Salvatore Buttaci : Writing

Cameo:  EUREKA

Cameo: EUREKA

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


It was Good Archimedes Who, dunking his rubber ducky, (“Eureka!”) In the bathtub, found it displaced An equal weight of bathtub Wa..
NO STIMULUS FROM SANTA

NO STIMULUS FROM SANTA

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Santa owes us Big Time. When he brings his sack next year, He’ll have to make us happy; He made us blue this year. All the gifts we want..
THE TINY HANDS OF BABY JESUS

THE TINY HANDS OF BABY JESUS

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


wrapped around Joseph’s two fingers the tiny hands of Jesus one sad day two iron spikes will pierce #
REAL LIFE IS AN ILLUSION

REAL LIFE IS AN ILLUSION

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Cook-monks in Tibet meditate in stillness so they might hear the whisperings of their souls. Real life on the Earthly plane is all illusion, ..
Cameo:  GOLD RINGS

Cameo: GOLD RINGS

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


marriage requires hard work two lovers in for the long haul not two fools easily swayed by temptation to remove from their fingers gold rings ..
Haiku: SNOW DRIFTS

Haiku: SNOW DRIFTS

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


angry blizzard winds heave strong shoulders against doors where snow drifts pile high #
DECEMBER

DECEMBER

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


December wears her heavy coat, earmuffs and a long red scarf. Into her rosy hands all chapped she blows hot air the sun won’t yield. Som..
Haiku:  ORIOLES

Haiku: ORIOLES

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


from tips of branches orioles build hanging nests orange ornaments. #
NO WAY TO HOLD THE LINE

NO WAY TO HOLD THE LINE

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Will this war end in my lifetime? It’s an answer I’d like to know. How much higher must death tolls climb? How much bloodier must s..
STRANDED

STRANDED

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


hope’s a pill she dissolves away in lyes cursed forever among strangers stranded on despair’s far side no friend to roll bac..