Whole by Katrina Wendt & Hello Poetry. Touch me by A Thomas Hawkins & Hello Poetry. This Then by Charles Bukowski - Hello Poetry. The Secret. Don't worry, nobody has the beautiful lady, not really, and nobody has the strange and hidden power, nobody is exceptional or wonderful or magic, they only seem to be it's all a trick, an in, a con, don't buy it, don't believe it. the world is packed with billions of people whose lives and deaths are useless and when one of these jumps up and the light of history shines upon them, forget it, it's not what it seems, it's just another act to fool the fools again. there are no strong men, there are no beautiful women. at least, you can die knowing this and you will have the only possible victory.
Location, Location, Location | Gabriel Gadfly :: Poetry. The Sea Shell by Marin Sorescu. I have hidden inside a sea shell but forgotten in which. Now daily I dive, filtering the sea through my fingers, to find myself. Sometimes I think a giant fish has swallowed me. Looking for it everywhere I want to make sure it will get me completely.
The sea-bed attracts me, and I’m repelled by millions of sea shells that all look alike. Help, I am one of them. If only I knew, which. How often I’ve gone straight up to one of them, saying: That’s me. Only, when I prised it open it was empty. “The Sea Shell” from Selected Poems by Marin Sorescu, translated by Michael Hamburger. Buy or borrow this book: Source: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 1983) Biography In 1964 the Romanian government relaxed its censorship policies, signaling a new openness to free expression. Sorescu writes in a plainspoken, down-to-earth style spiced with sly humor. Continue reading this biography. Welcome & Hello Poetry.