Long Valle Poems

Dopo lunghe vicende della vita
Mi ritrovai seduto su un divano       
Con un telecomando fra le dita.
When my life struggles were to their end
I found myself sitting on a sofa
Holding...

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If vain thy earthly hopes did prove, thou canst not mourn their flight; Thy brightest hopes were fixed above. And they shall know no blight—Anne Bronte   

Overjoyed      ...

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Der Wald ist ruhiger geworden,
auch in dem Tal ist Stille eingekehrt.
Die Bäume hüllen sich in Schweigen und warten auf das
erste, leise Weiß.
Vereinzelt ziehen Elstern ihre Kreise 
und ein paar Krähen rufen durch die Zweige, 
ihr...

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Atacama, Eden of winds,
flower of abandoned rocks and of sapleter,
homestead of flamingoes and geysers,
and above all ,
below an azure sky,
mountains are carrying on their tops 
ice of the past.

Old villages tell us their stories,
Toconce, Toconao,...

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Du Einsame, 
in den Bergen getrotzt,
versteckt in den Wolken
getragen vom Geist des Inka,
hochgepriesen,
wie von Geisterhand
überragst du das 
zerklüftete Tal des Urubamba.
Stein auf Stein,
gebaut mit großem Geschick,
geboren durch die Kraft
der Inkas.
Zufluchtstätte 
der letzten Überlebenden,
verborgen vor den...

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Tired fingers drummed on bound leather,
white knuckled mountains held a fire post
high, giving away his position to everyone 
that drove by. A radio hums nervously,
keeping pace with the sore jointed thrumming…
but just barely. Heavy blankets...

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Love is too precious to let it slip away
Or to hold the future back one second!
I love you and I am so dizzy from spinning
With madness, thinking how it could end
When we had such a...

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(In Memory of the great Poetess Maya Angelou)

The day you were born,
A bright star came down
To illuminate many souls
In America and the world!
That special day,
The spirit of hope and joy
Was reborn through you!

Soul and Body
Magically...

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We’re dancing with the blues, a twilight silent musical,
But it’s a fine soiree; a low rent way to have it all.
We’ll close our eyes and hum a tune, it’s one we’ll just make up,
And dub...

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Leave me alone please!
I can no longer tolerate your ways,
Take your silly advice away
And donate it to charity,
Instead of burdening 
My delicate and forthcoming mission
With long formed cultural habits!

I have reached the point
Where you must...

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If you've ever seen Ca' Rezzonico 
seeming quite to float 
upon the Grand Canal 
as you bob in a boat, 

or if you've ever eavesdropped 
in some Trastevere alley 
some golden afternoon 
on some tenor's...

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Your name is Sandy
    The say you are so strong
    But no sweet like a candy
    Or deducing like a love song…

    Like...

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'Found-old ring'
Someone out there is lost without a ring...
That  to another one meant everything
Didn't it match? didn't it fit? 
It is gone-did it ever exist? 
The jewels that lay scattered over the floor
The barehanded...

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Most things happen in life
Usually for a specific reason,
Destiny cannot possibly be defied
When nature has been 
Clearly set by divine composition!

At the beginning, 
Happiness was our aim
And for a short time,
Everything went well
But little by...

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The no message- message
A space without a frame
No sound or a syllable
leaving behind a name

Inscrutable silence
Wrong number didn't dare?
Nothing in particular
Though someone had been there...

For they tried more than once,
To see if I was home,
I...

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"Peace be with you, " I hear in hushed voices.
"Aunque pase por el valle de sombra de muerte,"
I shall never walk alone.
Hand-in-hand with my faith, I step o'er lands
of this world near and afar.
In awe,...

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An angel from heaven narrowly escaped,
And now is peacefully resting in my nest...
She has long and thin streaming hairs,
And her passionate love with me, she shares...

With big rounded eyes without any marks,
Beautifully, like diamonds, they...

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When I turned around,
My back towards the sun,
The sun did not go away,
It remained there for everyone,
Just like a center stage!
It was the impetus, I knew this well,
My courage and my transport
That kept alive!

This love...

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While quietly sitting down
In one of the benches in Central Park,
Bewitched by a Sunny afternoon,
I saw something moving fast/
I imagined it was a ghost
That found refuge under a shadow
Of a lonely tree still standing
In the...

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A Minute In The Mind Of A Poet

this work was done,a death view of paradise
& probably not the end, of it last night
(what a magnificent day, i said to myself
"fine" everyone i know your draught,...

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I can not give you less than me,
Except for the future, no more,
With a head so heavy now,
When I seem unlike myself
And so unsure of all that
I could not have seen
Beckoning to your open door...

I...

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The day I stop loving you
Will be the saddest day
Of my now fragmented life!
This day I stop loving you
Will be also the happiest of all
Because you will die within me
And I will be reborn:
A new...

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Under the umbrella
Of a starry night
When the bright Moon above
Was happily smiling,
You and I became one
Rolling all over our nest
Turned into a paradise!

A night of ecstasy:
My barren lips
Anxiously tasting the magic
Of your ardent kisses
While my...

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The day I stop loving you
Will be the saddest day
Of my now fragmented life!
This day I stop loving you
Will be also the happiest of all
Because you will die within me
And I will be reborn:
A new...

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I wish I could
Be with you right now
And forcefully stop
The wheel of time
So I could freeze
The passionate kiss
I would give you
Under the umbrella
Of a Starry night
While looking deeply
In your beautiful eyes!

I wish I could
But the...

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