Author: Matilda Colarossi

Toti Scialoja: Lo squalo / The shark

Just a bit of nonsense in a world that makes absolutely no sense. LO SQUALO   TOTI SCIALOJA   Per saltar di palo in frasca, vi dirò che amo la pesca, ho uno squalo nella vasca, schizza l’acqua, fa burrasca: spero bene che non esca.    THE SHARK   TOTI SCIALOJA   Off on a…Read more Toti Scialoja: Lo squalo / The shark

Trilussa: L’elezzione der presidente/The president’s election

I am by no means, not in the least, not by a long shot, in no way, on no account even just barely thinking about a Present-day-President! L’elezzione der presidenteTrilussa  Un giorno tutti quanti l'animalisottomessi ar lavorodecisero d'elegge' un Presidenteche je guardasse l'interessi loro.C'era la Societa de li Majali,la Societa der Toro,er Circolo der Basto e…Read more Trilussa: L’elezzione der presidente/The president’s election

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Vicino agli occhi…/Near my eyes…

“Pasolini’s ideology, and, therefore, the contents of his poetry, is the conscience of contradictions that today engages the modern-day intellectual, or, perhaps, modern culture, between freedom and Marxism, between the voices of history, and, finally, between poetry and Marxism. This conscience of contradictions is what Pasolini, traditionally, calls anguish.” Geno Pampaloni, "L’Espresso". Nov. ‘57 Vicino…Read more Pier Paolo Pasolini: Vicino agli occhi…/Near my eyes…

Toti Scialoja: Due sciacalli / Two jackals

Here we are now in the realm of "nonsense" (like life today?) with a rhyme by Toti Scialoia. I suspect the jackals must be playing with “human” pieces on this chessboard today. Who is the stupid one, who the sceptical one, and why have we let them get so far in this horrific game of…Read more Toti Scialoja: Due sciacalli / Two jackals