"As Poetisas" - Poema de Eunice Arruda

 

Adolf Erbslöh (German Expressionist painter, 1881–1947), Portrait of the singer and author,
Anne Kayssler, 1924. Oil on canvas, 100.5 x 79.5 cm, Palais Dorotheum, Vienna 

[The portrait depicts the singer and author Anne Kayssler. She was the wife of Fritz Kayssler, the son of Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler, who formed a trio of artists along with Christian Morgenstern, Fritz Beblo and Erbslöh himself. The portrait is rendered with masterly skill, and depicts the young woman sunk in a deep reverie. The reddish-brown dress in front of the blue-green curtain and armchair offers a harmonious contrast to the delicate female figure.]

As Poetisas

Elas se amparam

Em papéis
palavras
no brilho
Faca cortando as águas

Os homens
tentam entendê-las
com abraços mágicos
colares
Elas dão poemas
filhos
sombra
e outras possibilidades de abrir
clareiras na floresta

Os homens riscam suas peles
com carinhos beijos
profundos

Mas
elas se amparam
estão
sempre atentas
à bifurcação dos caminhos
à mudança de lua

Os homens as confundem, às
vezes
com mulher


Eunice Arruda (1939-2017),
do livro 'À Beira', 1999