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Indian Summer By Regina Camargo 9/21/22 The cherries are long gone So are the cold, long and foggy days of mid-summer Bay Area weather is an eternal paradox Autumn announces itself slowly: Soft golden light, long shadows on the sidewalk Red, yellow turning brown leaves rustling under my feet Indian Summer: The heat, the dried…
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Más amor por favor
Más Amor, Por Favor Sou da América, América Latina Latina, Latine, Latinx La-ti-na soa bem mais bonito que Hispanic Labels, boxes on government forms But what happens when you don’t fit in box? Serei eu Latina, Other, both? Latina que fala português, que aprendeu espanhol Portunhol América Latina e Caribe: 33 países Cada um com…
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Wandering Heart
I was born with a wondering heart Thousands of miles away In a city that never sleeps Where you cannot see the horizon But you can buy flowers at three in the morning Millions of people coming and going I can easily remember names of airports Even though they always feel the same I like…
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Because not all that glitters is gold Because not all that glitters is gold even in the Golden State. Because I didn’t speak English, you were still learning Portuguese and some things were lost in translation. Because while I was growing up in Brazil orange juice was a treat and the frozen orange juice from…
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Intraduzível desejo désir deseo desire verlangen tento em vão traduzir o intraduzível i should have warned you é impossível me conhecer numa só língua i can experience longing in English mas saudade profunda só em português
Borderless Voices 