Lucas Jerzy Portela Siva, Brazil's National Honour, September 2026
Lucas Jerzy Portela Siva wrote the highest-scoring poem from Brazil in the Writory International Poetry Contest, September 2026: Dickinsonian nº3, scored 73 out of 100 by the blind judging panel across five published criteria. The poem was read in English (Latin script).
Dickinsonian nº3
Dickinsonian nº3to bear life as two kidneys which do not function any longer - one totally, the other barely - slip letters through the slight under the roomdoor and never, ever, get downstairs - the counterpart trip of a retired samurai travelling - such is Poetry, Emily
Every country's leading poet each month is named on the September 2026 National Honours. The contest is open to poets in Brazil and everywhere else: enter the current round, and every poem receives a score out of 100 and a certificate.