Mello) | Vida-mario Quintana (selton

All those who are there / Blocking my path / They shall pass... / I am a bird!

: A recurring obsession with childhood lost and the inevitability of death. Vida-Mario Quintana (Selton Mello)

: A gentle yet sharp perspective on the absurdity of daily life. All those who are there / Blocking my path / They shall pass

: Despite being dubbed a poet of "simplicity," his work reached technical perfection through sonnets like those in his debut, A Rua dos Cataventos (1940). Selton Mello: Breathing Life into Verse Vida-Mario Quintana (Selton Mello)