Family – Sometimes the most ordinary can be the most beautiful
Sometimes the most ordinary can be the most beautiful. Such was the case with the inspiration for this poem about a family who were singing …
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The Infinite – Giacomo Leopardi
Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,e questa siepe, che da tanta partedell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude. Ever dear to me has been this empty knoll, …
Giacomo Leopardi’s Alla Luna – To the Moon
O graziosa luna, io mi rammento O friend, o gracious moon, once more returns to mind Che, or volge l’anno, sovra questo colle Io venia pien d’angoscia a …
The Swallows and the Buddha
Feet sink in the melting sand As paces carry me forward Along scribbled threshold between land and sea. Ahead, a mist masks an unfamiliar treeline, …
What an Italian novella really taught me about Shakespeare …
It’s a strange place to look, you’d think. Shakespeare is an English poet. No … He is the English poet. So surely there would be …
Ekphrasis on Ekphrasis: Haegue Yang’s Changing From From to From
This poem recalls a visit to the National Art Gallery of Australia, as part of a workshop run by Theodore Ell on writing poetry. The …
Luke Whitington: un poeta australiano con un cuore italiano
Luke Whitington abita a Sydney, ma ha trascorso vent’anni della sua vita in Italia. Quegli anni hanno lasciato un senso di mancanza incancellabile nella sua …
Luke Whitington: an Australian poet with an Italian heart
Luke Whitington lives in Sydney, but twenty years of his life were spent in Italy. Those years have left an indelible longing in his life …
We will decide who comes here …
Many years ago now, in Australia, a politician during a election campaign decided to use the chance arrival of a boat of refugees to bolster …