As long as I shall breathe ( Atlantic ocean, Spring 2006)

I´ve tried to write a poem before I´ve tried to work on a poem like it was a quest of finding the right word to express the inexpressible and it was helpless as for summer rain to cool a Maui noon or quench the Earth in San Martín I have worshipped the lines Of…

ByVeronica PamoukaghlianFebruary 9, 20240Comments

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Two Poems: Quetzalcoatl Blues; The Enemy Within

Quetzalcoatl blues (Montevideo, Oct 16th, 2010) I´m like Quetzalcoatl without the feathers A snake that bites Nobody but itself Pleasure machine That gives no pleasure Anymore A trap A lie Chameleon jaws A strategy doomed Since long ago Doomed by the old men Who touch themselves On buses When they sit by Young girls By…

ByVeronica PamoukaghlianFebruary 8, 20240Comments

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Poem: No ode to door-to-door strategies

No ode to door-to-door strategies The door-to-door salesmenIn their cheap suits Their evangelist grinHangs from a thread They are too youngAnd haven't been to schoolwith their straw-colored hair And green eyes Their training book And their rehearsed speech Fake leather briefcase Full of free samplesOf something They never heard of Willy Loman And wouldn't know pathos If…

ByVeronica PamoukaghlianFebruary 8, 20240Comments

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The survival of Art in an image-saturated era

The survival of Art in an image-saturated era Introduction The advent of Photography and Film undoubtedly changed our perception of Art forever. What was once static representation, secluded within the walls of the museum, became motion and action in front of the eyes of TV and cinema´s massive audiences. At the time, art theorists had…

ByVeronica PamoukaghlianFebruary 7, 20240Comments