A poesia não se serve em pratos de balança | Pedro Lamares | TEDxOPorto

Next lecture: Pedro presents poetry as a force against the current economic situation, acting as a balance against austerity and economists leading society. Reciting three poems professing his love for Portugal, his talk culminates with the statement, ‘Portugal, I want to kiss you… on the mouth!’ In this lecture, Pedro presents poetry as a force against the current economic situation, acting as a balance opposing austerity and economists running society. Reciting three poems, professing his love for Portugal, his lecture culminates with ‘Portugal, I want to kiss you… on the mouth!’ Born in 1979, he studied music and theater at the Porto Jazz School, the Catholic University, and the Contemporary Academy of Performing Arts. Actor, teacher, consultant, and communication trainer. Currently, he presents the program Literatura Agora on RTP2, where he also selects and reads texts. He dedicates himself to reading poetry as one of his main occupations. Born in 1979, he studied music and theatre at Porto’s Jazz School, Catholic University, and the Contemporary Showbusiness Academy. He is an actor, teacher, consultant, and communications trainer. He currently presents the TV program Literatura Agora (Literature Now) on RTP2, where he also selects and reads texts. He also reads poetry as one of his main activities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format, but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx