I saw you

poem in Anapesto rhythm (short-short-long)

by Ruth Salles

Anapesto: vv___ (short-short-long). Release the tongue. It opens listening and awakens the look. The rhythm carries us, releasing us from our limitations. It works in the same way as the jambo, only more slowly.

WELCOME TO YOU

welcomesaw grandmotherair, the dogtar in the jardim,
he it says Who is it saw, Who is it saw well theYes:
with basket and hat and with rod and hook,
going to the river to fish on this sunny day.

Well I saw you well he saw me and he flew and he flew
and on the bank of the river it landed on a branch.
And hooting loudly, he sang again,
for sure to the little fish wanting to warn

who saw me just like that, with a wand and a hook,
going to the river to fish on this sunny day.
What was the casting worth of the line?
The little fish saw me and ran away swimming.

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