Dear Wattpaders,
I have just published my new and unpublished poem, "The Art of Meeting"... read it, comment on it, and vote for it (by clicking on the little star at the end of the page)!
https://www.wattpad.com/1465526656-my-reason-to-live-poemoryong-book-by-massimiliano
The poem was inspired to me partly by my life in Paris and partly by the famous lines of Vinícius de Moraes, the great Brazilian poet and songwriter: "A vida é a arte do encontro, embora haja tantos desencontros pela vida" ("Life is the art of meeting, although there are so many missed meetings in life")... The original song in Portuguese, "Samba da benção," set to music by Baden Powell with lyrics by Vinicius, was recorded in 1967 and published in 1967 in the album "Vinícius". Then in 1969, an Italian version was made of it, "Samba delle Benedizioni" with lyrics by Sergio Bardotti, recorded on the album "La vita, amico, è l'arte dell'incontro."
I lived many years in Brazil and those verses always buzzed in my head without turning into something concrete, although they aroused numerous reflections in me, which I often shared with other people... always citing the "inspirational source". Now, finally, I have managed to recapture those verses and turn them into poetry, but telling a sort of story about a missed meeting... I think several men, especially, will recognize themselves in the poem/story!