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Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini [The Garden of the Finzi-Contini] On a hillside of the Emilia-Romagna Cascading colors dark And somber Ivy deep green Shrouding Etruscan faces Screaming Paralyzed in stone Sinews black of Cypress trees Shadows with no breath Of sunlight There lay Protected and alone The... Sign in to see full entry.

EVE’S CHILD in the middle of life's happening I felt heaven's first strike and to my knees was taken into a world surreal of s low motion all grace of movement gone my dignity stolen my destiny known my spirit stunned in the knowing a warriior no longer no shield of muscle and sinew no sword of fire... Sign in to see full entry.

CIGARS AND CHARUTES I bought a cigar The expensive kind It didn’t last a very long time So I nursed it as long as I could I knew I would Miss the pleasure it gave And When it finally died I bought another for just a dime I made the best of what I had When this was done i got another one…. Just like... Sign in to see full entry.

CONCEIT I am the magic of the moment The wonder of creation The fire of all desire That burns a heart to cinder Befuddles, Mesmerizes And Beguiles The mind to distraction The Flesh to sin I am Conceit The sine qua non Of Being The End The Beginning Of all things Sweet and gentle Soul Passion’s... Sign in to see full entry.

Où sont les fleurs d’antan? [ENGLISH] Where are the flowers of yesteryear Where have they all gone The joys, the pains The laughs, the tears The Time that was mine Où sont les fleurs d’antan? I’ve lived a thousand years or more It seems In a world of fantasy and dreams Reality hovers closely now As... Sign in to see full entry.

SHARKS IN THE WAT ER Each and every morn I make my way with my cane Trying not to fall My goal The community pool I work these muscles Tired and worn To fight the pain Plaguing me Resurrection of the body From night’s sleep In atrophy I’m no fool I know the rule Only the fit survive This malady of... Sign in to see full entry.

The Acrobat my house I have put in order will signed and notarized updated with a codicil important papers duly filed auto pay on my bills last wishes sent ahead for when I am dead but before I buy the Farm kick the Bucket bite the Big One push up daises pass on that is before I die there is one... Sign in to see full entry.

MY MOTHER’S MADNESS Beguiled by life’s Terpsichore I dance the world With legs of stone To the strangest melody Heard by me Alone Hallucination Fiction in reality I fear my mother’s madness* Genetically defined In The insanity of Creation Off the same assembly line Phantom voices singing A cappella... Sign in to see full entry.

ROSA [Grandma] And she said: What was I to do Where was I to go Back to * La Sila To poverty I could barely read or write No! I had two children to raise I left my family behind always a stranger in this strange land I kept my sadness inside let him do what he wanted to turned my eye another way he... Sign in to see full entry.

UNDER SLEEP'S WINGS Struck by the suddenness Of Affliction's hold Not able to lift my head No appetite No will No happy thoughts No desire to exist I lie quietly in My bed Look to sleep under Sleep's wings Reach for sunlight out my window Wrap myself in the mist of A diamonded midnight And Look with... Sign in to see full entry.