Ediney Santana is a poet from Bahia, Brazil. He is currently living in Brasilia, DF. He wrote books of poems and novels.
It's the first time that has his poems are translated to English.
Ediney Santana is among the best writers of his generation and now readers of the English language can have the first contact with his writings and his humanist worldview.
What I want from life is the delicacy of flowers
attracted by the sun.
A friendly hug
Of shining mornings,
...
My mother, who couldn't read
or write
offered me books as salvation.
She didn't want me to go blind
...
I need painkillers
marijuana, aspirin,
lidocaine, cocaine,
pitu, Novenas da Purificação.
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