Dina Ferri: Abbandonato/ Abandoned

War is never about who is right or who is wrong, who started it or who finished it: it is always about the children. As always, Dina Ferri uses her voice to speak for those who have no voice. Dina Ferri   Siena, 29 marzo 1927.     Povero bimbo!  Tu eri felice, perché ignoravi…Read more Dina Ferri: Abbandonato/ Abandoned

Giorgio Caproni: Vento di Prima Estate/ Wind of Early Summer

Vento di Prima Estate   GIORGIO CAPRONI   A quest’ora il sanguedel giorno infiamma ancorala gota del prato,e se si sono spentele risse e le sassaiolechiassose, nel vento è vivoun fiato di bocche accaldatedi bimbi, dopo sfrenaterincorse.    Wind of Early Summer   GIORGIO CAPRONI   At this hour the bloodof the day still inflamesthe…Read more Giorgio Caproni: Vento di Prima Estate/ Wind of Early Summer

Margherita Guidacci

This is one of the first poems ever posted on my blog (when I had no idea where this blog was headed, or where my love of Italian literature would lead me, or that I would meet so many wonderful authors and poets on this journey) and it is still one of my favourites. #Ecopoetry…Read more Margherita Guidacci

Immortality/Immortalità, a poem by Clare Harner

Immortality   Clare Harner      Do not stand      By my grave, and weep.    I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with…Read more Immortality/Immortalità, a poem by Clare Harner