Here in This Spring(Dylan Thomas) Here in this spring, stars float along the void;Here in this ornamental winterDown pelts the naked weather;This summer buries a spring bird. Symbols are selected from the years’Slow rounding of four seasons’ coasts,In autumn teach three seasons’ firesAnd four birds’ notes. I should tell summer from the trees, the wormsTell,… Read More Here in This Spring
Ronald Stuart Thomas, who published as R. S. Thomas, was born on 29 March 1913 and died in 2000He was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his nationalism and spirituality: he wrote about the people of his country , the values of the common man, focusing on the difficulties of rural… Read More Here
Robert Frost, one of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, was born in San Francisco on 26 March 1874. He died in Boston in 1963 His first poetry collection was “A Boy’s Will” published in 1913. “A Prayer in Spring” is its tenth poem: it describes the greatness of love found not in distant… Read More A Prayer in Spring🏵
A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period –When March is scarcely hereA Color stands abroadOn Solitary FieldsThat Science cannot overtakeBut Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn,It shows the furthest TreeUpon the furthest Slope you knowIt almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons stepOr Noons report awayWithout the Formula… Read More “A Light exists in Spring…”
“Rien n’est plus dangereux qu’une idée quand on n’a qu’une idée.”“Nulla è più pericoloso di un’idea, quando è l’unica che abbiamo.”“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one we have.” “La bonne humeur a quelque chose de généreux : elle donne plutôt qu’elle ne reçoit.”“Il buon umore è qualcosa di generoso:… Read More Alain: idées et bonne humeur
Edna St. Vincent Millay (born on 22 February 1892) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the third woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was considered one of the most skillful writers of sonnets during the 1900s.She was also known for her unconventional, bohemian lifestyle and her many love affairs. “Time… Read More Edna St. Vincent Millay
Henry Adams – born on 16 February 1838 – was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. “No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.”“No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about… Read More On Man and Chaos
Ti sento nel profumo delle rose e della crostatao nel cullare della pioggia battente.Sei nell’alito del vento e nella notte stellata,sei la mia casa, la mia confidente.A volte un ostile o scomodo grillo parlante,eri e sei il mio angelo, nel cuore, ogni istante. Buon compleanno, mamma!
Ieri sera sulla piattaforma Zoom ha avuto luogo “La festa degli autori” – un evento gioioso legato al concorso nazionale “Racconti da Sogno” – organizzata dal curatore dell’antologia, Stefano Andrini.Nel corso della magica serata, piena di parole, musica, emozioni e speranze, sono stati letti alcuni incipit dei racconti pubblicati, tra cui il mio. La mia… Read More La festa degli autori
“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.” (1) Susan Sontag, one of the most prominent New York intellectuals of her generation, was a writer and political activist, born on 16 January 1933 (she died of leukaemia just two weeks before her 72nd birthday) When she was fourteen years old, she… Read More Susan Sontag
