Best Manu Poems

The trill under the
morning star
rings out a gusto
and vivacious song.
Oh! Sweet merle your irrepressible melody
defies all that is logic, the chill piercing morning
still only an infant, barely the time
to receive the accolades of sunrise.
Yet here lays the deepest frost
a cold front that sleeps not 
driven...

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Manu strolled to his stainless sink
To wash his hands and have a think.

He reached for soap, a bar was handy,
A square pink cake that looked like candy.
He ran the water, fresh and cool,
And in his hands, it formed a pool.

Then, out of the water, to...

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Somewhere between Easter Island and 
Santiago skims an ocean skiff loaded with
slumped islanders bound within the teetering
cargo hold. In the distance can be seen the
eyes of seven monolithic faces defending
islanders from the fury of volcanoes.

One boy sits in line with the rest of the
villagers, sobbing...

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Manu,

Quem constrói sua competência
exclusivamente em provas demonstrativas 
e argumentos dedutivos, 
constrói sobre a qual 
é impossível confiar. 
A certeza da sua competência
não deriva das evidências 
da mente, 
mas flui 
das profundezas do coração....

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