Sunday was Mother’s Day and my thoughts (and heart) went to my own mother, of course, but also to all the mothers in the world today who no longer have anyone to celebrate them: there are, at this very moment, numerous wars where civilians almost always pay the highest price; there are children lying under…Read more Giuseppe Ungaretti: Giorno per Giorno / Day by day (1940-1946)
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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
Salvatore Quasimodo: Specchio / Mirror
Specchio Salvatore Quasimodo Ed ecco sul troncosi rompono gemme:un verde più nuovo dell’erbache il cuore riposa:il tronco pareva già morto,piegato sul botro.E tutto mi sa di miracolo;e sono quell’acqua di nubeche oggi rispecchia nei fossipiù azzurro il suo pezzo di cielo,quel verde che spacca la scorzache pure stanotte non c'era. Mirror Salvatore Quasimodo And there now on the trunkbuds break:a…Read more Salvatore Quasimodo: Specchio / Mirror
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