Gianni Rodari: La favola più corta/ The shortest tale

Today my blog is 6 years old and I would like to celebrate it with this simple truth expressed in the words of the great children's writer Gianni Rodari. La favola più corta Gianni Rodari Una volta tre novellatori fecero una gara , e avrebbe vinto quello che sapeva la favola più corta.…Read more Gianni Rodari: La favola più corta/ The shortest tale

Roberto Piumini: The coronavirus rhyme

The images below are someone's child's; they are everyone's children's...In all of Italy children have been colouring these posters and placing them over doors and on balconies, because, as they say: Everything is going to be all right! LA FILASTROCCA SUL CORONAVIRUS Roberto Piumini Che cos’ è che in aria vola? C’ è qualcosa…Read more Roberto Piumini: The coronavirus rhyme

Gianni Rodari: L’anno nuovo/ The new year

"What we do not know yet is always more important than what we know now." Gianni Rodari, Il libro degli errori (The book of errors) 1993. L'anno nuovo Gianni Rodari “Indovinami, Indovino, tu che leggi nel destino: l’anno nuovo come sarà? Bello, brutto o metà e metà?”. “Trovo stampato nei miei libroni che avrà di…Read more Gianni Rodari: L’anno nuovo/ The new year

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