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Mors certa, hora incerta: a poem

Published on October 17, 2018 in Poetry by Ana Beatriz Ribeiro

Mors certa hora incerta: Inscription in Latin around the clock at the "New Town Hall" in Leipzig.

The clock is inexorable. What (random) memories do we keep?

Luxembourg: a poetic time capsule

Published on August 26, 2018 in Poetry/Travel by leipglo

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Luxembourg, 1979 – from the pen and perspective of an Australasian poet, in English & auf Deutsch.

Cavafy: the lighthouse of Alexandria

Published on July 17, 2018 in Poetry by Lito Seizani

Old lighthouse. (Photo: public domain)

If you still haven’t had the chance to encounter C.P. Cavafy during your literary adventures, maybe you will be happy to let this lighthouse of Alexandria guide you through centuries of Greek history – and timeless insights into the human condition.

Poem: “The ideal bench” as metaphor

Published on February 23, 2018 in Philosophies/Poetry by Lito Seizani

"The ideal bench." (Photo: Lito Seizani)

What’s your “ideal bench”?

War in Ukraine: a tattoo on my ventricle

Published on January 27, 2018 in Poetry/Politics by leipglo

Cover shot: Olena Zadorozhna. (Photo courtesy of O. Zadorozhna)

“I wanted to change the political situation with the infinitesimal fraction of my own participation, so I joined the Ukrainian volunteer movement. At the front line, I found friends and kindred spirits. My feelings for them poured into poetry.”

“Guiding Proust through my childhood”

Published on November 25, 2017 in Poetry by Lito Seizani

My poem is inspired by French novelist Marcel Proust and my childhood in Greece. (Photo: public domain)

So Proust takes me into his crystal ball of the past / Or is it a magnifying glass?

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