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Elio Pecora – Mai che l’attimo si fermi / The moment never stops

By booksofart / Elio Pecora / time, waiting

Man Ray, Dora Maar, 1936 The moment never stops,to look at, to understand.An endless running.Grasping shreds.Hearing cut off words,halfway promises –as laughter, music, loves, dreams.Everything hinted and left. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Mai che l’attimo si fermi,da guardare, capire.Sempre una corsa.Cogliere lembi.Udire parole mozze,promesse a metà –così risa, musiche, amori, sogni.Tutto accennato e lasciato. This …

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Alfonso Gatto – Quasi un ricordo / Almost a memory

By booksofart / Alfonso Gatto / music, street, time

Quint Buchholz, Slowest Movement, 2009 It seemed to us we met by chance in the forgotten hour. It was the yellow station in the green. A cyclist lost his way drank memories deep into his eyes. But all is everlasting for those who pass by, even the name heard once. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Incontrarci …

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Camillo Sbarbaro – Le lucciole / The fireflies

By booksofart / C. Sbarbaro / happiness, sea, time

Arnold Böcklin, Villa by the Sea, 1878 Do you remember, my very first beloved, the pattern of the fireflies over the sea of Nervi? (dreamy land where I was yesterday, which the heart no longer recognizes). Perhaps. But I don’t remember the gesture carving inside you; and sweet words you don’t know you said are …

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Dario Bellezza – Appunti / Notes

By booksofart / Dario Bellezza / food, reading, time, youth

Édouard Manet, Luncheon in the studio, 1868 Love doesn’t fire me up.Pain doesn’t charm me anymore.My life is merciless.Days go by andmy lost soul screams.Maybe youthhappens while walking.In the dark of nightthe storm is heardin tears.That night at the table, to dieI decided to never write again,but to remember by livingthe past loves.Who lives on …

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Giuseppe Conte – Sai tutto di me / You know all about me

By booksofart / Giuseppe Conte / garden, summer, time

Childe Hassam, Gathering flowers in a French garden, 1888 You know all about me: you know what’s on my desk, too. You’re right, I can’t come in: and time does not pass, or blindly passes when I’m with you. The sun is still high, how can that be? In the ivy where your feet and …

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Leonardo Sinisgalli – Vantano i nomi fatui della rosa

By booksofart / Leonardo Sinisgalli / flower, street, time

Victor Gilbert, The flower market, 1880 Vantano i nomi fatui della rosa ai piedi delle statue le fioraie romane. Stringo le spine secche sulla proda ove un giorno spuntò improvviso dall’Erebo Amore, e accolgo nel vecchio bavero il fiato che ogni anno si fa più debole. Do you know this poem in English? Please contact …

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Elio Pecora – Mai che l’attimo si fermi / The moment never stops

Alfonso Gatto – Quasi un ricordo / Almost a memory

Camillo Sbarbaro – Le lucciole / The fireflies

Dario Bellezza – Appunti / Notes

Giuseppe Conte – Sai tutto di me / You know all about me

Leonardo Sinisgalli – Vantano i nomi fatui della rosa

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