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Dreams of Samarand - Poem #22
A Poem by
toritto
Having passed three score ten the end of days is fast approaching Where have all the sunsets gone while I was living day to day? Contemplate theli..
Endings - Poem #21
A Poem by
toritto
Of all the places I have been and all the paths that I have walked there are many I know I will never walk again. Such is the nature of things;..
Into Exile - Poem #20
A Poem by
toritto
I walk the old streets and realize they tore down the Endicott Theater to put up a savings bank in the same space where Poppa and I saw “Blo..
From a Tent in Italy- Poem #19
A Poem by
toritto
In the camp of dreams he s sitting on his balcony in Aleppo; the lights of his city now dimmed the street blackened and empty the clatter of crock..
Refugee - Poem #18
A Poem by
toritto
We left our home in novecento padrone and prominenti ‘Ndrangheta and the priests the almond trees for golden streets. I wasn’t born wi..
Train to Nefasit - Poem #17
A Poem by
toritto
Riding Acela to Boston Connecticut towns roll by coffee and church steeples a successful man in coat and tie recalling when three and twenty with..
Diaspora - Poem #16
A Poem by
toritto
Bougainvillea Passegiatta Old men doffing borsalinos wearing double breasted suits. Topolinos in the street run as if on memory pretty girls now..
Dancing to Perfidia - Poem #15
A Poem by
toritto
Red Sea breeze and indigo sky pierced by a full moon hanging like the Christmas lights strung above the roof top bar. Potted palm fronds, barely m..
Streets of Gold - Poem #14
A Poem by
toritto
Paki cabbie one fare more drives in Manhattan dreams of Lahore Tiffin man washes dishes catches the subway Lakshmi wishes Mexico’s son ..
Isabella's Ghost - Poem #13
A Poem by
toritto
She wore a chignon in her hair pulling it tightly from her face Aragon’s image, caressed by time the walking ghost of Isabella. She moved al..
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