Salvatore Buttaci : Writing

COLOR YOU HOPEFUL

COLOR YOU HOPEFUL

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


I know you are blue, see only the black of life, red-wounded by green jealousy, cast down to brown earth, blind to a sun yellow with new dawn&..
FISH

FISH

A Story by Salvatore Buttaci


First time I met him we were on the long registration line at the college neither of us wanted to attend but the only one that would accept us. He ..
ON RAINY DAYS THE MULES

ON RAINY DAYS THE MULES

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Did I mention how in the long ago These Sicilian streets were cobblestoned-- All of them!-- high concrete steps to break The steepness of my ance..
THE CEREMONY OF THE SNAKES

THE CEREMONY OF THE SNAKES

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


from the painted mouths of Hopi dancers live snakes slithered and hissed prayers for rain in a language foreign to the Hopis' Shoshoni tongue ..
YESTERDAY'S RAIN

YESTERDAY\'S RAIN

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


how long has it been since rain drilled cavities in the street and you insisted it would be fun to run out there like lunatics throw back our head..
SAND CASTLES

SAND CASTLES

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


S eafarers take to the waters, but A s for me, I sit on the sands till N ight time comes and I pretend D arkness cannot enter this door C anno..
Cameo:  THUMBS DOWN

Cameo: THUMBS DOWN

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Sometimes We hang by our thumbs And wonder if we will be saved Or tumble Into the open-mouthed abyss. We'd do best not to hold our Thumbs down..
 Haiku: ELECTRONICA

Haiku: ELECTRONICA

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


A micro eye chip A new movie every day What more can I ask #
Haiku: OVERPOPULATED

Haiku: OVERPOPULATED

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Grandma remembers fields covered with gold harvests Instead of people #
Haiku: EXTINCT

Haiku: EXTINCT

A Poem by Salvatore Buttaci


Polar bears on ice They say once there were many Till the ice melted #