Poetry

Vincenzo Cardarelli: Ritorno al mio paese / Return to my town

"nothing has changed but the living / who usurp the place of the dead" The trials of #war - Peace now for #G*za RITORNO AL MIO PAESE   Vincenzo Cardarelli   O memoria spietata, che hai tu fatto del mio paese? Un paese di spettri dove nulla è mutato fuor che i vivi che usurpano…Read more Vincenzo Cardarelli: Ritorno al mio paese / Return to my town

Umberto Saba: Uccelli / Birds

Uccelli   Umberto Saba   L’alata genia che adoro – ce n’è al mondo tanta! – varia d’usi e costumi, ebbra di vita, si sveglia e canta.Birds   Umberto Saba   The winged genus I adore–so many exist in the world! – varied in customs and ways, drunk on life, wakes up and sings.  …Read more Umberto Saba: Uccelli / Birds

Trilussa: Mania de persecuzzione / Perrsecution complex

What is about dictators that make them so touchy, so paranoid? It’s as if, for them, their own shadows are out to get them; so they ban, censor, limit, arrest, deport, destroy…because it's very hard to be on the wrong side of history: people may notice. This is the first thing I thought of when…Read more Trilussa: Mania de persecuzzione / Perrsecution complex