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Guruianu </div> <bR> <div> Days When I Saw The Horizon Bleed</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e12ce30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="483" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ANDREI GURUIANU was born in Romania and has lived in the United States since 1991. He earned his B.A. in English from Binghamton University and his M.S. in Journalism from Iona College. He has worked as a reporter and columnist for the <I>Press & Sun-Bulletin</I> in Binghamton<I> </I>and as a lecturer at Iona College and Ithaca College. Guruianu lives with his wife in Vestal, New York.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> Days when I saw the horizon bleed</div> <bR> <div> It's hard to forget those summers, </div> <div> the ones long ago, tucked away </div> <div> in a corner of time;</div> <div> the ones with green leaves</div> <div> heavy from morning dew </div> <div> and rows of yellow corn </div> <div> bending with the wind. </div> <div> It's hard to forget those times</div> <div> I used to wake early with my grandfather</div> <div> and watch from the doorstep </div> <div> as the horizon bled,</div> <div> the sun rising along the dusty road.</div> <div> We'd walk out barefoot to meet the dawn</div> <div> and from the hilltop saw light </div> <div> spill in waves over </div> <div> moss-covered rocks and treetops,</div> <div> flooding the valley down below.</div> <div> Later we'd pick our way</div> <div> along a shadowed path,</div> <div> pass drooping plum branches</div> <div> and towering walnut trees.</div> <div> At the end of the road we'd turn back </div> <div> through lines of tilled earth,</div> <div> warm under our feet </div> <div> from the now midday sun,</div> <div> through sunburned grass </div> <div> that crackled like dry leaves </div> <div> on a crisp autumn afternoon.</div> <div> We walked back </div> <div> through the dense melon patch</div> <div> that surrounded the house,</div> <div> picked out plump, ripe watermelon </div> <div> ready to burst.</div> <div> It's hard to forget those summer days,</div> <div> the ones so far away </div> <div> when I didn't know why I smiled.</div> <div> I just did and it felt good,</div> <div> sitting cross-legged in the fields</div> <div> with my grandfather,</div> <div> watermelon juice running down my face.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Days When I Saw The Horizon Bleed</div> <div> is an 80 page hand-sewn book with spine - $14.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE </div> <bR> <div> <B>            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Days When I Saw the Horizon Bleed"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-13"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="14.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>     </B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering by Mail"><U>To order through mail click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>