Collodi : Writing

For D.

For D.

A Poem by Collodi


She calls me “Ishmael,” the impassioned wailer of a dry, white season. My side cracked open, life leaks read, I am caught up on the r..
Death's Shoe

Death's Shoe

A Poem by Collodi


Death’s Shoe Death’s shoe taps at two rapping, rapping, oh so gently on the parquet floor. Could she be a Degas dancer this hard-to..
Existence

Existence

A Poem by Collodi


Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. So much stardust and weight dragged through the icy tail; dragons rising like maidenheads..
Urgency

Urgency

A Poem by Collodi


Urgency has slipped from my thumb like a sliver of yellow light from a hanging bulb, or a jack-knife bladed in brown clay earth, leaving no bl..