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Elisa Biagini

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(SPIT OUT BY THE FOREST

(Spit out by the forest
fearless, her body
round: an egg without
cracks, with a compass
for a navel.)

© Translation: 2006, Elisa Biagini

(SPIT OUT BY THE FOREST

(Risputata dal bosco,
senza paura, tonda
di sé: un uovo senza
crepe, con una bussola
per ombelico.)

From: Cappuccio Rosso
Publisher: Einaudi,

Elisa Biagini

Elisa Biagini

After having studied and taught for several years in the United States, Elisa Biagini now lives in Florence. Her poetry which she writes in both Italian and English, has appeared in anthologies as well as in various Italian and American journals such as Poesia, Linea d’ombra, Atelier, and Rattapallax. A translator from English (of Alicia Ostriker, Sharon Olds, Lucile Clifton amongst others), sh...

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MENDED NERVES

WHY

MORGUE

YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER

I TRANSLATE YOUR LIFE

TIGHT SO

LOSE YOURSELF, CHILD

WHEN YOU DISCOVER THOSE LONG CUTS

THROUGH THE PATH

THE VOICE DOES NOT CONNECT, DOES NOT

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(SPIT OUT BY THE FOREST

(Spit out by the forest
fearless, her body
round: an egg without
cracks, with a compass
for a navel.)

© 2006, Elisa Biagini
From: Cappuccio Rosso

(SPIT OUT BY THE FOREST

(Spit out by the forest
fearless, her body
round: an egg without
cracks, with a compass
for a navel.)

© 2006, Elisa Biagini

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