Recent Comments
- Maya Elashi on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CARL PHILLIPS
- belgacom on Existential Echoes: Toward a Genealogy of Ideas in Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus”
- Cathie on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SPRING!
- Maya Elashi on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SPRING!
- reputation management on Andreas Economakis
- Arlene Kim on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ARLENE KIM
- austindanson on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CATHERINE PIERCE
- dc_us on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MATT HART
- mattytee on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: CATHERINE PIERCE
- Maya Elashi on SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MATT HART
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
Tag Archives: The Blindness of Life
Andreas Economakis
To A Deaf Person From A Blind Person I thought I needed to gesticulate loudly confusing my blindness with your deafness no matter how much I danced my suggestions fell on deaf eyes blind ears so I decided I’d sleep … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
THE LETTER B when you find yourself avoiding the letter b in your address book when your heart feels a foot deep in heavy liquid you catch yourself alone on the couch unable to move on though its been 2 … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
Blindness by Andreas Economakis (It must have happened while I was asleep.) I awake suddenly, short of breath and out of sorts. The dream I was having flutters away before I can grasp its meaning. I look around the dark … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
Mean by Andreas Economakis I’m mean. I drop-kicked one stray cat, flipped off a dozen motorists in one ride, busted the tailight of a car, left garbage at the end of the Kalalau trail, pissed on the door of a … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
A Strange Omen by Andreas Economakis I click the light on. The metal-caged light bulb sputters to life, scattering velvety brown moths into the musty darkness of the cement basement. The smell of petrol, rot, old magazines and damp dirt … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
Camel Man and the Airline From Hell by Andreas Economakis Few things in life are worse than bad breath. Ever been trapped in a confined space with someone who has halitosis? I think jabbing a souvlaki stick under a fingernail … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
“The Daze Of Old” by Andreas Economakis You turn yourself on. The images that pop out in front of you are colorful, ethereal. Your mind is fleeting, like the musical notes thumping out of your old Yamaha speakers, the ones … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
“Size Matters” by Andreas Economakis Part 2 (click here for Part 1 of “Size Matters,” or visit the 3/14/11 issue of AIOTB) I hobbled toward my bike, fishing the keys out of my jacket pocket. One look at the hard … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Economakis
Tagged Greece, Greek public healthcare, The Blindness of Life
Leave a comment
Andreas Economakis
“Size Matters” by Andreas Economakis Part 1 The pain started sometime around noon, a little before our 45-minute lunch break. The slight tingling I’d been feeling in my stomach suddenly became an intense and nauseating throbbing in the groin area. … Continue reading
Andreas Economakis
“Perfect Makeup” by Andreas Economakis My grandmother Anastasia, or yiayia as I called her, must have studied Zen. She could spend hours seated motionless in her jewelry store in the Nile Hilton, a geriatric Greek sphinx staring blankly ahead. Overwhelmed … Continue reading
