Franz Kafka

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Ermes di Colloredo: Poesie Friulane, l'Opera Completa

Copertina del volume "Ermes di Colloredo: Poesie Friulane, l'Opera Completa", LiteraryJoint Press, 2019.


L'opera poetica completa del celeberrimo conte Ermes di Colloredo di Montalbano (sec. XVII), incontrastato padre della letteratura di lingua friulana ladina, presentata nel suo testo integrale.

Un volume che celebra il mito del Friûl profondo, attraverso l'intima connessione della terra primordiale con la parola dei suoi abitanti e la forza dirompente e liberatrice della poesia.

Volume stampato disponibile via Amazon e LuluPress, e in versione ebook su Amazon KindleKobo e (ad un prezzo ulteriormente scontato) su Lulu.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Summery (Estiva) by Vincenzo Cardarelli, from the collection "Poesie" (1936)


"Summer evening near Arles", Vincent Van Gogh, Arles 1888.

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 touchon NOOK Bookon Koboand as printed, traditional edition through Lulu.



Summery (Estiva)


Outspread Summer,
season of dense climates
of great mornings
of dawns with no noise,
one wakes up like in an aquarium
of identical days, astral,
season the least prone
to obscurity and crises, 
happiness of spaces,
no earthly promise
can give peace to my heart
as much as the certainty of a sun
that is spilling over your sky,
extreme season, which lays
down in enormous restful times,
offering gold to the greatest of dreams,
season which allows the light
to over-stretch time 
beyond the boundaries of the day,
and seemingly puts everything
in the order that precedes
some of the cadences of eternal awaiting.

From the collection "Poesie," 1936, by Vincenzo Cardarelli.

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 touchon NOOK Bookon Koboand as printed, traditional edition through Lulu.