“goat of my soul” ZJC (2008)
I have been working on this sonnet during the long night (tomorrow classes start and my sleep schedule is all thrown off, whaa!) and wanted to share it with you. It is a rough draft. Very rough. But life is like that in the wee hours of the morning before […]
They say the proof of being a poet is when other people want to publish your work. In that case my friend Erin B. is poetry powerhouse! She has two books of poetry out this year:
My chapbook Body Of Water is now available from Thorngate Road. It was awarded the 2007 Frank O’Hara […]
So the book is done. There were a few snaggles that occurred along the way. For one, due to the complexities of U.S. copyright law, it is unclear whether all of Federico’s work is covered in the Copyright Term Extension Act or not. Technically, legally, are translations their own entity and the […]
“Aretha Franklin” ZJC (2008)
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d’amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!…
e noi dovrem, ahime, […]