Boris Ryzhy

Boris Ryzhy – Non ho camminato nei tuoi sogni / I didn’t walk in your dreams

John William Waterhouse, Apollo And Daphne, 1908 I didn’t walk in your dreams,I didn’t appear among the crowd,I didn’t show myself in the yardwhere it was raining, or rather it was about to rain(I’ll delete this verse and won’t replace it),it was tempting to believe – like a fool –I would’ve met you soon,you were …

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Boris Ryzhy – È passata la sbronza

Marc Chagall, Green Violinist, 1924 È passata la sbronza ed il mondonon è cambiato.È arrivata la musica, sono finite le parole.Un motivo si è fuso con un altro motivo.(Ecco una strofa molto ambiziosa…)…Ma forse, le parole non servono affattoper questi poveri scemi…Me ne sto sotto le nuvole grigio-azzurree allargo ottuso le mani,riempito ovunque di musica. …

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Boris Ryzhy – Cerchi e ritorni/Take me along empty boulevards

Vincent van Gogh Garden with Courting Couples: Square Saint-Pierre, 1887 Take me along empty boulevards, tell me about some nonsense, vaguely pronounce a name. The street lights mourn the summer. Two lampposts mourn the summer. Rowan bushes. A wet bench. My love, stay with me until dawn,  then leave me. Remained like a shadow blurred, …

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Boris Ryzhy (1974-2001)

 Boris Ryzhy was a Russian poet and geologist. He committed suicide at the age of 26. At the time of his death, Ryzhy’s reputation had burgeoned and he was starting to receive recognition as one of the premier poets of his generation.