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T. S. Eliot – Whispers of Immortality/ Bisbigli d’immortalità

Sarah Stilwell Weber, Woman with Leopards, 1906 Webster was much possessed by deathAnd saw the skull beneath the skin;And breastless creatures under groundLeaned backward with a lipless grin.Daffodil bulbs instead of ballsStared from the sockets of the eyes!He knew that thought clings round dead limbsTightening its lusts and luxuries.Donne, I suppose, was such anotherWho found …

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Jacques Prevert – Sangue e piume / Blood and feathers

Pál Szinyei Merse, Skylark, 1882 Lark of memoryit is your blood that is flowingand not minelark of memoryI have tightened my fistlark of memorydead bird of mistyou should not have cometo eat from my handthe grains of oblivion. Allodola del ricordoè il tuo sangue che scorreè il tuo e non il mioallodola del ricordoho stretto …

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Jacques Prevert – Il cavallo rosso / The red horse

Georges Seurat, The Circus, 1891 In the carousels of the liethe red horse of your smileturnsand I am standing frozen therewith the sad whip of realityand I have nothing to sayyour smile is as trueas my four truths. Nel carosello della menzognail cavallo rosso del tuo sorriso giradrittoben piantatoeccomi quacon la triste frusta della realtàe non …

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