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Giampiero Neri

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Stricken by cures

Stricken by cures 
the beautiful plant withered away. 
The gardener isn’t circumspect, 
“Do less, for more.”

© Translation: 2009, Ron Banerjee
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2011

Stricken by cures

Verdrukt onder de goede zorgen
is de mooie plant verwelkt.
De tuinman is niet voorzichtig,
“doe minder als je meer wilt krijgen”.

© Vertaling: 2011, Ike Cialona
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,

Oppressa dalle cure
la bella pianta avvizziva.
Non è prudente il giardiniere,
“fai di meno, se vuoi avere di più”.

© 2004, Giampiero Neri
From: Armi e mestieri
Publisher: Mondadori, Milan

Giampiero Neri

Giampiero Neri

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

A NOTE FROM 1926

TWO TIMES

FRESHWATER FISH

MIMESIS

BOTANICAL VARIETY

BOREALIS

Of those uncertain shadows

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Stricken by cures

Stricken by cures 
the beautiful plant withered away. 
The gardener isn’t circumspect, 
“Do less, for more.”

© 2009, Ron Banerjee
From: Armi e mestieri
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW, Milan

Stricken by cures

Stricken by cures 
the beautiful plant withered away. 
The gardener isn’t circumspect, 
“Do less, for more.”

© 2009, Ron Banerjee
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,

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