Fernando Pessoa from «35 Sonnets». 1918, in Poemas Ingleses. by Fernando Pessoa - translated into Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇬🇧 V How can I think, or edge my thoughts to action, When the miserly press of each day’s need Aches to a narrowness of spilled distraction My soul appalled at the world’s work’s time-greed? HowContinue reading "How Can I Think, by Pessoa"
Rainbow Tweets #23 – Collective Writing Challenge
🇬🇧 Each week a photo prompt will be provided for you to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Post your little story/entry inspired by the picture in the comments of this post, in the format you prefer (prose, poetry, picture, etc) and using the language of your choice. You can choose to addContinue reading "Rainbow Tweets #23 – Collective Writing Challenge"
Soneto de la guirnalda de las rosas, de García Lorca
Soneto de la guirnalda de las rosas - Sonetos del amor oscuro - Federico García Lorca - 1936 - with translation into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇪🇸 Soneto de la guirnalda de las rosas ¡Esa guirnalda! ¡Pronto! ¡Que me muero! ¡Teje deprisa! ¡Cantal ¡Gime! ¡Canta! Que la sombra me enturbia la garganta yContinue reading "Soneto de la guirnalda de las rosas, de García Lorca"
….the journey…., a poem. — Life Raft In The Abyss
I love Women….the journey…., a poem. — Life Raft In The Abyss I love Women…. But I don’t want an ugly woman who would betray me, or try to convert me to a faith I despise. I love Men…. Been messin’ with men since 17, or 8, if you count childhood. But I don’t doContinue reading "….the journey…., a poem. — Life Raft In The Abyss"
Rainbow Tweets #22 – Collective Writing Challenge
🇬🇧 Each week a photo prompt will be provided for you to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Post your little story/entry inspired by the picture in the comments of this post, in the format you prefer (prose, poetry, picture, etc) and using the language of your choice. You can choose to addContinue reading "Rainbow Tweets #22 – Collective Writing Challenge"
Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes, by Whitman
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass - Calamus - 1855 - translated from English into Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇺🇸 Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes Not heat flames up and consumes, Not sea-waves hurry in and out, Not the air delicious and dry, the air of ripe summer, bears lightly along white down-balls ofContinue reading "Not Heat Flames Up and Consumes, by Whitman"
Thrown in the Throat, by Benjamin Garcia
Queso de Patas from Thrown in the Throat Benjamin Garcia güera they called my mother, whitest of seven siblings, though she was never white as snow or milk—her skin tinged amber like the Mexican cheese that smelled ofContinue reading "Thrown in the Throat, by Benjamin Garcia"
Rainbow Tweets #21 – Collective Writing Challenge
🇬🇧 Each week a photo prompt will be provided for you to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Post your little story/entry inspired by the picture in the comments of this post, in the format you prefer (prose, poetry, picture, etc) and using the language of your choice. You can choose to addContinue reading "Rainbow Tweets #21 – Collective Writing Challenge"
Enfance I, by Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud Enfance I - Les illuminations - Arthur Rimbaud - 1886 - with translations from French into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇫🇷 Enfance Cette idole, yeux noirs et crin jaune, sans parents ni cour, plus noble que la fable, mexicaine et flamande; son domaine, azur et verdure insolents, court surContinue reading "Enfance I, by Rimbaud"
Forsythia — Original Poetry, Scribings and Photography
Perching between tangled trees,Blue jay, guide the wayHome as chunks of kickedSnow skid like Styrofoam.Creator of Earth, to waterAdded dirt, and deliveredKindling to Hell. Where are weHeaded chattering passerine? Heaven? I cannot tell, forcedTo dwell on the inconceivable;Quarantined like vased clippingsOf Forsythia, forced to flowerClusters of four yellow lobes Inside, away from the vibrantShining sunrays of earlyContinue reading "Forsythia — Original Poetry, Scribings and Photography"
Rainbow Ink 