XAVIERA HOLLANDER THE HAPPY HOOKER
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Last summer i was invited to read from my novel in progress by Mila Jansen at the Hemp Bar in Amsterdam. I crashed at the crib of my dear friend Michael Burke on the Johannes Verhuylstraat, not far from Leidseplein, in the heart of the city. Xaviera graciously invited [...]
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Irresponsible agriculture and ruthless deforestation
the poet searches to define his times and social fabric
the train with defined social order has left the station
human behaviour controlled by government rubric
Eve sacrificed Adam to possess secret knowledge
the fall from Eden in the shade of vernal leaves
leaving humanity balanced on the knifes edge
the past bathed in a golden light [...]
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BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Bangkok author Richard Rubacher and I roll off the BTS train at Siam Station and wend our way to La Scala, venue for the Bangkok International Film Festival. We go to a desk where Umberto, a charming bloke from the Italian Embassy, issues us VIP passes. La Scala is a marvelous piece of [...]
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THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Beware the dog days of summer
when good and evil are kissing cousins
sky bright with the winged horse of thunder
the honeysuckle beckons and threatens
She resides in the genetic lacunae
drinks in the bars of Hollywood Boulevard
wild pagan fecundity her animae
glassy filamentsĀ of brain evoke a communard
Long ago, gallant lover on a black stallion
when her [...]
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