POETICAL AWARENESS

1. POETICALAWARENESS literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

2. INTRODUÇÃO: Bachelard e o sonho & Wordsworth’sMy Heart LeapsUp POEMS BY CHILDREN 1. sensationsseizing a youngbody 2. philosophyandpoetry 3. solitudeandisolation 4. deathand finitude 5. becomingandplaying 6. withdrawal REFERÊNCIAS POETICALAWARENESS literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

3. Introdução(em português): por que a poesia sempre fascinou as pessoas? literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

4. Bachelard e o sonho • Numa palestra proferida em 1954, em comemoração a seus 70 anos de idade, o grande filósofo Gaston Bachelard(1884–1962) tentava responder esta questão perene, aproximando filosofia e poesia. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

5. Bachelard e o sonho • Advertia, no entanto, que a filosofia, com freqüência se esquece que, antes do pensamento, existe o sonho; que os homens não só pensam, mas, antes disso, imaginam. Antes de idéias claras e estáveis, existem as imagens que brilham e que passam. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

6. Bachelard e o sonho • Ele nos lembra que é preciso dar à devida importância à imaginação, a faculdade mais dinâmica do psiquismo humano. É ela que nos fornece uma função diferente da função da realidade, que é a função da possibilidade, de onde provém a consciência do poeta. • Para Bachelard, o poeta é alguém quedorme acordado, isto é, alguém que nos faz confidências sobre seus sonhos. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

7. Bachelard e o sonho • Em seu sono desperto, o poeta sonha, e nesse seu contato com o sonho e a imaginação, ele nos traz a consciência de sonhar, que é muito mais difícil do que a consciência de pensar, pois sonhar é diferente da lembrança de ter sonhado. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

8. Bachelard e o sonho nas próprias palavras (e voz) de Bachelard • La philosophietraditionelles’occupecommunement de l’homme qui pense, commesil’hommetrouvaittoutesa substance, tout son être, dans la pensée. • A filosofia tradicional se ocupa normalmente do homem que pensa, como se o homem encontrasse toda a sua substância, todo o seu ser, no pensamento. siga a gravação automaticamente ou manualmente literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

9. Bachelard e o sonho siga a gravação automaticamente ou manualmente • Il semble que lafunction dominante de laphilosophiesoitalorsenquelque sorte de repenserlapensée. • Parece que a função dominante da filosofia é, portanto, uma espécie de repensar o pensamento. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

10. Bachelard e o sonho siga a gravação automaticamente ou manualmente • Tout à safonction dominante de concentrerleslumièressurcesommet de l’êtrequi est lapensée, laphilosophieoubliesouventqu’avantlapenséeilyalessonges, qu’avantlesidéesclaires et stables, il y a lesimagesquibrillent et quipassent. • Focada em sua função dominante de concentrar as luzes sobre este cume do ser que é o pensamento, a filosofia por vezes se esquece que antes do pensamento existem os sonhos, que antes das idéias claras e estáveis, existem as imagens que brilham e que passam. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

11. Bachelard e o sonho siga a gravação automaticamente ou manualmente • Pris danssonintegralité, l’homme est unêtre que non seulement pense mais qui, d’abord, imagine. • Preso na sua integralidade, o homem é um ser que não somente pensa, mas que, acima de tudo, imagina. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

12. Bachelard e o sonho siga a gravação automaticamente ou manualmente • Unêtrequiéveillé est assailli par un monde d’images precises et qui, endormi, rêvedans une penombreoù se meuventdes formes inachevées, des formes qui se deplacentsanslois, des formes qui se deformentsans fin. • Um ser que quando desperto é invadido por um mundo de imagens precisas e quando adormecido, sonha dentro de uma penumbra onde se movem formas inacabadas, formas que se deslocam sem lei, formas que se deformam sem fim. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011 de volta ao início da gravação

13. MY HEART LEAPS UP (by William Wordsworth) • My heart leaps up when I behold [observar] • A rainbow in the sky: • So was it when my life began; • So is it now I am a man; • So be it when I shall grow old, • Or let me die! • The Child is father of the Man; • And I could wish my days to be • Bound each to each by natural piety. [piedade, devoção] literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

14. POEMS BY CHILDREN literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

15. 1. SENSATIONS SEIZING A YOUNG BODY literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

16. UNTITLED • When spring comes • I feel like a • Daisy just opening up into a new life. • I feel like running twenty miles • And taking off my heavy coat • And putting on a pair of sneakers. [sapato “tênis”] • I feel like I started a new life • And everything is better • Than it was before. • I get faster • In running and I can go swimming outdoors. • It feels like the smell of new flowers • And the animals • Coming up from their holes, • The birds coming back from their vacations. • I love spring. • Michael Patrick, age 10, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

17. OH JOYOUS HOUSE • When I walk home from school, • I see many houses • Many houses down many streets. • They are warm, comfortable houses • But other people´s houses • I pass without much notice. • Then as I walk farther, farther • I see a house, the house • It springs up with a jerk[solavanco] • That speeds my pace; I lurch forward.[cambalear] • Longing makes me happy, I bubble inside. • It’s my house. • Richard Janzen, Age 12, Canada literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

18. 2. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY, MAGICAL THOUGHT AND CONTEMPLATION literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

19. WIND • The wind is like the yeast in bread. [fermento] • It makes the clouds fluffy white not red.[fofas] • It bakes them in the oven of the sky. [forno] • Then sets them loose. I wonder why? • Robert Tanaka, age 11, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

20. MY OLD GRANDFATHER • My old grandfather is dead and buried. • An orange tree was planted over his grave. [túmulo] • The tree fed on him and grew taller. • The oranges grew ripe and ready to drop. • The wind came and blew them off. • I came, picked them up and ate. • O what a dreadful thing! • I ate my poor grandfather’s body. • Joseph Alumasa, age 14, Kenya literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

21. THE SEA • On the way I saw the sea, • The sea I saw on the way. • I saw a ship on the sea, • On the sea I saw a ship. • There were seagulls and birds • on the sea • Seagulls and birds were • on the sea • I saw some pretty shells • a-lying on the bottom of • the sea • I would have liked to pick • them up if I weren’t in • the train. Suzanne G., age 8, New Zealand literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

22. ARE WE THEIR EQUALS? • Time. • Is it everlasting? [eterno] • Or can it be destroyed. • Perhaps. • Wind. • Are we its equal? • Have we yet conquered? • Can we conquer? • I think not. • Ocean. • Is not stronger? • Has it not smashed us • ? – I don’t know. • Time, • Wind, • Ocean, • Are we their equals? • Helen Geltman, age 12, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

23. MY BRAIN • I have a little brain • Tucked safely in my head [preso] • And another little brain • Which is in the air instead • This follows me, and plays with me • And talks to me in bed • The other one confuses me, • The one that’s in my head. • Annabel Laurance, age 10, Uganda literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

24. 3. SOLITUDE AND ISOLATION literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

25. NIGHT TIME • The color is dark blue. • In the sky the moon is up. • And the stars. • I hear • Wind in the chimney pots [cano de chaminé] • And pit-a-pat on the stairs, • And babies crying. • It is quiet – • I feel lonely and sad. • Paul Wisdom, age 7, England literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

26. 4. DEATH AND FINITUDE literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

27. OLD MAN • Old man, once sturdy as a mountain[robusto] • Now fragile as a twig.[graveto] • It is many years and many storms till a mountain is worn • But a twig can suddenly gosnap.[quebrar] • Old man, whose white beard is tangled like a net[emaranhar] • Meshed and tangled [enredado] • Tangled like old yarn[fio de lã] • But yarn can be snagged [rasgado] • Old man, whose face gnarled like an old tree [torcido] • Gnarled and cracked his face is • Like a rotted tree stump[podre][toco] • But a rotted stump can crumble to dust. [esfarelar-se] • Old man, how many stumps can you withstand? [aguentar] • How much more snapping? • How long will this go on? • Before you too crumble into dust? • Jessica Siegal, age 13, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

28. LONG SLEEP • When I die I think, • I’ll think at first of brightness. • Red lines, blue lines, yellow lines, • Bright circles • Spots all dashing, speeding[manchas][arremessar-se] • Splitting across my mind. [rachar] • Pushing, pushing me back over a ledge of doom. • Down, falling, falling, • Into a pit of cold black endless darkness. • Everything goes in circles, • It’s hot but it’s cold • And then I stop, • I stop on a rock, • A rock as cold as ice. • But I feel that everything keeps going, • Going forever, • I feel at home. • I sleep forever • But everything keeps • going and • going and • going. • David Short, age 11, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

29. 5. BECOMING AND PLAYING: THE EXERCISE OF IMAGINATION literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

30. THE CASTLE YONDER • Here! • Where do you go? • To the castle • With the fairies, • To the castle yonder[lálonge, acolá] • Built by my uncle, the King • Which? • Which castle? • That one, • Over there. • That one yonder • built by my uncle, the King. • Why? • Why do you go there? • Because it is bad. • I go with witches • to the castle yonder • built by my uncle, the King • When? • When was it built? • Long, long ago • In the days of old • The castle yonder • Was built by my uncle, the King • How? • How was it built? • With a wave of the wand it was built. [vara de condão] • But I must go now • To the castle yonder • Built by my uncle the King. • John Dudley, age 12, Ireland literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

31. TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FISHES • One cold, winter morning • I got out of bed • And went downstairs • And went outside • And went fishing. • I put in my line • And started to pull • And I pulled and pulled • And, after a while, • I pulled out: • Two million two hundred housand fishes! • Then I remembered • To get them all home • I needed to have • Two million two hundred housandwagons! [carros] • When I got home • I went to my mother • And my mother said, • “What shall we do with • Two million two hundred thousand fishes!” • My mother sat down • And she thought and she thought • And, after a while, she got up. • She opened the window • And threw out: • Two million two hundred thousand fishes! • Danny Marcus, age 8, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

32. BEING NOBODY • Have you ever felt like nobody? • Just a tiny speck of air. • When everyone’s around you, • And you’re just not there. • Karen Crawford, age 9, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

33. 6. WITHDRAWAL literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

34. A WISH • I want to climb the santol tree • That grows beside my bedroom window • And get the santol fruit. • I want to climb the tree at night • And get the moon the branches hide. • Then I shall go to bed, my pockets full, • One with the fruit, the other with the moon. • Tomas Santos, age 7, Philipines literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

35. WHAT’S NIGHT TO ME • Night is a beautiful thing, • One big black ball • As the clouds push it around. • Sometimes I think I am being rolled over by it. • Sometimes I think it’s smiling at me. • The moon is the nose • The stars are the mouth. • And it is drinking the Milky Way [Via Láctea] • Sometimes I dream it will swallow me. • Night is the time for dreams. • Not day dreams but night dreams • Sam Gilford, age 8, USA literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011

36. BIBLIOGRAPHY • BACHELARD, Gaston. La Pensée et lesonge. AnthologieSonore de laPenséeFrançaise. Paris: Prémaux et Associés, 2003 • LEWIS, Richard [Org.]. Miracles. New York: Bantam, 1977. literature classes by vera ceccon - 2011