Lis Kalogris
Poems for Nomads and/or Gypsies begun circa 2022:
She hopes to splash land
Beyond the soul of things
Where Nessun Dorma
Meets the feral sea
And the angel voices
Of Aretha and Luciano
Will never make her sleep
Nomadica
A Writer.
Lis Kalogris Circa 2022:
sitting here thinking about no thing
with too much ifs ends and buts
some may call it daydreaming
others refer to it as worrying
Norg! do you remember when
we tried to speak in Chinglish
and said rove in place of love
and rip instead of lip? LACISTS!
also i lied to you about writing
i haven't touched a keyboard
for well over three years why?
been busy rescuing his body for me
piles of countless snippets
scribbled in the dark on post-its
and my trunk is full of them
religiously i hoard them for what?
why would i do this saving them things?
not having laughed aloud since rove
it's for the sake of monumental writing
and also for laughing again and him
Hair Gone and Fancy Free
Lis Kalogris Circa 2010
For Norg. Lord knows when the first iteration of this poem was written:
Seeking refuge in Barnes and Noble
I discover a silly brilliant little book
"Not Now. I'm Having a No Hair Day."
Cartoons, witticisms and making fun
When nothing felt the least bit funny
With Breast Cancer interrupting life.
I read that silly brilliant book aloud
Showing her every cartoon
While she drove to get radiated.
The book was awfully funny
Two hysterical lunatics were we
Until we swerved off the road splat
Bald head and de-lumped breasts
And I with all my shit jiggling
Landed intact? in a ditch by 95 South.
A friggin' miracle.
Breasts!
Lis Kalogris Circa 2010
Revised many times and used in the incredible 2016 musical theatre piece, IN MY BODY.
In honor of my Norg.
And dedicated to Donnie because no body tells it better:
I undo the hooks and release them
An outpouring of relief and a sigh
Followed by pure unadulterated ecstasy
My very full cups runneth over
Their nipples make a crash landing
Right splat on what's left of my waist
Big ones flapping in the breeze
Dumpt ta dumpt ta dumpt!
Oh Freedom!
Eclectic For The Insane 