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A bridge too far [poem]

I travel in direction to my future,
tracking ways
without goals.

I search the road to my culture,
deep inside of my soul.

Too far, a bridge
where I must cross to reach
the perfect time of my Greenwich.

A bridge too far
and by my side
only the courage that hides
my endless trip.

©Marc Fortuna (Lord Fortuna of Lancaster)

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Lord Fortuna of Lancaster (Lord of the Manor of Lancaster)

The famous borough of Jaçanã, in Brazil

Jaçanã, or, more properly, Jaçanã-Tremembé (pron.IPA: [ʒasɐ'nɐ̃ tɾemẽ^j'bɛ]), is a borough of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It includes both districts of Jaçanã and Tremembé, in the northern limits of the city.

Like Parelheiros, most of the area of this borough is rural, although in the southern areas there is a popular urban area. It comprises the Cantareira Park, the largest native urban forest of the world.

In 1870, the borough was known as Uroguapira, because it was thought that there was gold in the place. As it did not pass of a rumor, the name given for the aboriginals for the region of the Cantareira was shortened for Guapira. In 1 June 1930, the borough started to be called Jaçanã (a species of bird).

The borough of Jaçanã became not only known and immortalized in São Paulo, but in diverse places of Brazil because of the music "Trem das Onze", by Adoniran Barbosa. In 1949 was inaugurated in Jaçanã the first studio of cinema of São Paulo: the Cinematographic Company Maristela, first cultural focus of the borough.

In 1991, the Anglo-Brazilian poet born in Jaçanã Marcelo Fortuna — nowadays Lord Marcelo Rafael Fortuna of Lancaster in the United Kingdom of Great Britain — (also known as Marc Fortuna) was elected president of the CCPCSBJ (Civic Social Promotional Community Centre of the Borough of Jaçanã) and one year later run to a Member of Parliament in the city of São Paulo with PMDB party trying to represent the people of that borough.

Located in the north of the city of São Paulo, the district of Jaçanã, according to Census 2000, carried through for the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Estatística (IBGE), approximately has a population of 91,649 inhabitants: 43,702 men and 47,947 women.

Info: WorldLingo