My twenty-first book — Life in Verses

This book sets my return to daily poetry after a hiatus of almost one year. Since Destructive Passion (2023, January), I have not written poems related to everyday subjects.

The book's poems were inspired by subjects present in the lives of all people: work, emotions, memories, smiles, etc. We deal with all this daily and overlook their poetry.

Works origin

The content was not originally written to be a book, in fact, the poems were sent to two literary contests: the Jara Carillo Humor Contest and the 42nd Ciudad de Badajoz Poetry Prize, but unfortunately, I was not rewarded.

This is my first book written in Spanish and subsequently, translated into Portuguese and English. I translated into English directly from Spanish; I didn’t use Portuguese as a language “bridge”.

Smiles

For the first time, I wrote funny poems. Since one of the contests was focused on humor, I had to try hard to make people laugh.

I hope this new job can touch and inspire you.

Release date: December 06th, 2023.

Find out the book on your favorite store:

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Work can never stop!

I started a new project for another book. This time, I returned to contemporary poetry after a long break.

This work will bring up themes that I have yet to explore. See a sample of what's in production.

“Are you feeling terrible pain?

The pain will go away soon; that too will pass.

Are you experiencing exceptional joy?

Enjoy it fully; that too will pass.

Are you tired of seeing injustice and evil?

Don’t be so angry; that too will pass.”

“There are days when I appreciate diversion,

I enjoy each moment of relaxation.

I enjoy what happens in all situations.

 

Sometimes, the day is full of boring,

There is no good moment on it,

The day drags on in great suffering.”

My seventeenth book — The Poetry of the Work Volume II

This book is the second one with poems related to situations in the workplace. I tried to express feelings and situations that I'm sure everyone has already faced, at minimum one of them.

Like in the previous book of the series, I wrote with a standard. All poems are composed of five stanzas with three verses. In most poems, all verses rhyme in the stanza.

One more time, I used my new method of translating. I didn't translate literally, I translated by the meaning. This is very useful for better rhymes.

Picture from Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels

At the beginning of the book, I made it clear the book is not based on my personal experiences. All I've written are thoughts, and they are based on many things I heard, read, and learned about the workplace.

This time, you'll notice a different tone in the poems. The first book is more fun and relaxed, but this one has some subjects more serious, like misogyny, racial prejudice, sickness, etc.

Picture from Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels

I hope you enjoy this new collection.

In 2024, this book was joined with The Poetry of the Work Volume I, creating a new book, Work & Soul: Poems About Professional Life.

The book has been published on April 10th, 2024.

See the book in your favorite store:

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