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NEW-CUE, Inc. is a non-profit, environmental education organization founded primarily to assist writers and educators who are dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of environmental issues.
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Daniele Pantano
Daniele Pantano is a poet, translator, and editor. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German parentage. An exile, he currently lives in Brandon, Florida, with his wife and their two children, and teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of South Florida.
Mountain Life
AND THE CORRESPONDENCE AMONG OURSELVES
EVERY SO OFTEN
MOUNTAIN LIFE
One northern night the perfect poem will arrive.
I will type it, read it once, and throw it away.
Gulp my aquavit. Take my cigarettes. Very gently
kiss my kids. And her. Put on my wool cardigan.
Walk to the fjord and stay for the first ferry,
reckoning how not to write the subsequent life.
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AND THE CORRESPONDENCE
AMONG OURSELVES
remains anonymous.
We are not bothered
by the faces of frayed
women who escaped
the washed milieu:
mustaches and aftershave.
We are not bothered
by the smell of oranges.
Only the taciturn call
of dusty furniture and life's
murder in silver frames
tighten our chains
for ghosts have a facile
way of penetrating our
soul's cracked mortar
they rest within
inflict a tender instant
and exit
only to return
unannounced
over and over
and over
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EVERY SO OFTEN
remembrance appears
around the corner
via a piece of literature
a freshly picked fruit
a scent
echo of an innocent view
it appears as a reminder:
nothing in our lives ever disappears
it all merely lingers--faceless
here and there
and every so often
it knocks on your door
seeking shelter for the night
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