"Entre as duas e as três" - Poema de Ana Luísa Amaral

Sir William Blake Richmond (British painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and

 mosaic, 1842–1921), Portrait of Anne Jemima Clough, 1882. (Anne Clough, 1820–1892).
Oil on canvas, 90 × 69.5 cm, Newnham College - University of Cambridge.

Entre as duas e as três

Queria falar do que não tem concerto:
as letras desenhadas e compostas
com que confundo o espaço do papel,
a angústia compassada no contar
e a súbita alegria de ser eu
penosamente, às duas da manhã.

Queria escrever do que não tem lugar:
a branca, doce e sonolenta estrada
onde espaçadas as palavras crescem,
suavizadas pelo lento sono
que devagar percorre as coisas todas
penosamente, às duas da manhã.

Queria dizer do que não tem conserto:
ou seja, eu; ou seja, o papel branco
sombrio agora por já ser demais,
as letras excedentes e sonoras
desmembrando o silêncio e a noite toda
penosamente, às duas da manhã.

Só então falarei do que ficou:
compassada alegria desenhada
na angústia de dizer sem me contar,
o papel confundido de impotente
e todavia prontas as palavras.
Quase às três da manhã. Penosamente.


Ana Luísa Amaral, Poesia Reunida 1990–2005,
Quasi Edições, 2005

 

Sir William Blake Richmond, Portrait of Mrs Ernest Moon, 1888, Tate Britain.

[Emma Moon was a young Australian who married an English barrister. This portrait was commissioned to celebrate their marriage. She is shown here wearing a richly-decorated coat which she had embroidered herself. William Richmond was best known for his academic pictures but he was also a highly skilled portraitist. This picture is distinctly ‘aesthetic’: there are contrasting colours and textures in the opulent fabrics, and Emma Moon has a languid pose and expression.] (daqui)

Sir William Blake Richmond, Portrait of Ethel Bertha Harrison

(British anti-suffrage essayist, 1851–1916)

 

Sir William Blake Richmond, Portrait of the Countess of Airlie. Private Collection

 

Sir William Blake Richmond, Portrait of  Mrs Luke Ionides (Elfrida Ionides, 

1848–1929), 1882. Oil on canvas, 133 x 145.5 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum.

[The sitter, Elfrida Ionides, was married to Luke Ionides, of the famous British family of art patrons. She wears a loose, flowing dress and amber beads. In 1881 the ornate sofa was illustrated in a book on advanced interior decoration. The screen is made of embroidered Japanese kimono silk. This setting and her costume epitomise the ideals of the Aesthetic Movement.] (daqui)