25 April Forever

Fascism Nevermore!

Rui Alves
POETAPH
Published in
1 min readApr 25, 2024

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red carnations over the Portuguese flag red and green.
Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash

Once upon a new dawn merry
while I yelled loud and cheery
stepping out from the darkness
a radio starts singing suddenly
Grândola motherland of liberty

On this day in April’s blossom
after the everlasting goodbye
to silence the end of sadness
I feel you in a carnation bloom…

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Rui Alves
POETAPH

I'm a language teacher, linguist and published author (who joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.