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Brazilian Poet Martha Medeiros, Finding happiness, Human Relationships, Poem “After” by Martha Medeiros, Poema "Depois" por Martha Medeiros, Porto Alegre/ Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil

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My Poetry Corner September 2022 features the poem “After” (Depois) by Brazilian poet, journalist, and chronicler Martha Medeiros, born in 1961 in Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil’s southern State of Rio Grande do Sul. With more than thirty books published, many of which have been adapted for theater, TV, and the cinema, she has become one of the most read and respected writers in Brazil.
In the 1980s, after graduating in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Medeiros started out as a copywriter and content creator in advertising and marketing. Her debut poetry collection Strip-Tease, published in 1985, received great success. Over the next sixteen years, ending in 2001, she published five more books of poetry. Her favored themes were love, lovelessness, and relationships.
In the poem “The measuring tape of love,” she concludes: It’s not height, weight, or muscles that make a person great. / It’s their immeasurable sensitivity.
The extensive list in the poem “What is the purpose of a relationship?” includes:
A relationship has to serve you in feeling 100% comfortable with the other person… To teach one to trust, to respect the differences that exist between people… A relationship has to serve for one to forgive the weaknesses of the other…Continue reading