FERNANDO M. S. SILVA, Ph.D.
Prof. Dr. FERNANDO M. SOARES SILVA, Ph.D.
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University Professor & Executive Administrator---Muitilingual Writer---Poet---Author---Community and Social Leader
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Education--Philosophical, Social & Cultural Foundations--Portuguese Studies
University of California, Berkeley,California. 1968
Additional (4) advanced academic degrees encompass the areas of
Philosophy---Education, Psychology,Curriculum and Instruction---Classical and Modern Romance Languages---Theology and Philosophy.
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SPECIAL HONORS:
Has been the recipient of several special honors, academic and social. Among these:
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Fellowship and Publication awards.
President: The Council of Portuguese-American Communities of Northern California
Vice-President: The Council of Portuguese-American Communities of the U.S.A.
Awarded, in 1989, the Order of Prince Henry, the Navigator, ( lnfante D. Henrique ), with the rank of Comendador, by the President of Portugal, Dr. Mário Soares, for outstanding career achievements and leadership in the promotion of international understanding and social-cultural affirmation of Portuguese-American communities.
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FERNANDO M. SOARES SILVA's SELECTED POEMS---copyrighted---
THE DANCE OF THE SEASONS
Mother Nature, please tell me:
Can the budding and flowery Spring
ever dance with the cold, somber Winter?
Can the early, sunny and warm Summer
ever kiss the defoliating Autumn?
Listen to me, oh you, inquiring heart:
The Seasons gyrate with each other,
embraced, in a never-ending dance,
ever hand-in-hand, and heart to heart,
as the world is propelled in the skies,
perpetually turning around and around
in the infinite vastness of the Universe…
The Sun of hot and relaxing Summers
and gentle, dreamy and romantic Springs,
is the same, the very same, that, tenderly,
osculates the falling leaves of Autumn
and gladdens the cold hearts of gelid Winter
with its Sunshine, bearer of good tidings…
How different is the cool morning dew
of the energetic mornings of Spring,
and of the lazy dawns of Summer season,
from the heavy and often castigating rain
falling down from above, the high heavens ?
Both are an ardent kiss of love from me…
The furious, inclement and uncontrollable winds
---that, in Winter, Autumn and in other seasons,
seem to tear apart the innermost peace and quiet
of humans and other creatures in this vast world,---
even they turn to mild, suave, and comforting breezes
to refresh and reinvigorate tired bodies an souls…
Even though distinct, one from another,
every one of the Seasons is interrelated
as each and all notes of a great symphony,
as the uninterrupted march of Nature
in Dawn, Day, Evening and Night,
just as a heart in love and love in a heart
evolve into a dance of ethereal beauty…
Come, sweetheart, dance as all Seasons do…
One Nature, One Heart, One Soul…
Let the rose petals of Spring and Summer
pirouette for ever with Autumn and Winter
as they carpet and grace the many pathways,
perhaps short, perhaps long, but never impossible
of that dream of Happiness longing in your heart…
DO YOU REMEMBER ?...
(Previously published with the title
"Blown Away Memories" )
Do you remember those words
whispered sweetly and often,
in the midst of our torrid moments
of a passion that seemed ever radiant,
all-defiant, enormous, uncontrollable,
oblivious of the turbulent world
that roared, unknowingly, about us?
Do you remember those embraces
that caressed you in my avid arms,
and chained your chest tightly to my heart
pulsating furiously, yet sweetly,
as we played wondrous rhapsodies
of a love that seemed so fulfilling,
so quenching the thirst that consumed us?
Do you remember those ardent kisses
that I poured over your glowing face
as we looked serenely at each other’s eyes,
as I stroked you with never stopping fingers,
reflecting the vesuvian emotions of my soul,
the profound depth of my feelings for you,
for what, to me, was the ultimate love ?
I believed it when you said you loved me,
and in return I gave you my whole heart,
with all its dimensions and the intensity
that vibrated from a soul all trusting,
allowing no other distractions or detours,
just happy to have you enshrined in my mind
as my queen, the treasure of my being
Do you still remember those sweet hours,
unforgettable moments of ineffable happiness,
as we now stare at far, far away horizons,
no longer together, but driven apart
by somber skies and the distances in our souls,
and by those gelid winds that, ever increasingly,
have blown away golden dreams and sweet memories ?...
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PUBLICATIONS by the Author:
The Philosophic and Educational Thought of Antero de Quental --- (Doctoral Dissertation) (1968)
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Antero de Quental, The Existentialist Poet-Philosopher,
His Philosophy and Educational Thought (1970)
Atelier Gráfico Novotipo, Lisboa, Portugal
Conselho das Comunidades Portuguesas—1981,
Os Orgãos Luso-Americanos de Comunicação Social (1981)
Secretaria de Estado das Comunidades Portuguesas, Lisboa, Portugal
Antero de Quental, Evolução da sua Filosofia Existencialista e do seu Pensamento Pedagógico (1986)
Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Sociais, Açores, Portugal
Perspectivas Histórico-Sociológicas das Comunidades Luso-Californianas (1986)
II Congresso de Comunidades Açorianas, Terceira, Açores, Portugal
Mais de Um Século de Imprensa Portuguesa na Califórnia (1995)
III Congresso de Comunidades Açorianas, Faial, Açores, Portugal
Ecos Lusíadas no Oeste Americano (1996)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
Ecos Lusíadas no Novo Mundo (1997)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
Pedaços de Alma --- (Poetry)--- (1996) (1997) (1998)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
John Dewey and Karl Jaspers, Main Philosophic Concepts and Educational Implications (1998)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
Notes and Essays on Philosophy, Education & Psychology (1999)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, -USA
Os Orgãos Luso-Californianos de Informação e Cultura (1999)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
Pedaços de Alma--- Soul’s Fragments ---(Poetry)--- (2001)
Colecção Ecos Lusíadas, San Rafael, California, USA
Anthologies containing selections of the Author’s poetic works in English and Portuguese:
Cornucopia—An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry ---
Contemporary Literature Press --- San Francisco, California, USA (1978)
Antologia Poética dos Açores---compiled and edited by Prof. Dr. Ruy Galvão de Carvalho---
Secretaria Regional da Educação e Cultura, Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal (1979)
***** The author has published over 200 essays, conferences, articles, poems, etc., in various publications in the USA and in Europe.
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