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At Thirty Thousand Feet, by Pietro Grieco

At Thirty Thousand Feet, by Pietro Grieco

May 29, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Seven: May/June 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

                                                                      Some kilometers under                                                          abandoning the night                                               a sea of clouds widens                                       its deserted delight                               fake dunes, fake mountains                   that their mood change as…

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Reflections on The Great Design and God

Reflections on The Great Design and God

March 17, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Essays, Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco

Pietro Grieco   The new book of Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, The Great Design, try to answer, with some sense of humor, the most…

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First Day of the Year

First Day of the Year

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   To begin with the tabula rasa: We start on the year sweeping Our living room as if all the residues And fireworks’…

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The Old Buenos Aires’ Shoeshine Man

The Old Buenos Aires’ Shoeshine Man

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   When he shines shoes, speaks and gestures watermarks in the air, it is habitual that his hands resemble dreams of dreams unfulfilled–…

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Chapel in the Eucalyptus Woods

Chapel in the Eucalyptus Woods

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   Throughout my eucalyptus woods countless nights, tornados, seasons and years I never knew went away.   I like to go there in…

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Café Aroma  3

Café Aroma 3

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   Sweet born the tremolo from a wooden guitar Flying with the birds among      faithful tall pines a Saturday morning filtered rays…

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I Hope Never to Run a Bulldozer (In Memory of Rachel Corrie)

I Hope Never to Run a Bulldozer (In Memory of Rachel Corrie)

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   Evocating a photo of Tiananmen Square, An young teen-aged American girl faces a bulldozer Sent to destroy homes and hopes Of  Palestinian…

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¿Qué sucede en este mundo? What Happens in this World

¿Qué sucede en este mundo? What Happens in this World

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   ¿Qué sucede en este mundo?   Las abejas están desapareciendo Del aire de la primavera.   Los pájaros con el corazón Quebrado…

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The End of the World

The End of the World

March 16, 2011
by ContemporaryWorldLit
Issue Six: March 2011, Pietro Grieco, Poetry

Pietro Grieco   Golden letters engraved in wood tell travelers they have reached the end of the Pan-American Highway. A tranquil landmark lucid as the…

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