Longo-Geremia

THE BLIZZARD OF 1947 I looked up to see walls of snow towering high lost it seemed to the sky and through this canyon made by man we walked hand in hand just mamma and me to buy a Christmas tree. tied together against the wall under the El above trains screeching fire and smoke I saw each fall one... Sign in to see full entry.

THE DEATH OF A POEM Slowly they slither surrepticiously from dark hidden places when suddenly they strike tongue needle sharp deep into the heart to the death of all Beauty LA MORTE DI UNA POESIA piano piano scivolano da luoghi nascosti nel buio quando all' impproviso colpiscono con lingua tagliente... Sign in to see full entry.

BEGINNINGS AND ENDS...and my heart did sink my spirit heavy with fear my limbs weak my will lost of hope that you would leave me alone on this earth and in my loneliness I weep. your soul safely in mine I keep Sign in to see full entry.

MASQUERADE...and a silence dark and unforgiving falls on this house and all my kindnesses are brought to naught. Evil stares at me with different faces Smiles are serpent's hisses Whispers of a Judas dance frenetic around Truth. Innocence you do crucify. Sign in to see full entry.

ABOUT WARRIORS and tell me then when my cycle is at its end what will I have won that isn't already gone and who will I be when my battles are done and I fade into memory where nothing is left but a shadow of me. Sign in to see full entry.

HOUR GLASS A sudden winter chill stills the night and steals the fire of day. my light grows dim the past fades into oblivion. there is no place to hide and I am lost in Time. Sign in to see full entry.

Canciones Cántame una canción de amor para que se me olvide mí dolor cuéntame de tiempos pasados para que viva mis sueños engañados SONGS Sing me a song of love So I may forget My pain Tell me again Of times gone by So I may live my dreams once more before I die Sign in to see full entry.

HOME AGAIN I flew the skies so blue To a place far in time A place Memory knew A place to live again A place where I began And where I hoped to end But nothing was the same. and I am in limbo. Sign in to see full entry.

REALIDADES There are no words to soothe my fears no comfort in useless tears and all my prayers fall into silent echoes far I languish in the loss of the finer part of me. Sign in to see full entry.

I AM IN HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN HIP. DON'T KNOW WHEN I WILL BE HOME. JOE Sign in to see full entry.