Poems by Thiago Ponce de Moraes
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Ante O Rosto Calmo da morte
de olhos abertos precisos na medida em que nos fechávamos à sua compreensão nos fartávamos como animais obscenos selvagens incontornáveis da civilização não víamos senão sentíamos nossos corpos mutuamente indiscerníveis entre o calor e o terror do toque sem saber dizer de cada ao certo se presença ou ausência se vivo ou ido para sempre Before The Calm Face of death with eyes open precise to the extent that we closed ourselves to its understanding we had our fill like obscene animals unavoidable savages of civilization we saw nothing but felt our bodies mutually indistinguishable between the heat and terror of touch without knowing for sure whether presence or absence whether alive or gone forever A Umidade mole da carne pede momentos de densa obscenidade e ver passar dois pés calçados de seda sua pupila perdida sob a pálpebra vigilância melancolia delírio sedução extrema no limite do horror a fascinante obscuridade do rosto com um olho arrancado mil olhos atraídos pelo espetáculo do suplício prestes a acontecer The Soft moisture of the flesh calls for moments of dense obscenity and watching two feet pass by shod in silk her pupil lost beneath the eyelid vigilance melancholy delirium extreme seduction on the edge of horror the fascinating darkness of the face with one eye gouged out a thousand eyes drawn to the spectacle of torment about to happen |
Thiago Ponce de Moraes (1986–) is a poet, translator, and teacher, author of, among others, Espacelamentos (2023), uma fotografia (2017), Dobres sobre a luz (2016, finalist for the Jabuti Prize), and Glory Box (2016, bilingual collection). In recent years, he has participated in several international festivals, such as Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia; International Youth Poetry Festival, China; and FIP La Habana, Cuba. His poems have been translated into languages such as Chinese, English, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, Macedonian, Croatian, Arabic, among others. As a translator, he has translated into Portuguese poets such as Louise Glück, John Burnside, Najwan Darwish, Yusef Komunyakaa, Emily Dickinson, Antonio Gamoneda, Rafael Cadenas, as well as several contemporary poets from Europe and Latin America.
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