Short Story from Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Annecy – France, originally uploaded by F.lopes´s Album.
“Alfredo: Once upon a time, a king gave a feast. And there came the most beautiful princesses of the realm. Now, a soldier, who was standing guard, saw the king’s daughter go by. She was the most beautiful one, and he immediately fell in love with her. But [...]

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James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter 2

James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, originally uploaded by Andy Field (Hubmedia).
“He stood still in the middle of the roadway, his heart clamouring against his bosom in a tumult. A young woman dressed in a long pink gown laid her hand on his arm to detain him and gazed into [...]

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12 roses for Balqis

Black and blue, originally uploaded by lant_70.
1.I knew that she would be killed
and she knew that I would be killed
both prophecies came true
she fell, like a butterfly, beneath the rubble of (the Age of
Ignorance)
and I fell … between the fangs of an age
that devoured poems
the eyes of women and the rose of freedom
2.I knew that [...]

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A Prayer

Couple on the Street, originally uploaded by This Is A Wake Up Call.
Again!
Come, give, yield all your strength to me!
From far a low word breathes on the breaking brain
Its cruel calm, submission’s misery,
Gentling her awe as to a soul predestined.
Cease, silent love! My doom!
Blind me with your dark nearness, O have mercy, beloved enemy of [...]

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somewhere i have never travelled

The Old Lady and the Birds, originally uploaded by closelyobserved.com.

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look will easily unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by [...]

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