LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Frosted meadows and a blank, overcast sky today–the actual first day of 2015, with Italy finally back to school and work after January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. This late return to the daily grind may…
Jimmy Andrex was born and brought up in Wakefield and was educated at several schools which no longer exist! Despite this ominous start, he tries to find beauty and humour in the stories and conversations of the people around him.…
SILVIA PIO It was a chance encounter, if one believes in chance, and also a virtual one, if one wants to call an exchange of emails this way. Nowadays poets meet also in the net, and Margutte widely proves it.…
JIMMY ANDREX Daniel, 45, an accountant, is on his way into one of Wakefield’s two remaining libraries to renew his books. He’s recently had a go at creative writing for the first time via a project advertised in his local…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Around Mondovì farmers took the first hay late this year, in the last week of May. I have been wondering why, have talked it over with J., who knows a great deal about most plants but not…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Snow arrived mid-morning, shortly after the last magpie deserted the tall maples, leaving bare branches to catch whatever they might of the fine, wind-driven whiteness. I’d been waiting since early, fretting over whether the air would be cold…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE A year is ended, a year begins On the second-to-last day of the year we took a drive to Rocca Ciglie, a little dot on the map we’d never visited before. With its castello, medieval tower, and…
