naxos

[constantine]

life emanates from the sea
salt channels through our veins
through flats and ravines
achieving animation, and
then returning to stone

i run, in my own time i run
and the things that i've seen, all
that i have seen, runs behind me
alongside and within

gulls and cobblestones
tugboats, the sugar wharf
street urchins, out of dickens
plunder the five and ten
a vicious, feral joy

was it in constantinople
a peruvian marketplace
ten years ago, today?
yesterday is tomorrow too
these alleys, byzantine, complex

greek meanders, mariner
sails, the subterranean tunnels of love
the ancient, maudlin sorrow, joined
like a village dance, communal
arm in arm, steps in time
that graces, and borders the linen
the dowry of virgin and crone
incisions in marble flesh

[the mingo]

I may read others for the wine, cheese, or even beer but, Dino, I read you for my bread & meat. Some days you even turn back the Mongols. This is one of those days. Fuckin' hardcore rules here ! THANKS !

[dadio]

powerful poem & theme.

[Arcadia]

wow, constantine!!!!! feliz año nuevo!!!!!!

[saw]

great work doctor D.....the connections that bind us are not always so obvious, they live in the shadows like creatures of the night, ready to party at the drop of a hat.....aaah yes those subterranean tunnels of love.....

[mtmynd]

el mingo, dadio, arcadia, steve... they said it all collectively while I stand on the sideline and cheer for the homerun you hit, Dino.

way good.

[constantine]

thanks all! and a happy new year to all the eighters!!

[mnaz]

dino, a fine work of art. the first stanza sets the timeless aspect . . .
good stuff, man..