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Hilo, Hawaii -The rainy side of the Big Island

Hilo, Hawaii -The rainy side of the Big Island

I visited Hilo many times. Every single time, it rained at some point. Meanwhile, when I sailed into the other side of the Big Island, the sun was always shining. Apparently, there is a scientific explanation for this, but I won´t go into that now. I remember two special times fondly. Once, my Canadian friends  Read more »

Finland/ am Ende des Landes/ am Ende der Welt (English Poem)

a dreamlike affair
of strawberry fields
neverending trees
rising through the blue
and skies that never fade

Two poems for Saint Cecilia’s Day

You dazzled with your heavenness

your piano milk

the honeyed silk

of melodies

unknown

and yet dreamed of

KRONOS HOURS (Alaska, verano 2005)

Algunas veces

mido el tiempo en canciones

canciones eternas
de cinco minutos

Demasiado cortas

cuando son de Billie

de Corgan o de Fran

RODOS PEDIA (Children of Rhodes-Rhodes, Greece, June 2006))

I´ve walked in the
medieval parks of Rhodes

SANTORINI

A Grand setting
for grand things all

for tragedies
and tales of love

INSIDE THE MOSQUE

I remember a Mosque

in Gibraltar

quietly sat

upon a rock

in front of Africa

An ordinary day (poem written on a plane)

Butchering

to the sound

of Frank Sinatra

The slit

throats

of Abu Ghraib

The Uruguayan

The uruguayan
Dressed in their autumn colors
All year long

Train people (Long Beach-Hollywood)

All of them, tired and sad this Friday afternoon, with the hard looks of subway people everywhere. That bleak race of the commuters of the world.

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