“Wisely decanting all the luminous points to shine in the shadow where a ray of sun penetrates”

The poetics of Salette Tavares

Abstract

Salette Tavares’ poetic art is implemented by the artist in her poetic and fictional production as well as essayistic. In this article, an essay mostly unpublished, A Dialética das Formas, and the poetic work recently published by Imprensa Nacional, Obra Poética 1957-1994, are compared. The reflection is opened to two novels recently published, Outro Outro and Irrar. In the poetic work, we do the back and forth between textual poetry and visual and spatial poetry to provide an overview of the “bright spots” of a multifaceted work. The analysis of Salette Tavares’ work departs from Haroldo de Campos’ reflection who interviews Ezra Pound, grounding itself in some theories by Barthes, Meschonnic and Jean-Claude Pinson, through “spots” and “galaxies”, “glows” and “space and movement”, as well as trough consequential questions of rhythm.