HALF WHEEL OF FORTUNE by Afonso Fragoso Matos
A5, 20 pages, Risograph printing, Hand sewn, Softcover, Edition of 100, 2023
Translated poems. Firstly written in Portuguese and presented in Lisbon (Dec. 2022), 'meia roda da fortuna / half wheel of fortune' found its way into English and is now presented in a bilingual edition.
It tries to capture some lapses of the contemporary world, in a variety of geographies, questioning the inner mechanisms of poetic and political languages. An homage to those who live in exile, inspired by legacies we tend to forget, exploring a divergent historical perspective. It is also a personal testimony of nomadic inteneration and observation of some of the events that mark our time. A kind of odyssey in which you may also get lost... and still get home safe, wandering about cycles and the direction we move to.
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