Sentiero/Passage by Antonia Pozzi

"With its long azure shadows dreaming/ On the bank – I walk along the torrent:/ the loud chanting deafens/ My melancholy." Sentiero Di Antonia Pozzi E' bello camminare lungo il torrente: non si sentono i passi, non sembra di andare via. Dall'alto sentiero si vede la valle E cime lontane ai margini Della pianura, come…Read more Sentiero/Passage by Antonia Pozzi

Quaderno del nulla/A notebook of nothings by Dina Ferri

Quaderno del nulla By Dina Ferri Ciciano, 23 dicembre 1926. Le nebbie grigie e pesanti vestono i brulli monti lontani, che sembrano congiungersi al cielo basso e minaccioso, dal quale scendono di quando in quando leggeri fiocchi di neve, che spinti dalla fredda tramontana volteggiano qua e là simili a petali di fior di mandorlo.…Read more Quaderno del nulla/A notebook of nothings by Dina Ferri

Snapshots: Lavender/Lavanda by Matilda Colarossi

Lavender By Matilda Colarossi She shuffles out of the glass doors into the night. A cold draft rides up the back of her hospital gown. She lifts her eyes to the street lamp. Silver streaks of rain make perfect geometrical lines in the halo of light. She moves towards them. Her naked feet embrace…Read more Snapshots: Lavender/Lavanda by Matilda Colarossi

Snapshots: Below the belt/Sotto la cintura by Matilda Colarossi

BELOW THE BELT By Matilda Colarossi -I'd like to make a withdrawal, please. The teller looked at the bank-slip I had filled out and then at me. The minute I saw the look on her face, I felt my knees go weak. * -Hey, Ryan. C’mon. Wake up. I watched my son pull a cushion…Read more Snapshots: Below the belt/Sotto la cintura by Matilda Colarossi