Cecilia Meireles was a Brazilian poet who is today regarded as one of the best writers in the Portuguese language. She is also considered to be the best female poet from Brazil. She was a contributor to many Brazilian periodicals and worked on translations in addition to her own poetry collections.
‘The Gates of Midnight’ is about death. It explores images of the afterlife and suggests that humanity has nothing to fear from leaving this life behind.
The angels come to open the gates of midnight,
at the very moment when sleep is deepest
and silence most pervasive.
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