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louise landes levi

Louise Landes Levi was born in New York City in 1944. She graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. She has lived in the Netherlands, Italy, India and the USA. Her other books include The Water Mirror, Departure, Concerto, and The Tower. She is also the translator of Rasa by Rene Daumal, Vers La Completude by Henri Michaux, and Dedicato allo Scuro, Love Poetry by Mira Bhai. Her translations of love poetry by Mira Bhai and Guru Punk are both available through Cool Grove Press. lllevi32@hotmail.com

                               D.
          bought me
          some red & white
pans. Then left them in
              the
              park.

                               He
        wanted to
        bring sake but
forgot it or felt it
was' innappropriate'/ Inappropriate?
         2 friends drinking
         sake before
                                separating.

           I
             meet the
              poet fr. Quito
    in the cafe where
            formerly I met

                               D.

            He
  painted an
     aleph on his
     chest the
               night
                 of
                                   his
                         31st
                                           birthday

Then we made love.