Fado for People in Strange Lands

'Fado' [Portuguese: destiny, fate]. Fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics. Fado is usually linked to the Portuguese word 'saudade'. Saudade is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or melancholic longing for absent and beloved people and places. Fado is full of yearning, desire and homesickness. I'm often a stranger in strange lands, even in my home town Melbourne. From Fez to Lisbon to London - this is my Fado my poetry.

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Who is that man?

Sitting in Alfama Square

pen and paper in hand.

The flowing hair of Jesus,

the charisma of Che Guarvra.

Is he a liberator,

liberating us with a word?

26^th February 2011