Poetry Classics Carlos Drummond de Andrade was born in Minas Gerais, on October 31, 1902. His poems approach quotidian issues, and have a good dose of irony and pessimism. In addition to poetry, he wrote several essays and short stories. Lists Like Poetry? This is from our sister community, all poetry. The same membership works at both allpoetry and storywrite. Like Short Stories? This is from our sister community, story write. The same membership works at both allpoetry and storywrite. In the middle of the road there was a stone there was a stone in the middle of the road there was a stone in the middle of the road there was a stone. Never should I forget this event in the life of my fatigued retinas. Never should I forget that in the middle of the road there was a stone there was a stone in the middle of the road in the middle of the road there was a stone. In the Middle eople, look, I don't mean to diminish the importance of this poem or the heat of the discussion but drummond himself explained he did not think of anything metafisical or philosofical-existencial, he just wanted to replicate the feeling of boredom words could have! Hello from a Portuguese Friend From guest Susan Shepler ( contact ) Maybe it was the same stone that stopped you on your path -- maybe it was the same stone that stopped me too. For some fleeting minutes in time we