"March", by Vincenzo Cardarelli, from the collection "Poesie," 1936

Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières),     Vincent van Gogh,1887.

From "Vincenzo Cardarelli: The Forgotten amongst the Great. A Collection of the Best Poems by Vincenzo Cardarelli, Translated in English," available as e-book on Amazon Kindle, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, on NOOK Book, on Kobo, and as printed, traditional edition through Lulu.

March

Today, Spring

is an effervescent wine.

Like a foam is the first green

on the great elms's bloomed wisps

where the seeds already falls

like diffuse rain.

Amongst the brimful and prodigal branches,

a goldfinch is pecking.

Green window shutters flash

on red facades

which the clear, merry wind

of March is cleaning.

All is a color of fields.

The ivy too is deluded,

the moss is greener

on the old, oblivious logs

which have no season.

Shaken by an immense breath

the city lives a day

of country humors.

Inebriated, springtime

runs in the blood.

From "Vincenzo Cardarelli: The Forgotten amongst the Great. A Collection of the Best Poems by Vincenzo Cardarelli, Translated in English," available as e-book on Amazon Kindle, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, on NOOK Book, on Kobo, and as printed, traditional edition through Lulu.