For those who were lucky enough to share Christmas. For those who were lucky enough to give and to receive. And especially for those who, alone, felt the wind of Christmas pass them by. #coronavirus #Christmas2021 Natale al caffè Florian Alfonso Gatto La nebbia rosa e l'aria dei freddi vapori arrugginiti con la…Read more Alfonso Gatto: Natale al caffè Florian/ Christmas at caffè Florian
Angiolo Silvio Novaro: Il fabbro armonioso/ The harmonious blacksmith
"I did not get my fill of you. I hid my thirst and my hunger as if they were a weakness and a sin. To enrichen you, I forced myself and you into misery." Angiolo Silvio Novaro I was so taken by this work, so touched by the subject matter and the style that I…Read more Angiolo Silvio Novaro: Il fabbro armonioso/ The harmonious blacksmith
Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina / Morning
Neither lit nor struck, alight or enlightened, illuminated or illumined, but perhaps any of these things because, as Giuseppe Ungaretti himself stated: “Poetry is poetry when it carries within it a secret.” Mattina M’illumino d’immenso. Giuseppe Ungaretti Santa Maria La Longa il 26 gennaio 1917 Morning I’m…Read more Giuseppe Ungaretti: Mattina / Morning
Mario Luzi: Marina (inspired by Marina by T. S. Eliot)
“First consideration: Poetry is, in theory, untranslatable. And yet (and this is the second consideration) poetry is translated; nevertheless, we read poetry in translation; nevertherless, we know poets―and important poets that are essential to our culture, to our very idea of poetry―only thanks to translation.” G. Raboni MarinaMario LuziChe acque affaticate contro la fioca riva,che…Read more Mario Luzi: Marina (inspired by Marina by T. S. Eliot)
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