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In the image, Caras Magazine, Issue 749, March 14, 2008, where Anna Clara, my youngest daughter, was on my lap. We were at the launch of the Talento Brasileiro Anthology - SER Publishing House. And the lady in the white dress sitting on the sofa is Mrs. Kina de Oliveira, who at the time was 92, a writer for AJEB, a member of REBRA, a psychologist, and the mother of José Bonifácio de Oliveira Sobrinho, BONI, one of the former presidents (CEO) of Rede Globo de Televisão. And other great writers. At Sesc Paulista, among us were also the actress, at the ceremony, and Senator Mara Gabrilli, who does not appear in the image, neither she, Mara nor Bete Coelho, but the image is real, try to get a copy. Thank you, Teka Mendes Castro. Writer and environmentalist.


Writings

Here I am in June 2025,

Typing my writing on a notebook.

Today, each letter, space, acquaintances are made up of characters,

But, I discovered the typewriter, without even taking a typing course, I knew how to use it.

If I remember correctly, I got it from my uncle Ezequiel,

Until I was less than 22 years old, I still had a harp, stored on the shelves that are no longer in the garage.

Today, time has passed, but every now and then I reconnect with the past.

In a writing of mine scorched yellow by time.

And, I reread it, and see how current it still is.

And, life comes...

Life goes.

Writings often remain.

I am not a writer of solo books,

I wrote one for the publisher: Komedi - Fairy tale - Tereza Mendes - 1998

With 30 pages.

Where I thank in memoriam the mother of teachers Aparecida and Diana Vieira,

Who made the savory snack,

The cold day of the launch,
In the hall of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Parish, at the time.

The launch may have been a failure,

But, I wrote profound poems.

And, GOD was there preparing me for the masterpieces of Life:

Alexia Cristina and Gabriel,

Who prematurely brightened us in December of 1998.

Of course, I was the wrapper in these masterpieces,

With the participation of Eduardo Riveiro Castro and the author of Vida Deus.

Today my writings, printed in anthologies, on the internet, on Facebook,

Even on Orkut,

Or in manuscripts not yet shared with the public,

I leave my writings,

Remembering that if everything began,

It was by Divine inspiration,

Where God transforms a lonely girl to conquer the world,

Without having to leave, only as a minority, a few zero percent of the place where she lives.

Where she grew up, studied, wrote, graduated, got married, became a mother, and continued to write.

Today, what remains?

The time, which had come, after 40 years, I review my writings.

And, today my masterpieces are three beautiful creatures,

Actually there would be 5, but two are with the Greatest Painter and author in the World,

They are: Alexia Cristina, Emmanuel and Anna Clara.

Today I transcribe my verses, or I get inspired by new ones, I thank the publishers I worked with,

Rebra, who I met at Editora Scortecci, and I made my first appearance in Revista Caras on 03/16/2007,

Alongside great writers who were already renowned at the time.

After that, I appeared in a few other editions...

But, my appreciations and aspirations,

Often do not match the real value of the Editorial Sector,

I graduated as a teacher,

In the science of Chemistry, where I continually seek transformation,

I look for my Philosopher's Stone,

The transmutation in my lines,

In each character that involves my life in writing,

And, which I often end up doing,

Writing my will by hand,

Where, in addition to the house acquired and donated by my parents while they were alive,

They would take care of the garden, the animals that belonged to my parents,

And, which are there.

They would take care of the Environment, which I always say is pertinent.

And so, my writings have been going on for almost 53 years, in small verses,

In printed matter, in zines, in notebooks, and in some corners,

Like this Recanto das Letras, which completes me a lot,

And, of which I have no idea, of the writings already published and seen by me.

São Paulo, June 28, 2025.

12:39 p.m.

Teka Mendes Castro

Writer and environmentalist.

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