ESPIRROS POÉTICOS E SAUDADES - NOTAS SOBRE BEIJO NA BOCA DE CACASO

Abstract

Based on the book Beijo na Boca (1975), written by Antônio Carlos Ferreira de Brito (Cacaso), we aim to reflect on the concept of love that guides it. Built around a series of fragmentary poems which question the possibility of romantic love – as conceived by Plato – Beijo na Boca invites us to reflect on love´s dilemmas and its contradictions, with a great deal of irony and humor. This sort of disenchanted lyric is sustained by a poetic subject that has to deal with some identification matters, related to his girlfriends, ex-girlfriends and future lovers.