Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas, is a Brazilian writer and poet. Started writing at the age of 40 which is relatively late in life for a poet. Although much of her outlook is religious, deeply Catholic, her works are often about the body.
Adélia Prado's poems were translated into English by Ellen Watson and published in a book entitled, The Alphabet in the Park. (Wesleyan University Press, 1990).
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“Páscoa(...)Divido o dia em três partes:a primeira pra olhar retratos,a segunda pra olhar espelhos,a última e maior delas, pra chorar.(...)”
“Amor violetaO amor me fere é debaixo do braço,de um vão entre as costelas.Atinge meu coração é por esta via inclinada.Eu ponho o amor no pilão com cinzae grão de roxo e soco. Macero ele,faço dele cataplasmae ponho sobre a ferida.”