Full
moment:
live bird
attentive to.
Tense in
the instant
–immobile flight–
full presence
bird and
sign
(white, open
and alive
attention).
Immobile bird.
Live bird
attentive
to.
“Vigília” © Orides Fontela , from the collected poems Poesia Reunida [1969–1996] (São Paulo: Cosac Naify; Rio de Janeiro: 7 Letras, 2006). By arrangement with the publisher. Translation © 2013 by Stefan Tobler. All rights reserved.