Hello, we've reached July 19th and that's more than halfway through 2024. It's time to stop for a moment and take stock of Nonô's Poetry project.

Articles

To date, 31 articles have been published here on the blog during 2024 (including this article):

- 18 in Portuguese

- 10 in English

- 3 bilingual

Since the blog was created, this has been the year with the fewest updates. After almost a decade, there's no shortage of ideas, only a lack of time and availability to bring them to fruition. A full-time job and a whole life going on prevent me from going any further for now. And some of the initiatives take place “offline” and I can only post a glimpse of them here.

There are several ideas and projects in the pipeline. They will gradually come to light.

YouTube channel 

Even so, I'm proud to say that the YouTube channel has 41 subscribers to date, a fact that prompted the creation of this very article here on the blog. And I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for subscribing to the Poesias da Nonô channel. You are all important to me. For some, this number of followers may seem very small, but what matters is evolution.

Social Networks
Poesias da Nonô eis also represented on other social networks and is gradually increasing the number of subscribers - currently the numbers are:

 - 310

 - Poesias da Nonô page-   288

- 114

- 27

 - 21

-  no subscribers (little publicized)

It should be added that all this is done with organic traffic.

On social media, during the month of April I created a quiz marathon, in Portuguese and English, which included read-aloud videos and images to illustrate. 

Basically, I have no idea how many readers, admirers, followers or even “haters” this project has on the different media I use to promote my poetry and creativity. However, quality is more important than quantity; if I've touched or inspired someone in some way, then all this work is worth it.

There was a time when I tried to do too much, but it wasn't working and it was killing me, and I even stopped socializing. Now I'm doing what I can and I'm getting more satisfaction out of it all. There was a time when there was little time left to write, because that time was dedicated to recording and editing videos and feeding social networks. Everything has to be weighed and measured, otherwise it doesn't work.

Events

During this first semester, I had more opportunities to attend creative writing groups, poetry reading cycles, writing courses and even read more in public. Book fairs. And creative exchanges with lots of people.

Nonô 's books

Proudly, I've also managed to see two of my books included in the catalogs of the National Libraryof Portugal and the Galveias Municipal Library (Lisbon). At the same time, I've been working on other books that will be published.

Publications 2024

So far Nonô has taken part in 5 publications in the year 2024, having published a total of 7 poems. You can see below which publications I'm talking about:

47th – Olá Posia 3 “Hello Poetry 3” - Notag - 3 poems - Available here

48th - Three Rooms of Love - Collection of Love Letters - Volume IV - 1 poem - Volume II Available here 

49th - Liberdade Vol. III - Chiado Books - 1 poem - Volume II - Available here 

50th - My Mother - Chiado Books - 1 poem - Volume II - Available here 

51st - 9th Lisbon Poetry Festival - Editora Helvetica - 1 poem - Available here (I'm waiting for the link).

Conclusion

This review is already long, and I'm only talking about the most important aspects of the first half of 2024. The year is still half over, and you never know what life has in store. I hope to report back later in the year. Stay tuned to the blog and subscribe so you don't miss out on my weekly updates.

This is the last post in English here on the blog. From now on, Poesias da Nonô will be in Portuguese only.

That's all for today, I bid you farewell with poetic kisses,

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

 Text included in the image: Born in Lisbon (15/08/1975). Master's degree in Documentation and Information Sciences from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. Author of Nonô's Poetry project https://blog.poesiasdanono.com/. To date, I have participated in 40 collective works and published 3 individual books: "Animais Poéticos" (Poetic Animals) (Illustrated Poetry for Children); "Antologia M.ª Leonor Costa (Nonô)", in the collection Dispersos and "Poesias Mundanas/ Worldly Poetry - Vol. I" (bilingual book available on Amazon in 6 versions). Inspiring people is my mission!”

Hello, when I read this short summary, I wrote about my literary career for the 9th Lisbon Poetry Festival 2024, because it was so succinct, I felt that some references and important aspects of my career weren't made clear enough:

- I started writing around the age of 15 (1990 - I still have handwritten poems from that time);

- On October 2, 2014, I created a poetry blog which is currently called "Poesias da  Nonô" (Nonô Poetry);

- Since 2015 I have participated in more than 51 collective works (Collections and Poetic Anthologies) and have seen around 138 of my poems, 1 letter and 1 short story published by 9 different publishers;

- In 2020, I published "Poetic Animals" and in the same year the anthology M.ª Leonor Costa (Nonô), in the collection Dispersos;

- In 2022, I published "PoesiasMundanas / Worldly Poetry - volume I" on Amazon in 6 versions - Bilingual (PT and ING), Portuguese, English, E-book Bilingual (PT and Ing), Portuguese, English.

My literary career is full of many more experiences. I just thought I should elaborate and clarify the aspects that were left vague in the short summary next to the image.

I'll be back here on the blog next week with another article.

For today, I bid you farewell with poetic kisses.

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

 Hello! For those of you who have been following me by reading the articles I write for this blog, you already know that a lot of my time as a poet is dedicated to activities that are related to writing and to everything that influences the creative process, namely cultural activities.

I've been showing you a lot in detail about what I've been doing recently, but I've decided that from now on I'm only going to share some of the most important activities. I'm no longer going to divulge everything in detail. Of course, I will continue to photograph and capture every moment and these moments will be reflected in some way in my writing. I just don't feel the need to expose myself so much anymore.

In this sense, I'd like to highlight recent events:

20/04/ 2024 -  Nonô's presence at Tasco do Strauss for another very lively Tertulia, led by João Dórdio (video only in portuguese).

I would also like to highlight Nonô's participation in two other poetry anthologies by Chiado Books: “Liberdade (Freedom)” - Vol. III and “Minha Mãe (My mother)” - Vol. I.

Registration for the 9th Lisbon Poetry Festival

Born in Lisbon (15/08/1975). Master's degree in Documentation and Information Sciences from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. Author of Nonô's Poetry project https://blog.poesiasdanono.com/. To date, I have participated in 40 collective works and published 3 individual books: “Animais Poéticos” (Illustrated Poetry for Children); “Antologia M.ª Leonor Costa (Nonô)”, in the collection Dispersos and “Poesias Mundanas/ Worldly Poetry - Vol. I” (bilingual book available on Amazon in 6 versions). Inspiring people is my mission!

Nonô's quatrains marathon, which took place on social media during the month of April.

08/05/2024 - Poem'ar - El Corte Inglês - “The doors that April opened - Poetry of Ary dos Santos” by José Anjos, Miguel Martins and Rui David (video only in portuguese).

For today, I bid you farewell with poetic kisses.

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)