I have already published the fourth and fifth parts of Mary Oliver‘s poem “Sometimes”. From today I will publish the other parts that make up this poem and their translation into Italian § 1Something came upout of the dark.It wasn’t anything I had ever seen before.It wasn’t an animalor a flower,unless it was both.Something came… Read More Mary Oliver: “Sometimes” ( § 1 – § 2)
Henry Kissinger ~ born on 27 May 1923 “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” “Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.” “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” “Il potere è il massimo afrodisiaco.” “Beate le… Read More Kissinger and Power
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🏵
Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American poet, as well as journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor, who was born on 6 December 1886.Although married and with children Joyce Kilmer volunteered for service in 1917 following America’s entry into World War I. Before his departure, he contracted with publishers to write a book about the war,… Read More Joyce Kilmer: Trees
♣ “If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.” ♣ “There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” Tom Robbins – American novelist (born on 22 July 1932) ♣ “Se… Read More Tom Robbins
Jonah and the Whale (from “The Book of Jonah”) Jonah received a calling from the Lord to go to Nineveh and preach because its people were very wicked. Anyway, He said He had decided to destroy the town after forty days. Nineveh was one of Israel’s greatest enemies and Jonah was not willing to… Read More Jonah and the Whale
“I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream”. In his letters to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh wrote: 🌸 “I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.” (1880) 🌸 “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” … Read More Van Gogh on poetry & love 🌸🌸🌸
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was written by Freddie Mercury for Queen’s 1975 album “A Night at the Opera”. The song is unusual for a popular single and consists of several sections combining disparate musical styles: it is a six-minute suite without a chorus, which begins with an introduction, then goes into a ballad segment, an… Read More 🎵 Bohemian Rhapsody 🎵 (2) – commentary
My sweet Lord (George Harrison) My sweet lord Hm, my lord Hm, my lord I really want to see you Really want to be with you Really want to see you lord But it takes so long, my lord My sweet lord Hm, my lord Hm, my lord I really want to know you Really… Read More Songs for Christmas: “My Sweet Lord”
HALLELUJAH Verse 1 Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah (Ho sentito che c’era un accordo segreto che… Read More “Hallelujah” (analysis, commentary, translation into Italian)
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