Pessoa is one of my favorite poets. I would not describe most of his works as truly remarkable, but his best works are up there with the angels and the astronauts.

My favorite poem of all time:

Autopsychography

The poet is a faker, Who’s so good at his act, He even fakes the pain, Of pain he feels in fact,

And those who read his writing, Will read in what he wrote, Neither of the pains he has, But just the one they’re missing,

And so around it’s track, This thing called the heart winds, A little clockwork train, To entertain our minds.