Portrait of Pessoa as Shepherd-Poet

GEORGE FRAGOPOULOS

Portrait of Pessoa as Shepherd-Poet

The shepherd-poet measures himself against the void, cuts from the canvas of nothingness a poet-shaped outline which he massages into a coat, his fingers working against its pliant and unyielding abyss. It reminds him of the terrible shadow Wordsworth stitched to the mountain’s hemline.

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