Exodus to Genesis / Felix Cardoso
In Exodus to Genesis, Félix Cardoso approaches erotic themes, those that he best dominates, openly, without softening anything, without sweetening any element. The pleasure of sex and the enjoyment of the body are proclaimed in this book as the fullness that saves the everyday from the crossroads that always end in death. Erotic poetry, by its very carnal nature, is like an affirmative cry of life. —Daniel Baruc Espinal
In Felix Cardoso’s ecstatic poetry, sex is the portal to a dream that allows him to wake up naked in any garden. At the same time Cardoso the lover takes care of every waking detail in order to keep the dream going. It’s the spell of sex that keeps him alive. Exodus to Genesis is two things: a rhapsody on the magic of the senses and, in a loving tribute to a dead grandfather, a lament for the ultimate victory of time. —Stephen Bluestone
GENEROUS RAIN
Spring swells break, leaving barefooted sails on my pillow, pursuing sighs gathered in the window, turning your face away seconds before you hug me.
For an instant, I felt I managed to graze in your sweats, crawl between moans about to explode.
You so calm, I so restless...
Rain falls generously.
