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Short Fado Poems

Short Fado Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Fado by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Fado by length and keyword.


Estrela
Estrela

Diretora,
no palco 
do sábado
estrelado, 
a dança das
decisões
é o teu fado: 
as estrelas guiam 
com sua luz divina, 
e sábia, tu segues 
e guia
a rota que
 se destina
para fazer
do pouco,
mais e mais....

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Categories: fado, business,
Form: Free verse



Fado
Fado 
What do we do with Fado, this guitar sound and 
guttural Portuguese voice that has a twang of
Arabia in its heart and is pure poesy.

Life, loss longing and the finality of death, is in 
songs that celebrate love’s unbearable sweetness, 
our tragedy and the unobtainable.  

Yes, sing me a Fado, let me hear the guitar and
I will close my eyes float in a sea of melancholy
and remember you....

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Categories: fado, music, longing, me,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Limerick: Once a Belly-Dancer In Cairo
Limerick: Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo

Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo
Tried to wiggle her way through Fado
Only thing she had on
Was a navel button:
(Now) Fado mambo-jambo Oporto.

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2013


Limerick: Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo

Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo
Tried to wiggle her way through Fado
Only thing she had on
Was a navel button:
Now she wiggles in jelly limbo.

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2013...

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Categories: fado, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs