poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Poems of Carlos Drummond de Andrade

21. Residue 3/24/2010
22. Sentiment Of The world 3/24/2010
23. Sentimento Do Mundo 3/29/2010
24. Seven-Sided Poem 3/24/2010
25. Shoulders Support The World 3/24/2010
26. Society 3/24/2010
27. Souvenir of the Ancient World 1/20/2003
28. Souvenir Of The Ancient World 3/29/2010
29. Square Dance -- English translation of Quadrilha 3/24/2010
30. The Dead in Frock Coats 3/24/2010
31. The Elephant 3/24/2010
32. The Great Pain Of Things That Will Happen 3/24/2010
33. The House Of Times Past 3/24/2010
34. The Onset Of Love 3/24/2010
35. The Wander's Illusion 3/24/2010
36. The Word 3/24/2010
37. Time 3/24/2010
38. To Remember Life 3/24/2010
39. To wake, To live 3/24/2010
40. Truth 3/24/2010

Dawn

The poet rode the trolley drunk.
The sun came up behind the yards.
The small hotels slept very sadly.
The houses too were drunk.

Everything was a total wreck.
Nobody knew that the world was going to end
(only a child did but kept it quiet),
that the world was going to end at 7:45.

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