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 touch, on NOOK Book, on Kobo, and 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 touch, on NOOK Book, on Kobo, and as printed, traditional edition through Lulu.