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A Poem by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: On Brothers, Journeys, and Faith

On Brothers, Journeys, and Faith Beyond that corner, beyond my neighborhood, besides my town and roads abroad, even above these clouds...

Two Poems by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Praise" and "Gratitude"

Praise In cathedrals and churches, abbeys and convents; in the small chapels on the top of the mountains; in pilgrimages and spiritual...

A Poem by Edilson A. Ferreira: "The Missed Deadline"

The Missed Deadline The magazine my wife reads has launched, by the Mother’s Month, a writing contest. A married woman should report...

A Poem by Edilson Ferreira: "A Matter of Color"

A Matter Of Color I am proud of my generation. I came from a past that must only be seen in its black and white. Current bright colors...

A Poem by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Witness of the Past"

Witness of the Past We were seven and went to sleep, every night, always at the same time. Father, mother, three sons and two daughters....

A Poem by Edilson Ferreira: "The Voice Within"

A Poem by Edilson Ferreira: The Voice Within- There is a voice that never stops speaking, no one hears it, but me. It talks to me wherever I

Two Poems by Edilson Ferreira: "Past Revisited" and "My Creed"

Past Revisited I have a past that is so mine and no one else’s. They have no notion of misdeeds, even many sins I have perpetrated in it....

Two Poems by Edilson A. Ferreira: "Hope", and "Sometimes it Happens"

Hope Who will write my life? Who will weigh my sins and all the good perhaps I have had?Who will pardon me for having existed for so long, h

Spirit Fire Review | January 2017, Issue #6

"And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the...

A Poem by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Uncertainties"

Uncertainties How long more I will be supported as I have been? Where else I will find more solace, healing and a bit of the true...

Poetry by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Eating Pain"; "A Brave New Man"

Eating Pain From so long, I have been affected by heavy lots of pain and sufferings, as if a fee were due to being alive. Sometimes I...

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