Skopelos and Virgin
-by Skorda
when first you see it
across the water,
rising round and new above the mountain.
Open your mouth and swallow
while youth holds its roundness near,
and you are running fearless in the dark.
Hold it inside, it is still warm
and you will need its light,
there, inside you.
Down the road of time, somewhere
after you’ve aged, traveled,
Explored, discovered.
And the dust around your doorway
has been pounded hard and smooth under your feet.
When you find yourself growing weary and bored,
when your eyes see only ruins,
and your heart is empty.
You may believe, in your exhaustion,
that this is truth, at last.
That the mystery has unraveled,
leaving no wilderness to explore or tame.
All secrets have been shared,
the frontier has dissolved.
Know then, with these thoughts,
you have been swallowed.
The warm belly of the beast
comforts with confining darkness
and lulls with rhythmic sounds
Murmuring to you,
Curl up and sleep,
just go to sleep.
Shake your head,
stretch your legs,
do not sleep now.
Remember what you know.
You swallowed the moon,
you hold it inside you.
Not as a magpie hoarding shiny things,
or wearing the moon for beauty
or bartering the moon for wealth.
You swallowed the moon for this moment.
When you will walk to the water’s edge,
open your mouth, release the moon
and let its light build you a pathway
across the wine dark sea.
©Skorda 2008
Saturday, August 29, 2009
moonless beach
Beach
by Skorda
Thoughts flow nameless
The night black sea, no moon.
Chill mist salt scent blanket
scratch of sea grass, sand.
Timeless water rhythms
roaring, breaking free.
I find your hand, your mouth.
No words.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Notice from the Greek Institute
SAVE THE DATE: ALKISTIS PROTOPSALTI & STEFANOS KORKOLIS ONE NIGHT ONLY!
The Greek Institute is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring an
unforgettable and unique performance of
ALKISTIS PROTOPSALTI and STEFANOS KORKOLIS
in a piano-voice combination that took Athens by storm in 2009!
SAVE THE DATE!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009
8:00 PM
SANDERS THEATRE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE, MA
To purchase tickets:
Call The Greek Institute at 617-547-4770
or log on to our website at: www.thegreekinstitute.org
OR call the Harvard Box Office at 617-496-2222
or log on to: www.boxoffice.harvard.edu.
WE ARE TAKING ADVANCE ORDERS AT THE GREEK INSTITUTE
TICKETS GO ON SALE AT THE HARVARD BOX OFFICE THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST!!
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