Cristóvão de Aguiar was born in Pico da Pedra, S. Miguel, Açores. He studied in Coimbra, where he has taught English. Besides poetry, he has also published various works of fiction and memoirs. He is also represented in various literary anthologies. He still resides in the university city of Coimbra.Missing the SeaShips leave the island,Ships arrive at the island…—The island is a shipthat ran ashorein the middle of the oceanand covered itself with sea mistand penetrated it self with ocean smelland became accustomed to beingthe ridge of a wave…I left on a ship…now I feel the emptinessof missing the sea…without the sea, all is bordersand the borders choke me… (Author, Cristóvão de Aguiar)(Translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges in On a Leaf of Blue—published by University of California, Berkeley)
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Cristóvão de Aguiar was born in Pico da Pedra, S. Miguel, Açores. He studied in Coimbra, where he has taught English. Besides poetry, he has also published various works of fiction and memoirs. He is also represented in various literary anthologies. He still resides in the university city of Coimbra.Missing the SeaShips leave the island,Ships arrive at the island…—The island is a shipthat ran ashorein the middle of the oceanand covered itself with sea mistand penetrated it self with ocean smelland became accustomed to beingthe ridge of a wave…I left on a ship…now I feel the emptinessof missing the sea…without the sea, all is bordersand the borders choke me… (Author, Cristóvão de Aguiar)(Translated from the Portuguese by Diniz Borges in On a Leaf of Blue—published by University of California, Berkeley)