A PLACE FOR SIDEWAYS TRAINS OF THOUGHT
(Listen to the poem here) The bottle collectors, the metal detectors, the boarding pass checks, the ID inspection. Past the scanners, the guards, through the frisker-bush hedges The trackers, the scopers, the seven-armed gropers. Then the dumbstunner pistols which make all your electronics electroffics for the duration of your flight. The tattoo inferencer, the Rorschach... Continue Reading →
(Listen to the poem here) The day comes every day. It brightly knocks upon your door Sometimes you answer and sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you leave a message to say that you’re not in for life right now. The night comes every night. It sits upon the ground and everywhere it plays its silent... Continue Reading →
Giacomo Leopardi is generally described as the greatest Italian lyric poet but you don't really need to know anything about him to appreciate his poem L'Infinito. I see the title often translated as The Infinite, but I am not sure that means anything in English, so I am going to opt for Infinity. Here then... Continue Reading →