Pete's Poetry

The origin of Moses

Posted by Peter Liptak in Poetic Inspiration, Poetry Explained

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The poem 'Moses' was in large part inspired by this particular scene of a graphic swine slaughter from the 1993 documentary "My Brother's Keeper," which coincided with a incident that happened to someone close to me.

    Oct.05
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    THE GATES OF GREECE RECALLED

    Posted by Peter Liptak in Poetry Explained, The Greek Sun

    The series of poems entitled AT THE GATES OF GREECE:

    All were written in 1991 as I ventured from Athens to the volcanic sands of Santorini and ended my journey with a month sleeping on a beach on the South side of Crete in a little hippy town of Matala.

    Aug.06
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