COMING OUT Marco Simonelli Mia madre mi guarda Madre eroica: come Rocky si è allenata ogni giorno Che non sono Schwarzenegger “Una madre certe cose se le sente” Sono Gesù bambino like a virgin |
COMING OUT Marco Simonelli My mother looks at me Heroic mother: like Rocky she trained every day She always suspected “A mother understands these things” I’m baby Jesus like a virgin Translation ©Matilda Colarossi 2018 |
Marco Simonelli is a poet, translator and performer. He was born in Florence in 1979. His collections of poems include Memorie di un casamento ferroviere del ’66; Palinsesti – Canzoniere Catodico; Will – 24 sonetti (winner, in 2009, of the premio Russo – Mazzacurati); Hotel Oriente (written for Massimo and Pierce of Black Sun Productions; L’estate sta finendo; Firenze Mare, which appeared in Poesia Contemporanea. Undicesimo Quaderno Italiano; and Il pianto dell’aragosta.
This poem by Marco Simonelli can be found in the collection Palinsesti (2007)
More of Marco’s work can be found here: https://marcosimonelli.wordpress.com/poesie/
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