Virgílio Carneiro is a renowned author from the north of Portugal – and more specifically from Penafiel and Famalicão – with works published in reputable national publishers. He was a member of the Portuguese parliament. This book of poetry highlights its crystalline and natural poetics, which excel in sensitivity and the almost absence of artifice, authenticating and differentiating it from many contemporary poetic works. As the author of the preface states, “his literary and didactic experience, in addition to a recognized career at a political-social level, endowed him with an indelible and unquestionable “sagesse”.
“A book that will remain in the memory and heart of each reader and that could be the path for each one to discover the cult of Poetry and the value it represents for them. This act of illuminating words, giving them life and removing shadows, is always a courageous task that confronts the poet and makes him a winner or loser, whether or not he allows his recording in the calligraphy of time. Once again, Virgílio Carneiro knew how to inscribe himself skillfully, gliding along with memories and the world.” – Julia Serra