Eduíno de Jesus was born in Arrifes, S. Miguel, Açores.  He did his studies at the University of Lisbon and has taught at Universidade Nova, also in Lisbon.  A superb literary critic, he has also published essays, several books of poetry, and plays.  He is the cultural attaché for the Casa dos Açores in Lisbon, entity responsible for promoting Azorean culture in the Portuguese capital.  He makes his home in Lisbon.

                        Origin

There, where the large firth

of the river of life

foretells the infinite

oceanic death,

grows

the marginal tree,

in whose branches the song

of the poets blossoms

            Origem

Lá, onde o grande estuário

do rio da vida

pressagia a infinita

morte oceânica,

Cresce

a árvores marginal

em cujos ramos o canto

dos poetas floresce.