Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Professions : PoetBorn : November 6, 1919Died : July 2, 2004 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my participation in what is real, my engagement with voices and images. This is why a poem speaks not of ideal life but of actual life: the angle of a window; the reverberation of streets, cities, rooms; shadows along a wall. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen wallrealcities Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
