Source: THE PIGEONS LISTEN TO US CONVERSE (poem) - Roberto Amato - Italy - Poetry International https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/27776/Roberto-Amato/en/tile In 2017, this poem, in translation, was published in the high-school textbook: 21st century literature - from the Philippines and the world (C&E Publishing, Inc., Philippines) Make a one-time donationIf you like, you can buy me a cappuccino!Donate
Il limbo/ Limbo by Erri De Luca
Il limbo 12 settembre 2017 Erri De Luca “I dannati della terra non scelgono di estinguersi. Scelgono al contrario di moltiplicarsi: è la vita la loro unica arma contro la vita, la vita è tutto quello che hanno”. (Congo Square, fandango editore). James Baldwin, scrittore americano del 1900, ha dovuto occuparsi di razzismo. Faceva…Read more Il limbo/ Limbo by Erri De Luca
Il pane/ The loaf by Gianni Rodari
"The most important encounter children have with books takes place in the classroom. If it comes about in a creative setting where life, and not practice, is important, the result could possibly be that love of books that we really aren't born with because it is not instinctive." Gianni Rodari (The grammar of fantasy, 1973)…Read more Il pane/ The loaf by Gianni Rodari
English/Italian/Umbrian Translation: Paolo Ottaviani & Derek Walcott
MAP OF THE NEW WORLD Archipelagoes . by Derek Walcott At the end of this sentence, rain will begin. At the rain’s edge, a sail. Slowly the sail will lose sight of islands; into a mist will go the belief in harbours of an entire race. The ten-years war is finished. Helen’s hair, a…Read more English/Italian/Umbrian Translation: Paolo Ottaviani & Derek Walcott
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