The Love Index | Adrianne Kalfopoulou

Adrianne Kalfopoulou’s latest publication is Ruin, Essays in Exilic Living. Her third poetry collection, A History of Too Much is forthcoming in 2018. She lives and teaches in Athens, Greece where she currently heads the English and Modern Languages Dept at Deree College. She’s also on the faculty of the Mile-High low residency program at Regis University. In her spare time she works with refugee groups.     The Stranger JoyAfter the teeming sadnessAfter the sun reflected warmth in a hotel blanknessAfter I stared at the back of his head of curlsAfter we kissed fleetinglyAfter he told me of the Angel of DeathAfter the air took on weightAfter I dressed in silenceAfter breathing in the sheets’ stale tobacco After listening to the faint sound of passing carsAfter the walls of windows splinteredAfter I knew I could walk the next block aloneAfter waiting to be offered waterAfter my brain split in a vast galaxyAfter I asked for helpAfter realizing there was nothing in the roomAfter I tried t