Ieri mi sono accorta che è iniziato l’autunno. L’aria è più fresca. Le foglie secche cominciano a scricchiolare sotto i passi e con questo la sensazione che l’estate sia oramai arrivata alla fine.Un tale passaggio porta nostalgie e una vena di malinconia, che la dolcezza della frutta matura cerca di rendere meno amara. Ma resta,… Read More Settembre, andiamo
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907 – 29 September 1973) is an Anglo-American poet whose four hundred poems elucidate everything from love to social themes and profound meditation. (Here you can read Funeral Blues and Elegy for J.F.K.) Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for “The Age of Anxiety”, a long poem in six parts, Auden also… Read More On Writing
But now in September,the garden has cooled,and with it my possessiveness.The sun warms my backinstead of beating on my head…The harvest has dwindled,and I have grown apart fromthe intense midsummer relationshipthat brought it on. This poem was written by Robert Finch (born 1943). regarded as one of America’s leading nature essayists. (Additional note: While doing… Read More But Now in September
Io Vagabondo (Che Non Sono Altro) Io un giorno crescerò,E nel cielo della vita volerò,Ma un bimbo che ne sa,Sempre azzurra non può essere l’età,Poi una notte di settembre mi svegliaiIl vento sulla pelle,Sul mio corpo il chiarore delle stelleChissà dov’era casa miaE quel bambino che giocava in un cortile: Io vagabondo che son io,Vagabondo… Read More Poi, una notte di settembre mi svegliai… 🎶
Thomas Stearns Eliot, the great poet, was born on 26 September 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to England when he was 25, eventually renouncing his American citizenship and becoming a British citizen.He was also a playwright and his first play was “The Rock” written and performed in 1934 to raise money for the… Read More T.S. Eliot: The Rock
E’ arrivato l’autunno, mes amis.Il sole ha riposto i torridi raggi accecanti per dispensare abbracci obliqui, avvolgenti e dorati.Il raccolto è pronto: ha smesso di crescere e sognare il domani.La foglia si accorge di essere quasi morta ma indugia, resiste, resiste, resiste e al momento dell’estremo distacco tentenna volteggia ritarda. Inutile: c’est la vie.Ancora non… Read More Il mio autunno
Il 24 settembre 1959 andò in onda per la prima volta lo Zecchino d’Oro presentato da Mago Zurlì, interpretato da Cino Tortorella, “il mago del giovedì”.A quella prima edizione partecipò anche la canzone Lettera a Pinocchio composta da Mario Panzeri.Non fu vincitrice, ma la canzone ottenne un grande successo commerciale grazie alla versione cantata da… Read More Lo Zecchino d’Oro
In his Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), and Letters to His Godson (1890), Lord Chesterfield (see here) gave also the following advice on love and marriage: Love has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.… Read More Lord Chesterfield’s Advice (part 2)
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield better-known simply as Lord Chesterfield, (who was born on 22 September 1694) was a British statesman and man of letters.He is chiefly remembered as the author of Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), and Letters to His… Read More Lord Chesterfield’s Advice ( part 1)
Yesterday’s full moon, the closest to the September equinox, was the Harvest Moon. Our friend Pat / e-Quips published a wonderful post about it: you can read it here , and also Lara Ferri wrote about it in the post you can find here In the Northern Hemisphere the Harvest Moon is astronomically significant because… Read More Under the Harvest Moon
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