this lifetime
a summer a fall
a winter a spring
let it come
sights worth seeing
this time around
again
Month: March 2018
From: THE ART OF QUOTATION
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” Edward R. Murrow, journalist, broadcast journalist
via “No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” — Art of Quotation
I Am the Spirit of the Deep by Nicolae Labiş
I am the spirit of the deep
And in a world I live that’s not like yours,
The world of potent alcohols
Where only
The leaves of meretricious helplessness are withered.
I rise up to your world
On nights so quiet and so clear,
And then I light big fires
And treasures I beget
To amuse you all who understand me.
Then I descend again through strenuous vaults
Into the wonderful, bright water.
I am the spirit of the deep
And in a world I live that’s not like yours.
translated by Dan Dutescu
Ego by Özdemir Asaf
The last glass has been drained
The last word has been spoken
Some thought embraced each one of us.
Some remembrance
Some urge
Some jealousy
Some delusion
Some friendly deed
Some confusion
Some grudge
Some fine hope
Something. . .
Common to mankind.
translated b y Jean Carpenter Efe
from within: for one unnamed
your smile
a constant reminder
to the world at large
of what radiates
from within
Leonard Durso 