Wednesday, November 27, 2019

IGNIS FATUUS (FOGO FÁTUO), a poem by Sonja N. Bohm

Tell me I will never return—
that my hands will remain empty;
never more will I look upon the waters—
that my hope was in vain,
my joy an illusion...
Tell me I will never return.

Parede, Portugal
27 November 2019

Photo of a statue in the garden representing Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen at Parque dos Poetas in Oeiras, Portugal on 30 June 2019. Copyright © by Sonja N. Bohm

IGNIS FATUUS (FOGO FÁTUO) Copyright © 2021 by Sonja N. Bohm. All rights reserved. First published in Poemas do Jardim (Poems from the Garden): Bilingual Poems in Portuguese and English (2021). Image is computer generated.