Swans Commentary » swans.com March 10, 2008  

 

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by Guido Monte & Francesca Saieva

 

Multilingual Poetry

 

To the memory of Philip Greenspan  

Death Against Life (to Philip Greenspan) © 2008 Guido Monte

 

 

(Swans - March 10, 2008)  

I don't hope

the remains could be at rest

now le bagna la pioggia e muove il vento

rain sprinkles them, wind drags them



mystery is sphinx between us and chaos

and in your veins

nelle vene già impietriva furia

crescente d'ultimo e più arcano sonno

here's just petrified but soaring rage,

on the last and arcanest sleep

 

 

All the vanity fairs and habits vanished, waste the soul's places of their new eventual birth (C. Wolf). Saving tears sprinkle the naked earth. Beyond the silence: we're raised breath of an asleep suffering. Inevitable fate of buried souls, the primeval sowed seeds (G. E. Sorel) are coming out from blood's frost. What induces hope? The sorrow will remember us. Afterward we'll be able to recognize ourselves (C. Wolf).

 

The authors thank Virginia Ann Huth.

Drawing: Guido Monte, Death Against Life (to P. G.), 2008.

 

 

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About the Author

Guido Monte on Swans (with bio). Francesca Saieva teaches philosophy and pedagogy, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Palermo. Read her bio on the page she shares with Guido Monte.

 

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