Silences

Poems inspired by Max Picard

Ana Paula Lima Silveira

• Publisher: Editora Dialética
• eBook ISBN:
  9786527410812
• Year: 2026

The Silence as Presence Max Picard (1948) taught us that silence is not emptiness, nor a mere absence of noise. It is substance, it is full space, it is the horizon where life rests. In it, humanity rediscovers its essence, and the world regains its rhythm. This collection of poems does not intend to explain silence, only to inhabit it. Each text is a gesture of listening.

Table of contents

• Capa
• Folha de Rosto
• Página de Créditos
• The Silence as Presence
• Summary
• I. Introduction
• II. A Poetic Epigraph
• III. The Silence
• IV. The Interval
• V. The Human Face of Silence
• VI. Silence and Eternity
• VII. The Silence and the Word
• VIII. Epilogue - The Last Word is the Silence