ROBERTA FERRARIS Hidden and surrounded by the Argentera Massif, Gesso Valley was chosen as countryside resort by the House of Savoy who acquired the hunting rights from the Councils of Entracque and Valdieri villages in the middle of 19th century.…
ATTILIO IANNIELLO, LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE and SILVIA PIO (edited by) The Preacher and the Slave (1911, take-off on the hymn “Sweet Bye and Bye”, often sung by Salvation Army bands) Long-haired preachers come out every night, Try to tell you…
SILVIA PIO (edited by) From Uttering Her Name, by Gabriel Rosenstock, Salmon Poetry 2009 Preface: Who is Dar Óma to whom these poems are addressed? Historically, or mythologically, she is the daughter of the god Oghma who gave the gift…
JANE STEVENS An opinion on the result of the British referendum. Speaking personally, I’m devastated – disappointed and alarmed but above all sad. I believe the British public have had advantage taken of their ignorance and fear. This advantage has…
Question: What is the sound of one hand clapping? Answer: Poetry. In occasion of the forthcoming publication of his book Changing, the British poet Richard Berengarten will be an international guest at the Silk Road Poetry Week in Xichang, Sichuan,…
LAMENT OF A SCHOOL BOY My little body is drenched With my own blood My head is not with me My body is shattered too Now no one is able To recognize me. The cruel man dyed His filthy dreams…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) SOMOZA UNVEILS THE STATUE OF SOMOZA IN THE STADIUM OF SOMOZA I do not believe that the people erected this statue to me because I know better than you that I ordered it myself. Neither do…
WALT WHITMAN Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for; But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, Arouse! Arouse–for you must justify me–you…
Galway’s diaspora, like all emigrants, find themselves in various locations for a variety of reasons… employment, adventure, travel. For Frances Fahy from Corrandulla the reason was very much love. 40 years on she is happily married to Renzo and enjoying…
JOHN I. CLARKE “Is this the kind of book you would wish your wife or servant to read?” There is no more infamous comment in British social history than that made by Chief Prosecutor Mervyn Griffiths-Jones at the Lady Chatterley’s…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) Four haiku and a sculpture by Satish Gupta, India From the Bo tree a golden leaf floats down – meditating in mid air Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka *** Water flowing, no time to pass judgment on uneven…
Special Prize Ostana 2016 VALENTINA MUSMECI (edited by) «No one I know is doing such incredible, ground-breaking things to ensure that Yoruba, an indigenous Nigerian language, continues to enjoy dignity. There are very few people doing such great work with minority…
When the night falls she escapes She locks the cage carefully and leaves ………………….She wonders what she has forgotten ………………….She locks away and leaves ………………….Maybe the light is on ………………….Maybe the door is open ………………….Maybe the day after today ………………….Maybe…
ROBERTA FERRARIS Located at the extreme South-East corner of the Occitan-speaking area, Vermenagna Valley is a borderland for several aspects: it borders with France through the Col di Tenda (a high mountain pass) which also separates Ligurian Alps from Maritime…
Paola Musa’s poetry Barumini (Nuragic fortress, Sardinia) You could have loved me among the silent fortresses of our unknown ancestors. Now bitter is the meantime in your eyes. No verb, then, among the olive trees. No scroll, save the wind.…
