The Joyful Diary of a
Flying Fish |
Gheorghe
Nistor is the author of The Joyful Diary of a Flying Fish. He
is living and teaching in China. In August of 2001, he came to Denver after spending time
with his family in his native country, Romania. We enjoyed meeting Gheorghe and look
forward to working with him. Gheorghe Nistor is a poet, world traveler, artist,
photographer, and teacher. Born in 1958 in Romania, Gheorghe escaped from the country in
1982. He has trekked through much of Europe, Turkey, Mexico and North America, and has
lived in France, Italy and Canada. He became a Canadian citizen in 1987. He earned his
B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology at Concordia University in Montreal. Gheorghe is
currently teaching English in China and is completing a Masters Degree in Medical
Anthropology at the University of Montreal. |
From The Joyful Diary of a Flying Fish by Gheorghe Nistor: |
My brain is an
Egyptian obelisk. Facing the sun rising from the desert, I collect strange visions. I see
myriads of constellations falling on earth like snowflakes. Burning the seeds of greed
petrified in humans hearts. I see the wind setting ablaze the spectrum of hatred
clogged in peoples veins. I see the earth trembling like a leaf tossed away by the
whispers of photonic wrath. I see the solar orb slowly surrendering its motion. I see
thunderbolts illuminating the viscous darkness of abysmal depths. I see the devastating webbings rising from the mist of the Southern Star. I see relics of civilisations that are yet to come. I see them bleeding in the bowels of basaltic eons. I see them sweeping freely the barren shores of the oceans. I see the mountains toppling like an avalanche of madness. Splashing into the boiling mantle of this earth.
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