the writeCast

wait

Paradoxically.
Time seems,
frozen,
then a motion blur.

What would the airless void of space
compare to this endless moment?

I am waiting,
but only God knows
for what.

questions?

are you still out there?

are you still reading
my work?

are you still thinking
about me?

are you still searching
for answers,
for love,
for passion,
for me?

at times i feel a dreamlike quality wash over me
and an ocean of emotion fills an unimaginably large space
left by your absence.

is it raining where you are?
does it seem so very far away?

has this poem moved you to say hello?

time stretches out before me

time is like distance
objects on the horizon turn smaller
fading, wavering in the setting sun.

seconds, minutes, hours,
days, weeks, months
all passing beneath my feet
as i float further away
till the memory is but a spot
across the distance in my mind.

until finally the curving of the earth
obscures all sight of far away lands
and you are alone, without thought
without memory, without pain.

only time.

gasping for breath

first meetings, i gasp.
handshake.
a smile.
words.

finally,
an embrace,
held hands,
first kiss, i gasp.

defenseless.  living.
feeling, talking,
passion, i gasp.

gasping, gasping, gasping.

struggle, choices,
time, memories,
distance and finally,
disappearance.

gasp.

upon waking

movement.
uncertainty.
am i moving,
or is it something
moving around me?

awe.
wonder.
living.

finally.

Rest

Tension, distraction.
hours of the day
unfolding like light
working, working, working.

then rest.
thank god
for ordained
rest.

laying on my back in the park

where are you?
i wonder, silently.
where?

clouds form and drift
around the world
meeting, merging,
parting.

never passing one another again.

drifting, distancing, dissolving.

seasons come and go.
have came and gone.

we were a cloud for a moment
beneath the fierce heat of the sun.

Excerpt: 51 Days In Isolation

Many thanks to all of those people who have bought my first book, Reflections in a Paper Mirror, a collection of poetry.  As you know, I am working on a book for the start of 2008, From the Darkness.  While working on that, I also started another book, titled 51 Days in Isolation.  What follows below is an excerpt from that work-in-progress manuscript.

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The day I got the call, I was busy.  Of course I was busy. I was always busy.  I’d been busy for nearly five years since starting my new position as Marketing Manager for Leavy and Wilks.  I’d been so busy that I hadn’t been home to Sault Ste. Marie in that five year span. I’d called home diligently every Wednesday evening, inquiring how things were, hearing about what was new and things like that, but I hadn’t been home. 

The day I got the call, I had just completed a major presentation to a client.  It had gone well.  I was at the top of my game that day and felt great.  My cell phone rang, and when I answered my mother’s voice floated out to me in a disembodied kind of way.

“Can you come home Gulio?  You’re father is sick,” she said.

Completed First Draft

With my first book of poetry published, I was hard at work on my second book, a collection of 5 short stories that tell a single tale.  I had set a goal to try and experiment: 10 pages a day for 30 days.  Did it work?  Well, some days I wrote less than ten, others I wrote more then 10.  Some days - na-da.  What was the final outcome?  Well, I spent nearly 90 days, and produced 802 pages....and two book drafts.  The collection of 5 short stories, titled From the Darkness is all done...let's call it draft 1.5  :-)   I'll let it sit now till August, turn it over in my mind, have some people close to me read it and then I'll re-write it in August and September.  Target, January 1, 2008 for publication. 

The second piece of work that surprisingly came out of me during this time is a book I've titled 51 Days In Isolation.  This book is sort of a draft 0.5 - the rough makings of the story are there, but it needs at least 2 more re-writes.  But it is done, from start to finish and I was pleased and surprised.  Now I can leave the writing quiet for a bit and get back to some of the other things I put on hold in the process.

I'll publish an excerpt from 51 Days In Isolation here in the next day or so.

Reflections in a Paper Mirror Published

Well here is an update...my first book has been published!!!! You can find it currently at places like Amazon (click here to see it) and Target (click here). It will appear in other online places as well. I am planning a book launch party here in Toronto but haven't yet firmed up the date. It has been a tremendous experience pulling this book together, my many thanks to my family, my wife Sofia and my two children, who have encouraged me through this process.

With this project completed, I have begun work on my next book, a piece of fiction, five short stories that tell a single story. The book title for that piece of work is From the Darkness and I am hoping to complete it in late 2007 or early 2008.

If you would like to order Reflections in a Paper Mirror, you can do so online at locations I mentioned above or you can email me directly.