Ricardo Marques
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Ricardo Marques (Sintra, 1983) is a poet and translator, having brought to Portuguese Anne Carson, Billy Collins and Patti Smith, among others. He also organized, in 2019, an anthology on European Futurist poetry. In 2021, he published the anthology ‘Já não dá para ser moderno’ (Flan de Tal), where he proposes the reading of six Portuguese poets of his generation. His latest book is a personal anthology of his poems, ‘Desiderio’ ((não) edições, 2022) on the theme of desire, love and lust. In 2023 he received a state grant to write a new book.
Poetry books since 2000: Eudaimonia (2012), Servidões (2013), Bucólica (2014), Didascálias (2014), Metamorphoses (2015), Ruinenlust (2016), A noite (2017), Lucidez (2019), Desiderio (2022).
Translated by Ricardo Marques
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[The sun crackles on the shed’s zinc roof] / [O sol crepita no zinco do barracão]
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[Bats Circle] / [Rondam morcegos]
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[Like a Ploughshare] / [Como uma relha]
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[With a Sound] / [Com um som]
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[The Sun Has Not Yet Set] / [Ainda o sol não se pôs]
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[A hoe rests in the dry furrow] / [Uma enxada repousa no valado seco]
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[The Wind Is Black in the Wheatfields] / [É negro o vento nos trigais]
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[Insects Ferment] / [Insectos levedam]
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[A Translucent Noon] / [Um meio-dia translúcido]