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«Poetry» by Miriam Costa

I begin to let my piled-up ideas fall into me… once again, this contradictory set of words I have, which I wrote on a napkin the other day.

I practice simply letting go of the harmony steps and now I am writing about pain and its foundations. The handwriting is as neat as the clouds in the sky.

For a body trapped in poetry, a lifetime of listening to nonsense, laughing at it, analyzing what shouldn’t be analyzed, my skin that stretches to the sea, membrane of the sun.
The books on the shelf
The lack of erasers
The inspiration that left, strangling me to death…

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Author’s Bio

Miriam Costa – born in Luanda, Angola, arrived in Brazil at the age of 3, loves to read and eventually studied fine arts. Her writings are always a mixture of her drawings and digital collages. She participated in group and individual exhibitions. She created poetry zines and have her own brand of skateboard shirts. Published 8 books in partnership with international writers, a member of the readers’ club in her city and also does volunteer work with children. She collaborated with columns in law and business consultancy newspapers with a «feel» of humor. She participates in poetry collectives and creates independent album covers. Graduated in radiology, fashion, she is a bilingual translator, editor of Masticadores Brasil, also a writer for CronicArte magazine. Photography and poetry is in her soul.