What is love, what does it take, from where it comes from?
The poem “love is movement” happened like long-awaited raindrops to end a desert we cross; a hot day when, finally, it rains, refreshing, flooding, nourishing. “love is movement” is about the fluidity of love, how it assumes any shape, just like water does, delivered to mouths, to the earth, to the skies. Giving. Giving current, giving crossing. Giving. And, no matter how much it gives, always so ours, so possible, so capable of continuing.
The project is part of the subtheme The Poetics of Care – Intimacy, Tenderness, Repair.
Author
Inês Falafogo
Inês Falafogo is a poet who explores the possibilities of its written, spoken and visual aesthetics. She also creates soundscapes and installations. Her works, in which she reflects on themes such as time, freedom, and equality, have been published in anthologies and exhibited at national and international art festivals. She was a finalist in the Portuguese competition Cantar Abril, in the Declamar [Spoken Word] Abril category (2024), received an honorable mention in the Gender Equality Literary Prize (2024), and at the Lisbon Poetry Festival (2023, 2024, and 2025). She is the author of the book Casulo para criar asas and founder of the collective Mulheres Fazem Revoluções (Women Make Revolutions). She has a master degree in Communication and Journalism, a postgraduate degree in Digital Marketing, and a PhD in Feminist Studies to be finished.
