Willard Leroy Metcalf, May night, 1906 Tonight a trembling sky sick with black clouds sharpens in brilliant flashes my sleepless desire and makes it hard and bright like a blade of steel. (Transl. by Amy Newman) Stanotte un sussultante cielo malato di nuvole nere acuisce a sprazzi vividi il mio desiderio insonne e lo fa …
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