Jaime Rocha’s dead leaves

A poetic forest in decay

Abstract

In this article, a theoretical tour is sought on the subject of “dead leaves” in the work of Portuguese writer Jaime Rocha. To do so, the concept of “ruin” is used. In the books Lâmina (2014) and Necrophilia (2010), Jaime Rocha’s poetry addresses the theme of death, in which the word produced by its poetic dimension can be read as a “decomposition”, exploring the fragment and the work as a kind of decay. It is a contemporary poetry with a certain ancient character. In this specific style of the author, the metaphorical place of death always occurs at a time prior to biopolitical control over life and death.