Swallowed Universe
I once knew a man
who swallowed
the whole universe
and the stars with
it
everything darkened
and the city lamps
had to glow
even brighter
only then we
realized
he is no different
from us
just his
shadow – so much
bigger
Samo Kreutz
Samo Kreutz lives
in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Besides poetry (which he has been writing since he was
eight years old), he writes novels, short stories and haiku. He is the author
of ten books in Slovene, all published by the Ekslibris, publishing house
in Ljubljana and three in English (they are haiku collections, one is
titled The Stars for Tonight, the second A Time
Different from Ours, and the last No Bigger Than A Crumb, all
published by Cyberwit.net from India, and are still available at Amazon). His
recent work has appeared on international websites (and journals), such as
Ariel Chart: International Literary Journal, Cattails: the journal of the
United Haiku & Tanka Society, Cold Moon Journal, Kingfisher Journal,
Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Heron's Nest, Tsuri-doro – a small journal of
haiku and senryu, and others.