Seascape. Bogari beach
No date. It could be the 1930s
Penha church tower, Ribeira
Serene Waters. All Saints’ Bay
Sloops. Men of the sea.
Houses. Herbs on their way.
Morning light and almond trees
Here I found mother-pearls

I returned

Couldn’t see Penha church tower
The Sloops were gone
The men of the sea were gone
The herbs were gone
My dreams were gone
Only left
Almond trees
Mother-pearls

Poem by Vera Spínola
SPÍNOLA, Vera.  Conversando com a Pintura de Alberto Valença: Um romance biográfico. p. 137.