"We seem to forget that, just as theology takes the idea or the fantasy of immortality for granted, so literature seeks to reclaim the world that is constantly receding from us.  The aim of literature has always been to reconcile us to life by showing that it is not limited to the actual data of existence."

Alfred Kazin, Writing Was Everything

alony

Because
on the black
bridge

I had
the most beautiful
day

and the rain said riptide, argentina

I was in Lesvos a few weeks ago for a conference looking at the underlying causes and long term consequences of the refugee crisis.  My reactions have been published by the Canadian website, The National Observer.

for the fundamentalists

it is by surpassing our sacred texts
that we are true to our sacred texts

Blanche, la lune
ballonnée
comme le ventre du noyé.

Manolis disait :
tout ira bien.
Le coeur de Manolis le disait.

Manolis
dans l'eau profonde
avec les algues aveugles.

Yannis Ritsos, Journal de Déportation (traduction Pascal Neveu)

tonight

the grey
wall
just turned
pink

shimply