Sunday was Mother’s Day and my thoughts (and heart) went to my own mother, of course, but also to all the mothers in the world today who no longer have anyone to celebrate them: there are, at this very moment, numerous wars where civilians almost always pay the highest price; there are children lying under…Read more Giuseppe Ungaretti: Giorno per Giorno / Day by day (1940-1946)
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Giovanni Pascoli: Lavandare / Washerwoman
Lavandare Giovanni Pascoli Nel campo mezzo grigio e mezzo nero resta un aratro senza buoi, che pare dimenticato, tra il vapor leggero. E cadenzato dalla gora viene lo sciabordare delle lavandare con tonfi spessi e lunghe cantilene: Il vento soffia e nevica la frasca, e tu non torni ancora al tuo paese!…Read more Giovanni Pascoli: Lavandare / Washerwoman
Occhiali: quelli di Sanguineti e di Pirandello/ Glasses: Sanguineti’s and Pirandello’s
"eyeglasses, also called glasses or spectacles, lenses set in frames for wearing in front of the eyes to aid vision or to correct such defects of vision" (Britannica) OcchialiEdoardo Sanguinetimi sono riadattato agli occhiali (che la patente, a me, rende obbligati, ormai),in un paio solo di giorni: vedo tutto più netto: (ma niente mi è, per questo,diventato…Read more Occhiali: quelli di Sanguineti e di Pirandello/ Glasses: Sanguineti’s and Pirandello’s
Parabola/Parable by Guido Gozzano
The poem #Parabola [Parable] is from Guido Gozzano's early collection La via del rifugio (1907), and it marked the beginning of his career. In this poem, we find his desire to communicate, to dialogue with the reader, and in doing this Gozzano “sets aulic verse against prose, setting off sparks”, as Montale stated. The ironic…Read more Parabola/Parable by Guido Gozzano
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