An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) On a calm day, during a night like this, I will close my eyes, slowly. A happy thought will be born all by itself, and, escaping from my hands, will take flight. It will rise high, free, above the buildings and above the sky. It will … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #19
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Words, words, words, words, words… Thrown to the wind? Really? To tell, to listen, to make a mistake, to think, to understand. Who? Everything and its exact opposite. – A gagged scream – Where is all that goodness, all that respect, and all that esteem? ON/OFF. … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #18
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Drops. Drops, fine, fall. The lake in summer. My body floats…just, it’s heavy. Not like the thought of an error, though. Lying on the rocking of the waves, head under, I don’t hear anything anymore. Everything is woolly, the world doesn’t exist anymore. (…) Even those … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #17
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Oh that your heart might become stone and your glance ice. Oh that your soul might shut up and your Id disappear. (…) Like water that flows, let everything simply go. Like an autumn leaf, resign yourself to the wind… (…) [from “Loop #18” – … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #16
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Today slip slowly, slip again. On streets, cars, alleys and mansions; on open umbrellas, dripping street lamps, on people’s heads, and on me. Today fall slowly, fall constantly. Wash away the bad, the emptiness, the freeze, the pain; then clear the head, soul and heart, cancel … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #15
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) You are… A ray of sunshine that, rare, surprises. The smile, the cure that feeds soul and mind. Doubts, questions, joy, emptiness and pain, truth, certainties, and maternal love. A thought that reason can neither explain, nor say, but the moon, the sky and the … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #14
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) You are… A sudden light that fascinates and muddles, that reawakens spirit and common sense, that disturbs them and amazes them. A cloud on the horizon before the storm, a bolt of lightning that blinds, that disappears, and doesn’t stay. Violent thunder before the storm, a … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #13
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) A scream rips the night, breaking the emptiness of the silence. Everything ends. Until the dawn of the next day. [from “Loop #13” – December 12, 2020 – Original photo: Morica Pham on Unsplash] “The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – An extension of The Microscope … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #12
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Why do you ignore me? Asks a shadow from the past. Because you don’t recognize me? A ray of sunshine asks reflecting in a dusty mirror. And yet, we are real and we are here, heart and reason asking together, can’t you maybe see that … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #11
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) It’s cold. It’s freezing. Inside, outside, around. Deep inside. It’s a storm. And snow that crunches with every step. The way can’t be seen. Lights off and dark. And… (…) [from “Loop #12” – December 4, 2020 – Original photo: free on Pixabay] “The Roller Coaster … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #10
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) We have seen mountains and enchanted woods, rivers, lakes, deserts, and uncontaminated seas. (…) We have turned on the stars just to make us dream, and we have held out a hand just to make us get up, again. Whether we want to call it … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #09
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Reflected lights, lights that deceive. Lights that exalt that which is to be shown. Warm lights, golden lights, real lights, and inexistent lights that when turned on illuminate only apparent truths. Lights that reveal a part of you, only a part of you. Will you … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #08
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Two thin lines dance without stopping, they dance to the rhythm of primordial drums, different theater stages, same Life. [from “Loop #08” – March, 2020 – Original photo: Matt Collamer on Unsplash] “The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – An extension of The Microscope (some call … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #07
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) If you were a flower, would you ever like to be stepped on? If you were a tree, would you ever like to be cut down? And if you were a dragonfly, would you ever like someone to pull off your wings? (…) [from “Loop #07” … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #06
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) I let the messy knot of my thoughts undo in the wind, that every fear, uncertainty, might be carried away by it, kidnapped and dissolved in the graceful dance of newborn grass and of vigorous fronds. I let the tepid embrace of spring’s sun surround me … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #05
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Only a breath, only a caress. Keep me with you, pretty please. Nothing wrong, my friend, just Love. [from “Loop #03” – Retouched: March 2021. Original text: 2006 – Original photo: Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash] “The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – An extension of The … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #04
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) A night unable to be comprehended, of being grasped, fully understood, stopped in the immensity of a dream. (…) [from “Loop #02” – Retouched: March 2021. Original text: 2006 – Original photo: Henry Chen on Unsplash] “The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – An extension of … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #03
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) The slow lifting of the fog, a light breeze moves the tops of the trees resigned to the fall, messily, barely caressing them. The sharp smell of humid earth and of iron, cement, of trains ready to leave for the sea or for delirious cities. The … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #02
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Teetering between reason and feelings, tightrope walkers on a thin thread, between dream and reality. (…) incapable of stopping the dancing to the rhythm of one’s own heart. Incapable of stopping the Living. [from “Loop #01” – Retouched: March 2021. Original text: January 2003 – … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #01
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