real chic hero the übermensch is a rara avis the rare bird is a l’étranger the outsider is a theos apo mekhanes the deus ex machina is a peregrine mencina kinezopeisi, or the panacea of the greeks kalo nggak panas ya masuk angin i find it amazing in a city of 12 million … [Read more...]
Poem
Call Me By Your Name, Which Is Irresponsible and Not Meteoric
We both know it’s easier between two beautiful people We both know it’s easier when it’s a nice mountain mansion in Italy with a shallow pool and a live-in adult-nanny And we both know it’s easier since it’s summer with ripe-pink peaches and nobody interfering without knocking “He looks like he … [Read more...]
Two new poems by Mikael Johani
chapel hill stuck a pin in your back bone haven’t you noticed chapell hill hasn’t got its own passaic* look at its spine: a spine-tingling web of fronts running thru shop-windows caribbean curry & parota shops, pawnshops selling prototypes of shark burgers pickled, shredded, chili-ed … [Read more...]