This Book Killed me

Tiny Book Reviews by Rena Luna


La sirena

Εγώ

τον Έρωτα

είναι

που ερωτεύθηκα

Εσύ

ήσουν

που μπήκες ανάμεσά μας

(«Παρεξήγηση»)

Φέτος, ευτυχώς, είναι ένα καλοκαίρι ποίησης. Δεν το επέλεξα, απλά τυχαίνει και φτάνει στα χέρια μου και τυχαίνει να την κουβαλάω δίπλα – δίπλα στη λογοτεχνία και νομίζω εξαιτίας αυτής της παρέας, κάπου συγχώρεσα και τα δικά μου ποιήματα -τα οποία μάλλον θυμίζουν ραπ-

Πρόκειται για την τρίτη συλλογή του Τζίμη Τσουκαλά με τίτλο «La sirena» από τις εκδόσεις red n’ noir με την ιδιαίτερή και ταιριαστή εικονογράφηση του Δημήτρη Μαρίνη.

Σύντομα ποιήματα γύρω από τον έρωτα, τον αποχωρισμό, τη μουσική, το κρασί και τις καινούριες ταυτότητες μέσα από τις αναταράξεις.

Διαβάστηκε με *The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger *



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A flâneuse who in the morning
drinks tea
In the night wine
Who lives with two kittens
and writes tiny book reviews

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Tea, urban gardening, sketching, wine, chocolate, suffering from migraines, strong believer of hot baths solving problems, smashing the patriarchy

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Literature soothes my 4:00 am existential angst.

“Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that – I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much – so very much to learn.”
— Sylvia Plath

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