Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935 Polar Regions Magnificent Prayer

Magnificent Prayer

Dore Ashton brings the reader to the very core of Mark Rothko's art

and Sherman could capture Chattanooga and Atlanta and march to the sea

But with all the secrets they never told each other lying between them

and powerful Gifts bring equally powerful enemies

Collected Later Poems of Alvaro de Campos: 1928-1935 Polar Regions Magnificent Prayerlvaro de Campos, along with Ricardo Reis and Alberto Caeiro is one of Pessoa's most important poetic heteronyms and, like these fellow fictitious poets, made his first appearance in 1914. He was also something of a public figure, his essays and reviews frequently appearing in Portuguese periodicals. According to Pessoa, Campos was born in the Algarve in 1890, studied naval engineering in Glasgow, was widely travelled, and lived for a number of years