Luci libere

The original Italian text of Antonia Pozzi's poem imagining escape to the countryside among children in water at dawn.

A translated Pozzi poem imagining escape from the city to a countryside of dancing and threadbare joy.

The original Italian text of Pozzi's poem on the scent of hay evoking exhaustion and loneliness.

A translated Pozzi poem describing the scent of hay as an exhausted, abandoning presence.

The original Italian text of Pozzi's poem on snow falling over flowers and the wrong turns of many lives.

A translated Pozzi poem on snow-covered flowers and the many wandering, wronged destinies they evoke.