Ditz, Playing cards, c. 2000 At the foot of the slope among the tall cypress, there is a small meadow. There in that shade are three old women playing dice. They never raise their heads for a moment, nor do they change their places any day. On their knees, on the grass, they stay in …
Jack Vettriano, Elegy for A Dead Admiral, 1994 You appeared at the gate in a red dress to tell me you are the flame that consumes and yet still burns. Again a thorn from your carmine rose has pricked my finger so that I may taste my blood, as I have yours. Loitering at the …
Max Ernst, The garden of France, 1962 Between one flower picked and the other given the inexpressible nothing (Transl. by P. Creagh) Tra un fiore colto e l’altro donato l’inesprimibile nulla Go back to album – G. Ungaretti
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, …
Boris Ryzhy – Cerchi e ritorni/Take me along empty boulevards Read More »
Édouard Manet, In the greenhouse, 1879 Ci rifugiammo nel giardino (pensile se non sbaglio) per metterci al riparo dalle fanfaluche erotiche di un pensionante di fresco arrivo e tu parlavi delle donne dei poeti fatte per imbottire illeggibili carmi. Così sarà di me aggiungesti di sottecchi. Restai di sasso. Poi dissi dimentichi che la pallottola …
Bruno Liljefors, Anna, 1885 Spring pokes out at a snail’s pace.Never again will I hear you talking of antibioticpoisoning, or the pin in your femur,or the patrimony plucked from youby that thousand-eyed[deleted].Spring comes on with its heavy fogs,long daylights and unbearable hours.Never again will I hear you struggling with the backwashof time, or ghosts, or …
Eugenio Montale – La primavera sbuca / Spring pokes out Read More »
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