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A collection of poems. Open to anyone who might be curious

Repubblica

20/7/2012

 
d'ora in poi
ti nutrirai di quanto avrai pescato
con le fibre dei ricordi

la cartilagine risuona di presagi
la rosa degli sforzi
rossa di pianto

come il bianco
stanco
di un occhio vacuo

era verde
l'albero che sarebbe venuto
ridente di frutti immaginati
segnati da stagioni
scisse ormai dall'autostrada

la mia chiesa
chiusa
sfitta
la casa di dio
vuoto anch'io

aspetto di sperare
in un pane portato
da braccia nere di lavoro

all'interno di vecchie scarpe
sporche di sentieri
ritrovo la mia gioia

di essere comandato 
di fermarmi a ringraziare
chi mi avrebbe voluto intero
​

Lola's dream

15/7/2012

 
it began with love
it's the love I most hate
it started for the money
now the money hurts the most


a long time ago
I prayed that deserts
could wash me from the inside


a blast, a crime scene of the mind
is what I do
is what we hold
in the cold
morning sheets
beats
doing tempo
when you are mine
me?
see
I belong to time
like a funeral march in summer
earth, dust, mothers
dancing to the sprinkling of hours that remain
until I'm left again


close your eyes and dance
throw away one
more
chance


hope to wake up in the hope
that this one too has passed


and counting splinters in my thighs
I found the map I know I'll follow


I can make skin scream
and I can make flesh good
and as smooth as mulberry silk


an apostrophe
and snake's breath
have made me yours


then destinations spread out
like I did
like a palm tree from a map
and a palm tree has no roots


hurting
me?
you?
you killed me first...


I am everywhere
forever
like the dew fall


fearless

Twelve haiku

6/7/2012

 
A published collection of haiku through Lulu.com. Feel free to download and share, but please leave a comment.




Featured in The Haiku Foundation's Digital Library and Bookstory
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Bamboo (a lost child's haiku)

1/7/2012

 
countless secret fears
have crossed into my doll's mind
through whispering reeds




Part of Twelve haiku​

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