December 23, 2024 1:08 pm

BY YOUR EYES ALIGHT – Poetry, by José Martí

POR TUS OJOS ENCENDIDOS > Por tus ojos encendidos, y lo mal puesto de un broche, pensé que estuviste anoche, jugando a juegos prohibidos. Te odié por vil y alevosa: te odié con odio de muerte. Náusea me daba de verte, tan villana y tan hermosa. Y por la escuela que vi, sin aber cómo ni cuándo, sé que estuviste …

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WHEN THE SURREAL ATMOSPHERES BLEND WITH POP – Domenico Dell’Osso: the admirable use of oil paints, colored in fantastic allegories

DOMENICO DELL’OSSO 1/4 – He is an Italian artist coming from Puglia, and he lives in Milano, but he has an art gallery in Matera. He is absolutely convinced that any situation as long addressed with humor and fortitude, always is able to lead to a greater awareness of what life is beautiful. DOMENICO DELL’OSSO 2/4 – His original creations, …

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NAKED ARE YOU SO SIMPLE – Poetry, by Pablo Neruda

DESNUDA ERES TAN SIMPLE > Desnuda eres tan simple como una de tus manos, lisa, terrestre, mínima, redonda, transparente, tienes líneas de luna, caminos de manzana, desnuda eres delgada como el trigo desnudo. Desnuda eres azul como la noche en Cuba, tienes enredaderas y estrellas en el pelo, desnuda eres enorme y amarilla como el verano en una iglesia de …

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WHEN THE MUSIC BECOMES POETRY – Lana Del Rey: Born To Die

BORN TO DIE Why? Who me? Why? Feet don’t fail me now. Take me to the finish line. Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take, but I’m hoping at the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine. Walking through the city streets, is it by mistake or design? I feel so alone on the Friday nights, can …

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SILENTIUM – Poetry, by Fëdor Ivanovič Tjutčev

SILENTIUM Shut up, hide and hidden their own dreams and feelings. That in the depths of your arise, and go into the sunset, silent, like the stars in the night. They split up, thou, and shut up. It may emerge the heart, ever? Another will ever understand you? Deemed of what you live? Thought expressed is already lie. Peat becomes …

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GRAY MOUNTAIN – Romance, by John Grisham

GRAY MOUNTAIN The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast trackShe’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back. Her new job takes Samantha into the murky …

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ORPHAN TRAIN – Romance, by Christina Baker Kline

ORPHAN TRAIN A captivating story of two very different women who build an unexpected friendship. Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine, and in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to …

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SEPTEMBER 12,1966 – Poetry, by Giuseppe Ungaretti

12 SETTEMBRE 1966 > Sei comparsa al portone in un vestito rosso, per dirmi che sei fuoco che consuma e riaccende. Una spina mi ha punto, delle tue rose rosse, perché io succhiassi al dito, come già tuo, il mio sangue. Percorremmo la strada, che lacera il rigoglio della selvaggia altura, ma già da molto tempo io sapevo che, soffrendo …

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IN THE SMOKE – Poetry by Eugenio Montale

NEL FUMO > Quante volte t’ho atteso alla stazione nel freddo, nella nebbia. Passeggiavo rosicchiando, comprando giornali innominabili, fumando Giuba poi soppresse dal ministro dei tabacchi, il balordo! Forse un treno sbagliato, un doppione oppure una sottrazione. Scrutavo le carriole dei facchini, se mai ci fosse dentro il tuo bagaglio, e tu dietro, in ritardo. Poi apparivi, ultima.  È un …

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THE NIGHTINGALE – Romance, by Kristin Hannah

THE NIGHTINGALE In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France…but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When France is …

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