O to live on the wild isle of CreteIn a house by the Aegean seaFind sleep to the waves in their sighingString verses to the beauty of thee. From Chania to Sitia is a long roadPast the sun-dappled sea all the wayPast the snow-kissed Mount PsiloritisWhere the gods plot their intrigues and play. To walk the long gorge of SamariaIs to find a lost faith … Continue reading In Crete by Alexander Lowell
Take this message: Eleni delivered Woman pleasedSometimes the deathwind is in towthe weight slides forwardinto a near-miss miasmaof basic bone structure—to witthe push and shove of pulmonary suspiration—yet again there’s hope,the wait never as longas it might bealways a doctorin the house with fantasticmustaches (Romanesque),striated evidence of former tattoos (a wilderpast life?) whichis all to speak of the way this crowded momentcan fast-idle the mind, wander driven even in August’s stupid heat, the phosphorous-wanting … Continue reading Like None Other by Alexander Lowell
To the end of my days I won’t Drink red wine in a Greek restaurantEspecially one where there is bouzouki music,A waiter has set fire to a plate of cheeseAnd a full moon is languishing on the veranda You’ve ruined it for me Until my final wheezing breath I shan’tBe within hearing distance of Any tragic song—by Kalogiannis,Parios, Dalaras, Mitropanos—In which it is midnight, too much retsina has … Continue reading The Effect of Karma in Cyprus by Alexander Lowell
