Propongo una delle poesie più famose di John Clare, il poeta che non sapeva bene chi fosse (leggi qui: Clare, il poeta che credeva di essere Shakespeare e Byron) , dal titolo emblematico “I am!” (Io sono). Fu composta mentre era ricoverato in manicomio, nel Northampton General Lunatic Asylum. In questa composizione il poeta afferma… Read More Io sono John Clare
John Clare (13 luglio 1793 –1864) è un autore inglese che, dopo un periodo di relativa oscurità, ora è considerato da alcuni critici come un grande poeta contadino. I suoi genitori erano quasi analfabeti, il padre era un ex lottatore che lavorava come trebbiatore nei campi, e i suoi studi furono alquanto irregolari, poiché… Read More Clare, il poeta che credeva di essere Shakespeare e Byron
“THE END” (part 2) [Verse 5] The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived, and then he Paid a visit to his brother, and then he He walked on… Read More The Doors: “The End” (2. Analysis – part 2)
THE END [Chorus] This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end The song follows a stream-of-consciousness path, exploring into Jim Morrison’s mind and depicting the desperate, meaningless, vulnerable life we live. The end, the only thing left to him his “only friend” seems an appealing thing: it is… Read More The Doors: “The End” (2. Analysis – part 1)
Oggi ricorre l’anniversario della nascita del poeta e drammaturgo Vladímir Majakóvskij interprete della cultura russa post rivoluzionaria, morto suicida all’età di 36 anni nel 1930, con un colpo di pistola al cuore. I motivi che lo condussero all’insano gesto non sono ancora stati del tutto chiariti e si pensa anche che lo scrittore “sia stato… Read More Majakóvskij
“It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.” Jim Morrison, poet, singer, and songwriter died on this day, nearly fifty years ago, on 3 July 1971. His unexpected death, whose cause remains unknown since no autopsy was performed, occurred at the age of 27. So, he became one of… Read More Jim Morrison
IL TEMPO Quando si vide consegnare il pacchetto contenente ciò che gli aveva regalato, seppe – senza bisogno di guardare – che mancava il dono più prezioso: il tempo sperperato. (L.Z.)
The child who never grew was Pearl Buck’s daughter, Carol. The author wrote a poignant memoir of her relationship with her oldest daughter, which hasn’t been translated into Italian yet. The piece was first published in book format in September 1950, after being published in “The Lady’s Home Journal” in the previous May, at a… Read More “The Child Who Never Grew”
Pearl S. Buck (born on 26 June 1892) was an American writer and novelist. Her novel “The Good Earth”, published in 1931, immediately became a bestseller in the United States and earned her a Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the fourth female and first American woman to win a Nobel Prize for… Read More Pearl S. Buck
On 22 June 1956 English poet, short story writer, and novelist Walter John de la Mare (b. 1873) died in Middlesex. His reported last words were: “I’m perfectly all right.” He had passed his final years largely in bed, in the care of a young nurse, Nathalie Saxton, with whom he had once been in… Read More “Silver” by Walter de la Mare
