Gad Tidhar

Faran Ensemble

 

Marie Bortolotto Artist 2024

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Short Verse
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

where are they from?
nighttime haiku keeping me
awake



II.

what remains?
the autumn wind blows away
dead leaves



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Short Verses - Clock Haiku
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

listening
the clock's ticking
comes and goes



II.

late grandmother

the clock
no longer ticks



III.

can you still hear

the clock ticking
no-time



IV.

The heart has its reasons,
which reason does not know.
We know truth, not only by the reason,
but also by the heart.

- Blaise Pascal

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Kassia - Byzantine Hymns from the first female composer of the Medieval Occident

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Short Verses
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

walking
in the rain
chatty sparrow



II.

Remembrance Day
at the playground
empty swings




III.

how to be happy?
just breathe
in and out



IV.

autumn chill
in the air
homemade soup

Poem II for Shakuhachi Solo (1972) · Nanae Yoshimura
Composer: Teizo Matsumura


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Short Verses
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

bare-boned tree
trembling in the wind
leafy skeletons



II.

November clouds
playing with watercolours
at school




III.

in a window
BBQ ducks hang in a row
Hong Kong aromas



IV.

pink blossoms
pushing through
November's gloom


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Short Verses
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

walking
a pilgrimage
of poetry



II.

black wings
swooping down
pray!



III.

astray
wandering far
from home


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Poetic Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto 2024 

 

I.

yellowed leaf
plunging to the ground
soundlessness



II.

bus ride
speeding through memories
of Zojila Pass



III.

Chinese lanterns
outburst of orangeness
illuminating the path


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Poetic Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto 2024

I.

Flowers Still Bloom

after loss
flowers still bloom
after politics
flowers still bloom
after sickness
flowers still bloom
after winter
flowers still bloom
after floods
flowers still bloom
after war
flowers still bloom
after death
flowers still bloom
after wildfires
flowers still bloom
after ruin
flowers still bloom
after all
flowers still bloom



II.

small change
person in need
expects more


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Poetic Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto 2024

I.

petals gone
black-eyed susans
seeing through




II.

silence
for a moment

no time

III.

no laughing matter    toothless pumpkin

IV.

on this
sun-blessed autumn day
the sky, a cloudless blue
and fragrant is the wind
with golden leaves, free-falling
stars of light
how is it
only children
remember to play?

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Poetic Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto 2024

I.

youthful folly
the end of daylight
saving time



II.

on the wind
Canada geese
flying south



III.

mindless
a flock of pigeons
bolt

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 Poetic Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto 2024

I.

cryptic utterances
listening to
bird chatter



II.

bicycle wheels
squeaking
broken record



III.

after the storm
cleaning out 
the ears



IV.

topiary art
an umbrella
open-armed



V.

pink flamingos
foraging food
plastic dreams



VI.

maybe a bird
decaying
what is it?



VII.

raindrops
on the branches
a garland of diamonds



VIII.

wabi-sabi
inhaling the smell
of dead leaves



IX.


gas fumes
breathing in
breathing out



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by Marie Bortolotto 2024

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I.

sleepless night
darkness casts
long shadows



II.

morning chants
rise and shine
mom's favourite



III.

peaceful dreams
under siege
Halloween fireworks



IV.

fifty dollars
the person soliciting
shares his joy



V.

the unsheltered person earning his keep   cold hands



VI.

coke-bottle eyes
person in need
sees through



VI.

botox-free
yesterday's pumpkins
losing their faces



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