MAX MAZZOLI 6 Winter is back And it reminds me of myself Before I met you. 7 The house where we had lived for years it was now empty and deserted without a piece of furniture. We walked on the…
MAX MAZZOLI 1 …therefore let’s go back to the shadow of the branch Or let’s follow the sharp scent of drunken flowers Next to the stone, an improvised altar, To cross the talkative time of silences To forget the gossip…
POEMS BY GABRIELLA MONGARDI, ATTILIO IANNIELLO, SILVIA PIO PICTURES BY BRUNO CAPELLINO (see the Italian language website)
ROGAN WOLF A new collection of 25 English poems for children has just gone online. It is new in more ways than one. Each poem is carefully matched with an original abstract painting by an artist called Rachel Stevens, who…
SILVIA PIO The I Ching (Yijing) or Book of Changes is the oldest of the Chinese classics and was originally conceived and compiled as a divination manual, a handbook for fortune tellers. It is believed to be one of the world’s oldest books…
SILVIA PIO Get ready to start again, or better, to be reborn. Sharpen your sword and wait, alert and aware, the coming of new challenges. But treat the enemy kindly, be they outside or inside you. Dare to open new…
RICHARD BERENGARTEN The evening star Hey, we’ve got a guitar. So let’s have a song. Once we’re sozzled we can totter off home. You sang old songs. I strummed on a guitar. We reminisced. We mixed up fact and fable.…
