Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (1901 - 1964) is a 20th century Brazilian poet, teacher and journalist. Despedida features in the book Flor de poems, published in 1972. The poem is based on a dialogue with questions and answers posed to a supposed interlocutor with whom a communication is established. The reading here is the English translation of the Portugese original - Despedida, which is Farewell in English. For the original see our Instagram page for the written version in Portugese.
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