intense Sunshine Day" was first published in U-Turn E-zine. |
