TRAVEL POETRY
Bourbon street blues (Chicago, May 24th, 2017)
Bourbon street blues (Chicago, May 24th, 2017)
My skin is thicker than you think I will survive our time in New Orleans Your kiss was never enough kiss Your fears were hurdles on our bliss The radiant brides of rue Dauphine The golden glare of tubas on the street The soulful singers and the sad bartenders at the Maple Leaf The Vegas […]
28 September, 2017
A Ravine Dawn – Sunrise as soundrise in La Pedrera
A Ravine Dawn – Sunrise as soundrise in La Pedrera
I recently went glamping in La Pedrera. The sounds, images and poem in this video are from a special sunrise during that marvelous experience. Related Images:
4 September, 2017
Uruguayan Candombe
Uruguayan Candombe
Bilingual poems about candombe, the true essence of Uruguayan music Candombe blues (Montevideo, 24 de Agosto, 2012) Hay una melancolía salvaje en el candombe un trance que deshace lo que pasó todo es ahora todo es tambor Lo sagrado (Montevideo, 24 de Agosto, 2012)Las manos del Lobo en el tambor La mort de […]
17 February, 2016
Sedona´s Inner Landscapes
Sedona´s Inner Landscapes
Some trips take longer to process, to really find within ourselves what it is we went looking for there, REALLY, as opposed to what we set out to achieve. I took several as yet unreported trips in 2015, and perhaps the most unreported one among them was my sejour in breathtaking Sedona. There were many peculiarities […]
1 February, 2016
5-star hotels are not all they are cracked up to be – Reflections from Sheraton Colonia, Uruguay
5-star hotels are not all they are cracked up to be – Reflections from Sheraton Colonia, Uruguay
5-star hotel
is a trap
fake weather
fake landscapes
painted
on lifeproof windows
26 September, 2015
Why we love Hawaii
Why we love Hawaii
Because it is a land of Hope and after dark there’s always skies traversed by rainbows […]
28 August, 2012
Museum of Natural Sciences, La Plata, Argentina – An emotional journey
Museum of Natural Sciences, La Plata, Argentina – An emotional journey
Quite honestly, I have seen my share of Museums around the world and, unless they are the home of a painting by Max Ernst or another favorite of mine that I am really dying to see, I’m sort of done with them, with the general idea of a Museum, especially while traveling, when I’d much […]
27 August, 2012
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 […]
12 January, 2012
Finland/ am Ende des Landes/ am Ende der Welt (English Poem)
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
17 December, 2010
Two poems for Saint Cecilia’s Day
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
22 November, 2010
KRONOS HOURS (Alaska, verano 2005)
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
13 November, 2010
RODOS PEDIA (Children of Rhodes-Rhodes, Greece, June 2006))
RODOS PEDIA (Children of Rhodes-Rhodes, Greece, June 2006))
I´ve walked in the
medieval parks of Rhodes
12 November, 2010
SANTORINI
SANTORINI
A Grand setting
for grand things all
for tragedies
and tales of love
13 August, 2010
INSIDE THE MOSQUE
INSIDE THE MOSQUE
I remember a Mosque
in Gibraltar
quietly sat
upon a rock
in front of Africa
6 August, 2010
An ordinary day (poem written on a plane)
An ordinary day (poem written on a plane)
Butchering
to the sound
of Frank Sinatra
The slit
throats
of Abu Ghraib
5 August, 2010
Train people (Long Beach-Hollywood)
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.
4 June, 2010
African Queen (Bermuda, Spring 2006)
African Queen (Bermuda, Spring 2006)
" the hordes of murderers
and thieves
brought in
to rule New Worlds "
2 June, 2010
A Long Beach garden
A Long Beach garden
The Long Beach dew
turns Valley steam
before your heart
warms up
as this
one inside my chest
19 May, 2010
Hay algo en un hombre que canta
Hay algo en un hombre que canta
Poema que escribí al enterarme de la muerte (nunca muere, en verdad) de Eduardo Darnauchans, estando lejo de Uruguay.
14 May, 2010
Pamukkale (In Spanish)
Pamukkale (In Spanish)
Poema en español acerca del encuentro de algunas de mis raíces armenias durante una visita a Turquía
7 May, 2010
Pamukkale
Pamukkale
Poem on how I didn´t go see a beautiful place in Turkey strangely connected to my origins
2 May, 2010
PAMUK
PAMUK
This poem has to do with my last name and my Armenian family´s origin in what is now part of Turkey. In honor of my father and my ancestors.
1 May, 2010
The Music of the Mosque
The Music of the Mosque
A poem written at sunset anchored between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul and listening to the rise of prayer
1 May, 2010