João Luís Barreto Guimarães

João Luís Barreto Guimarães is a reconstructive surgeon from Porto, Portugal, and the author of eleven poetry books. His work has been awarded the António Ramos Rosa National Poetry Award and the Armando da Silva Carvalho Poetry Award, and he has twice been a finalist for the International Camaiore Prize.

The Age of the Girls

July 2022
João Luís Barreto Guimarães

The girls who were talking in the corner not long ago are just now starting to get up (grabbing jackets from the coatrack) taking up their umbrellas again and a forgotten wallet that the tallest...
Two Poems from Portugal

July 20, 2016 | João Luís Barreto Guimarães

Esther Schwarz, “Lush (66/365),” 2009. For more of Schwarz’s photos, visit Inside My Shell. Tangerinas de Natal «Será que eles ainda fazem?» Édomingopara segunda. Resolvesa teu f...