Anthony L. Pecoraro

Miradije Rashiti appeared on the fromt page of the Los Angeles Times,   4/19/99. The caption below her photo reads: Miradije Rashiti, 84, is among more than  3,500 Kosovo refugees who inundated the Macedonian viollage of Maline. She  arrived after 21-hour journey by horse in an illegal border crossing. This is dedicated to her: Miradije Rashiti Madam of the ages walks warily Inside disjointed hearts Held captive by homeland dreams Disintegrating from a culture's Forgotten milieu On a soil apprised by munitions, Praised for upholding invisible goals, Madam of the ages trips over The corpse of peace As this lady would make her way To the oven for the last supper She is accompanied by 84 unborn hopes And by unseen child Bereft of heaven's playpen On her face Are the last of pleated striations Matching an ornate casket She will never rest in, Beneath her once coy and rosy cheeks Is a twisted wrenching of dreams Headed for the furnace, Within her deep-set eyes, A maiden's dimming lighthouse For approaching chivalry, Is a dismal sight For which no fellow countrymen Could justify Miradije Rashiti May take one final journey To appease her worn heels That have passed across Centuries of escharotic, Nationalistic blood Where will that last trek Take her country-babes? --Anthony L. Pecoraro, 4-19-99 1:2 (Book 52) c.1999 Anthony L. Pecoraro Correspondence Coordinator & Poet The Cosmic Encyclopedia & Cryptic Poetry Volumes 39-50 are supplemented with Digital Photography and comprise a series  on the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The  Work also includes Microscopic and Telescopic photography together with  various specimens from nature. Similarly, one title is dedicated to a President, another to Chief Justice  Renquist. It is a 37-year work now spanning 50 volumes with over 2,200 titles in Part  II alone. The Work continues with 17 years left before its completion.