Cleyton Mendes, o carteiro-poeta, conversa com Sil Curiati em Nova York #poesia #nystory

The new series stories of people passing through New York people you know or wish you knew I brought a poet mailman Clayton Mendes Clayton question Health thank you so much for your invitation It's a tremendous pleasure to be part of this incredible moment Could you tell me a poem or a story Am I doing this already or not If I tell a story during the presentation is that okay No that won't be part of the presentation When I speak during the presentation you'll speak too Thank you For those who don't know me I don't introduce myself My name is Clayton Mendes Pepea Another little thing—I asked Sol a single girl to have great responsibility yet the boy's soul remained carefree and single I don't know what got into me laughing like that People showing up at the accounts I'm already a big kid I'm from the eastern part of São Paulo from São Domingos out on the streets for over 20 years without a home without a condition I filled it all up just to see quickly Grabbing a weapon just led to being caught dead dead by death But that's not what actually happened Look here isn't it From a young age I learned not to rely on privilege The greatest advantage comes from education Education is the ultimate clever trick After studying there's no school left in the suburbs I head to the street I go play soccer I've held onto this dream of becoming a player Beat the team I was going to win beat the men I started working The guy with the ends of big people At home your mouth loses to your tongue It was along that path on a beautiful day that I met a little wild one That's why our symbol was thrown my name Clayton Jalequeira She knew me as Clayton Poeta Clayton the rhymester And today where there is darkness I arrive for my poetry yet I am beyond my poetry For Raqueada I don't want anyone telling me your story and poetry It's the first time Renan is nice How beautiful your story is How beautiful is the story of discovery of poetry In you Clayton do you think he dreamed of football at eleven Football was his first idea or had you always dreamed of your career For most of the outskirts across the entire country in the northern part of São Paulo city football is one of the mechanisms what we have to get out of there So when we see players the people most similar to someone who is on the path For the first time in football I heard that So football was this dream that somehow drew me in here in Brasília I could see myself beyond language through football Don't you No Before finding poetry before understanding poetry music also gave me a great sense of direction I participated in campaigns At school and here too it gave me a different direction Music and sports helped me gain a perspective beyond the outskirts Before football we just wanted to see the football the music the art that was there Poetry is right here in the music You were almost singing Exactly I always say poetry is everything we feel So if you feel something Poetry answers So you must have an idea this message reaches you If you feel anything poetry responds So this chat has something to it Welcome When I used to play football really well I wrote This year we celebrated 10 years in the industry How old are you Let me put it this way I was born in 1992 Before starting the class I thought I had no value for what I did When I stopped to think about it I discovered there are a hundred things that poetry is also worth So I started writing and began crafting verses When I had the chance to pause I realized I was writing poetry in the city I discovered that I was a name For what I used to do We are art We are a notebook We have thousands of poets who became famous because they do the same thing we do You spoke about reality I think that's interesting You mentioned some things Poetry is reality It's truly described You thought poetry had to be true You think and it becomes a tool She turned into a mask She turned into an ice cream I really liked him For me poetry is like a knife I can use this knife to cut open a heart I can use this knife to cut food and then go from there I can use this knife to clear paths through the wilderness I can use this knife to protect myself to make capital out of myself So poetry is like a knife In my book it is that Today I protect myself Today I break the food I extend myself For me each day is a knife So I take the knife Let's say I took the knife from your hand You without learning can you still be honest I don't know you just met me now and I'm bald I've got a sharp mouth You tell me Do you have a sharp mouth too How blunt are you being with the student I'd put it this way Take a look Describe What is poetry I can't speak I go through the mind of a card without placing poetry in the center So it's the second time I've talked about therapy Talking to the director is like speaking with a poet—literally a living poet a poet incarnate Truly it's a separate punishment I see for instance in my gaze that I pass the girl here on the street right here on the beach Someone walks by that beach and I say it's a beautiful country I think it's a strong place too And the sensitivity I don't know If it's everyone if it's just her who's so good But she feeds on a historical past I always tell people the issue of separating your age Among the many arts that claim I am so-and-so and that I'm amazing when you're a poet you don't possess that sensitivity That is your essence Were you ever a mail carrier at any point in your life And the mail carrier was just a job That wasn't who you were Exactly And how did you use this work to express who you are I worked honestly I earned a school I worked as a mail carrier during sunsets for 11 years For a while I was very content with sunsets because I was always in good standing I worked in Pôrês There was also the development work being done in Portuguese I was always involved That was great because I didn't have that sensitivity before I was in my element When I returned to the office for other sunsets and worked through sunsets since I was already at the workplace I know I was at work Then in the final act of making the notebook I played the movie I played the movie in my wallet That film isn't just the wallet That film I threw in during the final act of making the notebook has that sensitivity That's why I have the disposition for poetry and that's why I have the disposition for poetry I have to be an act that doesn't stress me I share my work because what I share is poetry What do I have to do with poetry Our Lady I speak of other poems because we already know the poem But we couldn't do justice to the poetry So I have to write another poem but in a better place What moved me was what I shared —anything I thought of as poetry It has nothing to do with poetry I took all of that away Then you'd get a response right The gas was on至关重要的 That pandemic we experienced was a chance to seize The tirta that were launched afterward People crossing the rails So arriving at the gas station means you have to encourage the entire café everything and the iron Because when I was born there what was I doing What was I doing So I had to encourage us to write poetry There are countless people who already live or have also come to live And they claimed ownership of the poetry I was writing I didn't understand why I was retired so abruptly especially since they also provided that I didn't understand what they wanted to say But this function and turning it into property for the extension of a floor I see many of our teenage girls in these poems and when the teenager speaks the child becomes the protagonist of the story In general we just obey So when a baby becomes the protagonist or she becomes that protagonist en poetry will have this opportunity for the person to arrive at the moment of writing their own story That is wonderful For me this poetry I'll start the Raspapu which is great but it has the absolute region of Sarau so we need to follow up here at the agency We're here at Pequeno Del and we thank Nireiro Del the big paint You go ahead Back then there was something called I don't know what but there's more it's what the music is missing it's what we're dying for too much What’s missing today Is anything missing Do you have a goal The question I've been advocating for a year now ever since I left the Correio In truth I haven't managed it well I'm saying that I asked for a deal to see that art in Brazil is art not some other kind of art We have to understand this curiosity—we call it curiosity but it's really about knowing what art actually is I still can't say the name I can't say the name because we're hungry They're obvious We'll satisfy this curiosity seeing that my art is valued and also abundant Sure That is the goal Actually I said I was going to wrap up but for the other question we've put it here This little New Yorker girl I want to know your connection to New York Are you a politician or not What do you mean to tell me I grew up here in New York before I became part of it When I died I remained in New York for sure because I didn't go to New York I went to New York When I died here I didn't fit in I stepped in to walk away to stay here So as an act I thought I 'd give up on New York Because New York is not a place New York is an art A very fascinating art I feel deeply So I think this is the connection And the third idea I have which is this thing of getting here Close my doors because I speak here in Rio de Janeiro that I will die that I will die here that I will make a film So I have this I have the intention to make a movie with this opportunity but I don't have time I don't have time For me it's a gift For me it's a recipe Receiving the Brazilians who speak to do good work in São Paulo do a job but I transform it into another perspective so that it gains inspiration so that I can launch an attack on whoever arrives Powerful thank you for everything Thank you Thank you so much for watching It was a pleasure And I think it was incredible too He passed by quickly Show your book Oh there's a book here Go ahead and show it For those watching Africa she's right here e onboard unit which is a little piece of my life Great Thank you and goodbye Kisses Bye See you later Bye-bye