Peace is not found in crossing the sea,
but in resting in its constancy.
NEW! Poems in English shaped by an encounter with the Lisbon landscape and drawn from bilingual work composed simultaneously in English and Portuguese during the author's introduction to the Portuguese language.
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Sonja N. Bohm is author of bilingual poems written side-by-side in Portuguese and English and inspired by Portugal. Conceived in English, and crafted to be read in Portuguese, these poems are the fruit of a journey into learning and loving the Portuguese language. In Poemas do Jardim (Poems from the Garden), the Garden represents an Ideal—a thing not to be fully realized or attained in this life, but no less real or conceivable. The Garden is Portugal. Banco Vazio Poesia (Empty Bench Poetry) is the continuation of a love affair with words: poems written upon Bohm's return to the United States. Pera e Pedra (Pear and Stone) explores the complexities of a human heart as it navigates the ebb and flow of a sea of emotions; a heart marked by passion and devotion, and tested by separation and longing. Available in paperback and eBook formats at online bookstores. Thanks for visiting!
"Life has only one expression, the one where the rooster crows, the one where you listen to it, moved, knowing the night cannot contain it." —Eugénio de Andrade
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