1. How do you write? In longhand, on the typewriter or on the computer?
I write on the computer. I prefer the computer to longhand for two reasons:
1) I'm lazy when it comes to physical work.
2) I write better, faster and I can edit as fast as a gazelle on a computer.
3) I can't draw letters in an eligeble way.
I prefer the night time for writing, especially if I need to write poetry. I also like to write with music on. Actually, I use music to do everything. It keeps me concentrated and helps writing with rythm. Right now, I'm listening a lot of The Ink Spots for my upcoming novel, 'Days Of Youth'. I love those guys and the way they sing. It just keeps me going.
2. Do you revise a lot?
Yes, sure. Poetry is an artform. It's like a painting. Like sculpting. It takes days, weeks, years sometimes, to finish a good poem. Sometimes, it just takes a few minutes.
Some poets don't need to rewrite much to get there message out there. Me, however... let's just say that not everything that pops out of my head turns to gold.
3. When did you begin writing? How old? What writers did you admire?
It must have been when I was 15 and was dating this girl. Poetry came along with her. It was meant to happen, I guess. I guess somethings are meant to happen to you, if you let them.
Back then, I used to admire and devour the works of Jim Morrison, outside The Doors. His poetry stills is my favorite reading. I've never read anything quite like that. It's so beautiful and so mysterious... it's the real meaning of poetry, to me: a trip where we look for means to open and unravel new realities.
4. What is your definition of 'bad poetry'? And 'good poetry'?
I think the 'bad poetry' is, in a way, that kind of personal text with no use to anyone else. I mean, when you write, you have to excel your ego. You have to be able to write things that the reader, the other person on the other side, can relate to and feel.
'Good poetry', on the other hand, opens new doors, new ways to perceive the world. A good poem doesn't need much: it just needs to carry a message. The better the message, the better the poem itself.
5. Who is the greatest living poet?
I can't think of anyone but Mac DeMarco right now.
6. What's your favorite kind of person?
A person in love with life. Living like that can make you a great person.
7. What is your best work, so far?
I'm fairly new to novels and prose, so I don't know what I am capable of just yet.
In what concerns poetry, I'd say my favorite poem, so far, is called 'Dezembro Vai Acabar' in (Poesia Nua, 2012). It's the only one I didn't steal from any of my favorite poets. And it's about a girl I really cared about, not so long ago.
Published at Smashwords 2015-02-13.
