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sexta-feira, 13 de novembro de 2026
A verdade é que absurdo é uma
palavra sem antónimo
satisfatório. Sugerem-me lógico,
coerente, razoável
e, até, admissível, supondo
que me refiro ao adjectivo
e não ao substantivo — a que agora chamam nome —,
o que talvez não seja assim muito importante, posto que
a questão é a seguinte: alguma coisa — e, já agora,
alguém — vos parece lógico, coerente, razoável
ou, sequer, admissível? Há alguma coisa — e alguém —
que não estejam repletos de contra-sensos, desconchavos,
despautérios, toleimas?
Levamos uma vida a perceber
que nada começa e acaba em nós, muito menos nós,
e quanto mais as árvores que plantamos, os livros
que escrevemos e os filhos que fazemos e nascem,
todos três, já gastos pelo uso. Et por cause, diria Leclercq
n’A Terra do Gelo. Et pourtant,
retorquiria Aznavour
na canção homónima. Sim, persiste em nós a esperança
num despertar diferente, num esquecimento azul.
Apesar de tudo e por bons motivos. Incluindo o imarcescível
nome de Deus que, para mim, é o teu, gravado numa laje
de xisto, que nem dez mil invernos conseguirão rasurar.
Miguel Martins
13/11/26
A nova e sensacional prosa da parceria FHF/MM,...
Pete Seeger - There is Mean Things Happening in This Land (1958)
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
Oh, the rich man boasts and brags,
While the poor man goes in rags.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
Oh, the farmer cannot eat
’Cause he’s raised too much wheat.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
Too much cotton in our sacks,
So we have none on our backs.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
Lots of groceries on the shelves,
But we have none for ourselves.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
There is mean things happening in this land.
But when workers all refuse
To be blinded and abused,
There’ll be good things happening in this land.
There’ll be good things happening in this land.
There’ll be good things happening in this land.
When the workers take a stand
And unite in a solid band,
There’ll be good things happening in this land.
John Handcox
quinta-feira, 12 de novembro de 2026
quarta-feira, 11 de novembro de 2026
Documentary: Igor Bezinović's Fiume o morte! (2025)
En 1919, le poète, dramaturge, officier et
nationaliste italien Gabriele D'Annunzio a pris la tête d'un contingent de
soldats pour occuper la ville de Fiume, aujourd'hui en Croatie, dans le but de
l'annexer au royaume d'Italie. Cette occupation, qui a duré seize mois, reste
un épisode singulier tant dans l'histoire de la ville que dans celle de
l'Europe. Un siècle plus tard, le réalisateur originaire de Fiume, Igor
Bezinović, collabore avec les habitants de la ville pour revisiter et
réinterpréter cet événement.
terça-feira, 10 de novembro de 2026
The Rainy Day
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow
streets
And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes
Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of
windows?
T. S. Eliot
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