Cantar plangente e momentos alegres

Abstract

These plaintive verses, sung, sung by this imitation of a poet, in moments of sadness, mourning disappointments and moments of solitude, or remembering past emotions, are an intimate outburst at the end of life. As I did in a reliquary of emotions, I left other emotions felt; this time, they were fragments of moments that gladden my soul. At the heart of the plaintive singing are also my tributes to the teachers who set out on the great journey of no return, some expressed in verses, others in bibliographical data. They are the reminiscences that reach posterity, in a fleeting attempt to prolong the memories of their lives, before the inexorable passing of time extinguishes their trajectories. Here in this Cantar Plangente e Momentos Alegres [Singing Plangente and Joyful Moments] there is a simple tribute paid to my friend Newton Espínola Guedes, whom I have always considered a brother, and whose absence has left many memories for his family and friends. Finally, I include among the joyful moments a sonnet by the poet Yolanda, addressed to me on the occasion of a successful surgical intervention performed on her in October 1995.