Poem

Giampiero Neri

Side by side

NATURE

From a walk 
under the vault of trees
one arrived at an enclosed space. 
A pair of calves got up
from their bed of straw 
an eerie light
passed through the foliage.

NATUUR

Na een soort overwelfde wandelgang
onder de lommerkoepel van de bomen
bereikten we een veldje dat omheind was.
Twee kalfjes waren opgestaan
van hun stromatras.
Een merkwaardig licht
schemerde door het lover.

NATURA

Da un camminamento
sotto la volta degli alberi
si arrivava a un recinto.
Si erano rialzati due vitelli
dal loro letto di paglia
una strana luce
passava tra le foglie.

Giampiero Neri

(Italy, 1927)

Giampiero Neri (the pseudonym of Giampietro Pontiggia) was born in Erba, in the province of Como, in 1927. He lives in Milan. His life has been marked by tragic events – the death of his father, who was killed when Giampiero was sixteen, the suicide of a sister in her twenties – which appear, however, only indirectly in his poetry. A bank employee, he has cultivated entomological and literary i...

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NATURE

From a walk 
under the vault of trees
one arrived at an enclosed space. 
A pair of calves got up
from their bed of straw 
an eerie light
passed through the foliage.

NATURE

From a walk 
under the vault of trees
one arrived at an enclosed space. 
A pair of calves got up
from their bed of straw 
an eerie light
passed through the foliage.