I open the window
see electricity
bleach the sky
in far off codes of silence.

The air is static
pent with heat.
I lie watching
the curtains light up in morse
as if a lighthouse dashes out rays
of warning.

I listen for sound
but it keeps its distance
and a weight of water
holds the night.

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TEMPESTADE

Abro a janela
e vejo a brancura
eléctrica do céu
ao longe em silêncio.

O ar está imóvel
reprimido pelo calor.
Deitada observo
sinais de morse na luz das cortinas
como se fossem raios de aviso
dum farol.

Tento escutar o som
mas ele mantem-se distante
e um peso de água
abraça a noite.

by Jennie CARR, in "POETRY NEWS" (The Newspaper of The Poetry Society), Autumn 2016

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

(photography taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

(1st edition, 2016; 2nd edition, 2018)