"Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. This is why a poem speaks not of ideal life but of actual life: the angle of a window; the reverberation of streets, cities, rooms; shadows along a wall." - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen: Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy...

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"Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. This is why a poem speaks not of ideal life but of actual life: the angle of a window; the reverberation of streets, cities, rooms; shadows along a wall." - Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

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