Translator's note: Miss Poetrix (pen name for Gaia Casanova) is a poet and performer from Rome, Italy. Her work is reminiscent of Italian poets such as Patrizia Valduga and American poets such as Anne Sexton. Love and loss are two of the major themes in her recently published collection Transfert (Edizioni Ensemble, 2018). Her poems strike the reader with their musicality. The … [Read more...]
Two Poems by Alessandra Bava
Apres Nous, Le Chaos (to Lawrence Ferlinghetti) In the bookstore the voice slowly uncurls some pages of life, revealing Allen's loss: "There is a HUGE HOLE in the sky" - That same voice is painting vividly that very hole to the marrow. The poet never dies, nor does his voice. Wasn't it … [Read more...]
Ginsberg’s Refrigerator
In Allen’s tenement flat at 170 East 2nd Street, even the refrigerator is an outlet of poetry. The picture in black and white shows a handle pointing north. On the off-white surface a picture of Edgar Allan Poe is glued on the left, one of Baudelaire, le maudit, hangs on the right. In the backroom a wolf types away poetry in shape of scars and bright stars. From … [Read more...]
