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"Today the wind was rattling my window more than ever. I wedged a piece of paper in the gap. It was your letter. http://www.interpoetry.com Written January 2nd, 2002 © on Jan 02 2002 02:31 AM PST ..."

"Argos:The town never without a soul The town never the soul without At night the policemen come out armed. But, in the early hours, the teenagers, going home drunk from the tavernas, are not scared t..."

"As my scanner slashes with its sharp light through thousands of faded shades of grey it disturbs your peaceful rest. And as I touch you with my cursor restoring you to your original glory its gentle..."

"My body, a bed sheet, Spread out on the bed of pleasure, Stained from the excesses Of my senses. My soul, a tablecloth, Spread out on the table of knowledge, Stained from the banquets Of my mind. Th..."

"This scar on my right arm Is not from a fearsome battle, Nor from a sporting accident, Not even from racing on a circuit Or from a marshal bout in a Dodjo. This scar on my right arm Is not from an in..."

"If I ever find myself at war As the aggressor, as the victor Would I torture, maim and kill? Would I burn, rape and pillage? Would I enjoy it all? I'm begging you, please, Never let me find out. If ..."

"Congregated in a Holy Bible At the bottom of a drawer The Holy Trinity, Angels, Demons, The Virgin Mary, Apostles, Devils, The Four Horsemen, Among so many others. Some move with such dexterity     ..."

"for Natalie Oblivious to the world around you Immersed into the pleasure of eating A nuts-and-raisins chocolate bar Indifferent to anybody’s disapproval You carry on picking selectively And throw aw..."

"I am but a wedge in a gap of space, a tick in a lapse of time. Dreams push my life back and forth, as I get bigger with the sun going down as I get smaller with the sun coming up. To give up hope is f..."

"At first you draw a small square, Like the world you have in your head. Then you paint it black, As it truly is. “Isn’t it crazy, if you think about it?” You say, positive that I will nod ‘yes’. “It d..."

"In the firmament of nothing: square, blown up cartwheels roll, they crash, head on, on huge piles of used toilet paper. Priests, dressed up as ballerinas, wearing steel-cap boots, dive in a hurry in b..."

"The light air of the church excited From burning candles and incense Buckling under other more physical smells Of sweat and breath from bodies Ingrained with chemical substances And saturated with car..."

"It’s drizzling, and I’m cold, waiting in the queue for quarter of an hour now. Aside lays a bag of rubbish. It stinks. Someone, getting in the booth, says, “thank you”, to the other for holding the d..."

"Like the frost digs The cold into my body And the wind, so slowly, Twists it in my flesh… So the night digs “Alone” into my mind And silence, so slowly, Twists it in my soul. Written January 9th, 200..."

"The Poet can't just throw scattered words at random On a piece of paper. It takes a strong will to discipline words into an order. Solders of a wide variety of physical and cerebral ability Will not ..."

"Once more Sun The master craftsman paints Nature sublime Written January 9th, 2002 © on Jan 08 2002 08:31 PM PST   0 • 10"

"Oh no! Enough of you telling us that these are birds flying due south! They are socks that the wind snatched from the line: we know it now- it took ours too. http://www.btinternet.com/~kostas.hriso..."

"Sun dismounts on the vastness of your forehead, quenches his thirst in your blazing lips, feasts on the honey of your eyes. ... And, here he is, now, stretched out lazily, resting on your face, highli..."

"Moon lands on the shores of your forehead, warms up her body in your blazing lips, takes cover in the hollows of your eyes. ... And, here she is, now, working against time stealthily on your face scul..."

"And around… Around me the dead. Dead assassins of my mind, hanging on the walls by pins, trying to destroy my future – even the sound, once I loved so, is killing me. Nothing reminds me of the past an..."

"Sleep, my most trusted childhood friend, you have looked after me ever since my first ever breath, mentor and healer, you have raised me with such love and care, I’ve come to learn that you are subt..."

"The birds were up early And found the worm fresh They blaze their joy On full blast They sound just like the radio-alarm That’s on your side. For the first time I don’t jab you with my elbow To turn ..."

"I dive into her watery body I reach the sandy bed Untie the ribbon And her hair flies loose Spraying the rocky shore With a fine salty mist Next I kiss her on the mouth Then the lighthouse flashes A..."

"My dreams and hopes, I push you around in my life, like the tramp pushes everywhere a supermarket trolley, full of goods he collects from the streets - his whole fortune. I don’t take my eyes off you,..."

"I did not watch out. The dust blinded me, That the strong wind has raised suddenly And has   t o r n billboards advertising cigarettes, And posters of football teams and pop groups ..."