Imaginar um mundo onde…
Would humans eventually fall Prey to the mind ? Continue reading Imaginar um mundo onde…
Category: Vignettes from Brazil
um homem vila
There is this bodega
On Rua Alfredo Costello –
abutting a high school, &
Facing a posh nightclub –
Frequented by old and young alike,
For its inexpensive pingas
and caipirinhas.
~ Continue reading “um homem vila”
o mundo dos números
what need does math have
with an easy punch of a calculator? Continue reading o mundo dos números
Dois homens velhos
Marianetti Castanelli,
a man in his 70s, mustachioed,
sporting a big paunch,
and wearing shorts and
a shirt – with the top three buttons open,
big faced, with a gait as that of a dancing Buddha, Continue reading “Dois homens velhos”
Um dia para lembrar
The second of March
dois mil e e dezesseis
was a day to remember,
for many a few. Continue reading Um dia para lembrar
Prose-poetry in microbial processes
The cane which was meticulously harvested
by João Marianelli from Nicaragua,
in the vast fields of an hitherto unknown town,
arrived at Unica Pedra,
where the hero(ine) of our drama
inhabited the huge fermentation vats.
[know not the gender of the yeast
we work with, hence this palavra called hero(ine).]
The land of wisdom…
{
In a far away land,
In the land of wisdom,
lived and ruled
a bearded, Mr Modi. Continue reading “The land of wisdom…”
A gigantic spherical vessel
{In a gigantic spherical vessel, Of some mass of 1000 exa tonnes, With some three trillion trees And another million trillion trillion of pr0-microbes, Hosting billions of bipeds And a Gogol of insects, And still hanging in space, Protecting itself from the Harmful rays, Where is the room for feelings and emotions, For fear and hate ?} Continue reading A gigantic spherical vessel
e for Euler’s…
e had been of much use
in banks and population growth models.
and employed by many
with a punch of a few buttons,
in our lofty calculators. Continue reading e for Euler’s…
A precious gift
Nevertheless
For days hence,
I shall admire the night
with awe, Continue reading A precious gift
Perpetual Motion of Thought 