This poem is not mine

We atheists, we monotheists,

Hélia Correia (Lisbon, February 1949)

 We atheists, we monotheists,

We who reduce beauty

Small tasks, we, the poor

Adorned, the comfortable poor,

Those who defrauded themselves

Looking up at the towers,

Assuming they could inhabit them,

Glory of eagles that neither eagles have,

We do suffer from similar indigence,

From the ruin of Greece (Correia 2012: 13)

Dialogue between Poems

Although we are atheists

Nonô (Lisbon, August 15, 1975)

 Although we are atheists

We believe in the harmony of the universe

A greater purpose

That does not fit in this verse!

It is worth noting the loss of values

Ambition and greed

Blind others

Arrogance proliferates.

I agree that on the shoulders

We carry the weight of history.

Mem-Martins, Thursday, December 10, 2020, 5:03 pm

Nonô (M.ª Leonor Costa)