Fernando Guimarães

Árvore

Francisco Bugalho

 Humildade

As águas beijei,
As nuvens olhei,
Às árvores cantei,
Na sua beleza.

Os bichos amei,
Na sua bruteza,
Na sua pureza,
De forças sem lei.

E porque os amei
E os acompanhei,
Não me senti rei
Na Mãe-Natureza.

Francisco Bugalho, in "Paisagem"

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen 

A compilation of poetry about Nature is not complete without Sophia. She was born in Porto, in 1919. Raised in the middle of wealthy aristrocratic family, Sophia spent most of her childhood at the Porto Botanical Garden, at the time called Campo Alegre Farm, a property of Sophia's father. She wrote a little bit of everything, from short stories to children's books. Of all the awards she won, the one that stoods the most is the Camões Prize, not only because of the importance of that reward, but also because she was the first woman to receive such prize. Sophia was also politically active. She died in 2004, and her body is at the National Pantheon since 2014.

 As Rosas

Quando à noite desfolho e trinco as rosas É como se prendesse entre os meus dentes
Todo o luar das noites transparentes
Todo o fulgor das tardes luminosas

O vento bailador das Primaveras
A doçura amarga dos poentes,
E a exaltação de todas as esperas

Quando à noite desfolho e trinco as rosas

És tu a Primavera que eu esperava,
A vida multiplicada e brilhante,
Em que é pleno e perfeito cada instante

Quando à noite desfolho e trinco as rosas
És tu a Primavera que eu esperava

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, in "Obra Poética"

To finish this, another kind of poetry: a painting by Aurélia de Sousa, who also lived in Porto. The painting is a representation of the view from China Farm, on the shores of the Douro River, who once belonged to the artist's parents.

Pintura: Aurélia de Sousa