pedro xisto

PEDRO XISTO

HAIKU AND CONCRETE POEMS

águas do silêncio
teus olhos: abrem-se lentas
as flores de lotus

waters of silence
your eyes: are open wide
the lotus flowers

 

noite de afogados
reflexos lúbricos trêmulos
olhos boiam vagos

the night of the drown’d
lubric trembling reflexes
eyes afloat and high

 

PEDRA PEDRA PEDRA
PEDRA PEDRA PEDRA PEDRA
um fio de lagrimas

ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK
ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK
a stream of tears


 

cLOUD & wALL

cLOUD and wALL

 

 

ZEN


 

TOIL


TOIL SOIL SOIL SOIL SOIL

Pedro Xisto (1901-1987) was a poet, literary critic, journalist and scholar and member of the Concretist vanguard. Editor of Invenção review with Décio Pignatari, he was one of the most prolific haiku writers in Brazil and main popularizer of the genre.