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ellom

riddles in the dark

About Me

it is about many things, but especially about poetry. in my blogs and in my book - available here: ..

My Interests

good poetry, deep partnership, trees, healthy arrogance, the changing of seasons. solitude. nudity. grace. intimacy. all that changes rhythmically, dies and is reborn - fertility, creativity, sexuality. all of it. going deep into ugliness and pain to meet deep beauty. touch. growth. fragile things. intuition. passion. tenderness. darkness, warmth.

I'd like to meet:

mythical creatures.

Music:

inside . . . sinead o'connor. john lennon. tom waits. shane macgowan. the pogues. nautilus pompilius. nico. viktor tsoi. kino. velvet underground. lou reed. leonard cohen. billie holiday. laura nyro. morrissey. the smiths. midnight oil. greg brown. sibylle baier. seress rezso. johnny cash. amy winehouse. pete doherty. the libertines. nick cave. vaya con dios. sigur ros. soap&skin. patty moon. frida hyvönen. mi and l'au. birdengine. iliketrains. beirut . . . . . old things from many places and times - estonia, izhoria, karelia, finland, russia, ukraine, ireland, udmurtia, livonia, uzbekistan, greece, turkey, mongolia, iran . . . gypsies. flamenco. klezmer. rembetika. regilaul. and the sound of rain, probably above all else.

Movies:

wim wenders (!). dead man. cabaret. totoro. mononoke. nausicaa of the valley of the wind. in america. the notebook. sigur ros videos. . .

Television:

the secret life of us.

Books:

oldest friends. . .karl ristikivi. juhan viiding. tolkien. oscar wilde. gabriel garcia márquez. marina tsvetaeva. edith södergran. emily dickinson. cezar vallejo. salinger. tove jansson. denise levertov. dylan thomas. ee cummings. carl gustav jung. forough farrokhzad. old navajo prayers. old estonian songtexts. some siberian chants. shakespeare's hamlet. bulgakov's master and margarita. hannu mäkelä. kropotkin's mutual aid. rilke. william blake. old stories from many many places. andersen's wild swans (not an andersen fan otherwise). albert schweitzer. frank mccourt's 'angela's ashes'. ashot jegikeon . . . have a love-hate relationship with fjodor dostoevsky, especially 'the possessed' and 'notes from the underground' . . .

Heroes:

depends on the definition of course. not into guru worship. don't believe any human being is on a higher level than others. very deeply touched by crazy horse.

My Blog

to the one who was the other

But then the masquerade enteredAnd it all becameSilk and velvet and the art of creatingMasks of most memorable kindSilk and velvetAnd sharp kitchen knivesI am newbornI am someone newSo your sister is ...
Posted by ellom on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:20:00 PST

my book and other secrets

my book of poetry is available here:if you wish to have one, go and have a look.if you like it so much that you would love to take part in a conspiracy . . . you may. let me know and i will send you f...
Posted by ellom on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:59:00 PST

i will be in towns . . .

i wonder if you have any suggestions - about places where to stay, where to perform, what to see . . . - or if you might just be interested in hearing me.or do i have collaborators or collaborators-to...
Posted by ellom on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:45:00 PST

the illness

Constantly i think of beautyTo the extent of self harmTo the extent of biting my bleeding lipsWalking past monuments of history of artI cannot concentrateI am too focusedOn beautyThe storm in every se...
Posted by ellom on Fri, 16 May 2008 03:34:00 PST

tell me about the woman in cigarette shop

Tell me about the woman in cigarette shopWho used to drink every eveningTell me of the daysWhen you were so god damn lostYou did not want to wake againBut do not tell me Of friendshipTell me of the ni...
Posted by ellom on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:36:00 PST

De donkere diepte van de kolk

one more poem inspired by elsje's painting.this time it's called 'De donkere diepte van de kolk'. . .From the blueFrom the blueDo not stopTake me backTo the blueThe freedom at the bottomOf memory the ...
Posted by ellom on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:57:00 PST

road of recovery

It is just that i felt something and it is notEasy to come back from thatIt's not that i don't answer your lettersIt's not that i don't likeThis town and its lightsIt is just that i feltAnd it's a lon...
Posted by ellom on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:12:00 PST

from a painting by elsje de roos

(the heading is stolen this time and the words have been written while under the influence of a painting by my dear beautiful artist friend elsje de roosthere are many treasures in her album, among th...
Posted by ellom on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:07:00 PST

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It is nameless it’s namelessIt cannot be written aboutBorn to a world that was dead long agoWhole towns of buildings and peopleWhole towns of life and laughterAnd opera seasonsAt the bottom of t...
Posted by ellom on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

have you ever dreamt of music?

I dreamt of musicLast nightThe musicThat is burnt and lostExceptApparentlyFrom my bloodThe strangeInstruments of prayerI never had heardBeforeConsciously exceptIn my bloodMy heartSeems to me to beThe ...
Posted by ellom on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST