THE FIRE Had you died when we were together I would have wanted nothing of you. Now I think of you as dead, it is better. Often, in the...

When I was in Romania... There I "met" this poet, fortunately in the guesthouse there was some of her books and as I didn't have any of...

After all, life is full of tragedies: LABOR DAY (fragment) "One day, you’re a blond boy with a tooth missing; the next, an old man...

“We Teach Life, Sir.” – Rafeef Ziadah "Do you have enough bone-broken limbs to cover the sun?" From the Sky by Sara Abou Rashed After...

Barfly Jane, who has been dead for 31 years, never could have imagined that I would write a screenplay of our drinking days together and...

Asking too much "I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with." Mostly they were Joachim Ziemssens, I am a...

The Absolutely Huge and Incredible Injustice in the World (fragments) "I can't be a saint, I am not even a religious person, I am hardly...

This is a book about you whose breakfast tastes like giving up and who is in love with her illness. About you whose body is haunted by...

Siren Song by Margaret Atwood This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men...

After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning...

In the early morning an old woman is picking blackberries in the shade. It will be too hot later but right now there’s dew. Some berries...

სიყვარული ამ ღამით მე შენთან ვიყავი, მაგრამ შენ არ დამიხვდი სახლში... და არც შენი სახლი იყო სადმე ქალაქში... და ის ქალაქიც არსად იყო...

A cycle for baritone Empty Chair Who was my sister Is now an empty chair Is no longer, Is no longer there She is now emptiness She is...

An Ancient Gesture I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron: Penelope did this too. And more than once: you can't keep...

Some of my favourite Poems/quotes from Margaret Atwood's "Dearly" "Were things good then? Yes. They were good. Did you know they were...

ჩემი შვილი ჩემ წინ თავის სახატავ ფუნჯებს დებს და მთხოვს, ჩიტი დავუხატო. ფუნჯს ნაცრისფერ საღებავში ვავლებ და ვხატავ ურდულებიან ოთხკუთხედს,...

Pumpkin My little pumpkin, I like to think about other girls sometimes, but the truth is if you ever left me I’d tear my heart out and...