Best Giorgio Poems

THE DAY I VISITED GIORGIO V.
The day I visited Giorgio V.
It was poetry that received me :
Poems lined after poems
Like the military in morning parade ;
I saw words command words
I saw words send words on errand
Every word in its rank and its place
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(Metrical form of writing worthily represented here in this poem composed by Giorgio Venetopoulos, had remained unpublished.)


The maiden's form diffuses neath the rain
and beautiful she steps around the sage
The mists embrace her dream on this domain
and vernal age.

The autumn raindrops fall, forever thin
They sing the...

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Cough David Cough
Giorgio smiled as he imagined it
Hanging a bright orange plastic glove next to David’s face
Serves him right for being a god, he thought.

The teacher was peeking over his shoulder.
Asked him about it.
Just something I thought up, he said. 
Smirking a bit to himself,...

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round and round we go on ladders
looking straight ahead, feeling lopsided
believing this lack of synchronicity is ours to shoulder 
we meet a fool, listen to their perspective 
lengthen our steps to go nowhere
each pre-determined vantage point is lacking
we'll never know more with a 360 on...

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