River Ted Hughes Fallen from heaven, lies across The lap of his mother, broken by world. But water will go on Issuing from heaven In dumbness uttering spirit brightness Through its broken mouth. Scattered in a million pieces and buried Its dry tombs will split, at a sign in the sky, At a rending…Read more Poets translating poets: Belmonte & Hughes
Poets translating poets: Franca Alaimo & Gianna Patriarca
Dolce-Amaro Gianna Patriarca he has learned to bend the way branches do under the white weight of endless Januarys. this country has taken everything his health, his language the respect of his modern children the love of his angry wife. in some forgotten lifetime he was a young, dark-haired man in a ship packed…Read more Poets translating poets: Franca Alaimo & Gianna Patriarca
Eugenio Montale: I limoni/The lemon trees
I limoni Eugenio Montale Ascoltami, i poeti laureati si muovono soltanto fra le piante dai nomi poco usati: bossi ligustri o acanti. lo, per me, amo le strade che riescono agli erbosi fossi dove in pozzanghere mezzo seccate agguantano i ragazzi qualche sparuta anguilla: le viuzze che seguono i ciglioni, discendono tra i ciuffi delle…Read more Eugenio Montale: I limoni/The lemon trees
Poets translating poets: Gianna Patriarca & Franca Alaimo
Niente etichette, per favore Franca Alaimo Non so più dove posare il capo e non ho pensieri, sogni, ricordi che non si porti il vento delle parole che mi attraversano la mente come flussi e riflussi di maree. Come la luna so di appartenere al teatro mobile dell’esistente e non mi aggrappo a niente…Read more Poets translating poets: Gianna Patriarca & Franca Alaimo
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