Poems in Italian by:

Coldness ()
At school ()
Yesterday the tallest boy ()
I thought ()
I could be a wild boar ()
I wear ()
When they forced me ()
While I was slamming ()
Have you any idea ()
Everything about you ()
I feel nauseous ()
The lights. ()
We are interesting ()

THE CITY IS DESIGNED VERY WELL (La città è disegnata molto bene )
THE PIGEONS LISTEN TO US CONVERSE (I piccioni ci ascoltano dialogare )
THERE ARE GOATS UP THERE (Ci sono capre lassù )
YESTERDAY I VISITED THE HOUSE OF LEOPARDI (Ieri ho visitato la casa di Leopardi)
THE INFINITE IS LIKE THIS (L’infinito è così)

A WINTER NIGHT IN THE CITY (Una sera d’inverno in città)
COURAGE (Coraggio)
EARTH (Una terra)
II (II)
III. BEFORE SUPPER (III)
III. TO UNEARTH THE REASON FOR A VERB (III)
IV (IV)
MUSIC (Musica)
NOCTURNES (Notturni)
S (S)
SEPTEMBER 2001. MADDALENA ARCHIPELAGO, ISLAND OF S. STEFANO (Settembre 2001. Arcipelago della Maddalena, isola di S. Stefano)
THAT WHICH REMAINS OF LOVE (Quello che dell’amore resta)
TO SOFIA, 19-11-1993 (a Sofia, 19.11.1993)
VI (VI)
XIII (XIII)

HOME (Casa)
AFTER LI PO (Alla maniera di Li Po)
FOAM (Schiuma)
ASSISI (Assisi)
DIET (Dieta)
ORIENTALS (Orientali)
WEAVES (Trame)
FOR A DYING POET (Per un poeta che muore)
IN THE BASEMENT (In cantina)
Where am I in sleep . . . (Dove sono nel sonno)
STATISTICS (Statistica)

(SPIT OUT BY THE FOREST ()
CHILD IN THE ()
I TRANSLATE YOUR LIFE ()
IN THE VELVET SHELL ()
LOSE YOURSELF, CHILD ()
MENDED NERVES ()
MORGUE (Morgue)
THE DARKNESS DRIES UP ()
THE VOICE DOES NOT CONNECT, DOES NOT ()
THROUGH THE PATH ()
TIGHT SO ()
WHEN YOU DISCOVER THOSE LONG CUTS ()
WHY ()
YOU SHOW ME YOUR WOUNDS, AS A SOLDIER ()

A GIFT OF FLOWERS (Un regalo di fiori)
AND WOULD DAWN NEVER BE (E mai non fosse l’alba)
ANOTHER MOON (Altra luna)
LEVELS (Il piano)
PLANE TREE (Platano)
SHEETS (Lenzuola)
THE DREAM OF THE MOTHER (Il sogno della madre)
THE FRAGMENT (Il vetrino)
THE SENSES (I sensi)
VIGIL (Vigilia)

The moon too mirrors itself wretchedly ()
Still too tired not to be still ()
There are moments ()
You have always known ()
That all this meaning exists and gets lost ()

LIKE A POLYPTYCH (Come un polittico)
OF POETRY (Di poesia)
GREATER GERMANY (Grande Germania)
THE PERGUSA SPEEDWAY (Il circuito di Pergusa)
LAFCADIO (Lafcadio)
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS IN ENGLISH TO MAROON ()
CARMELITE SISTER (Suora carmelitana)
TECHNIQUES OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ()
I'D LIKE YOUR WORLD OF PAINTED PUPPETRY ()

Milan was asphalt, liquid asphalt ()
It’s no longer possible. The crying that turned ()
Everything was already on its way. From then to here ()
The nations drown, the towers collapse, a chaos ()
Where the blood rippled, where our perfect ()
An instant of the earth ()
We who have known ()
No gloria in excelsis, but a nervous ()
When on a beloved face you catch a glimpse of the sign ()
You walked along conscious of blood ()
Now the order has broken down ()
The gate opened, it was eleven ()

EXCAVATION (SCAVO)
[GOODNESS] ([Bene])
GIVING DIRECTIONS (Un’indicazione)
HERE I AM (ECCOMI)
TIME OF DAY (ORARIO)
TRANSPORTS (TRASPORTI)
INHABITANTS (ABITANTI)
A WEIGHT (UN PESO)
BEING RIGHT (AVER RAGIONE)
CONTACTS (CONTATTI)
CHINNING (MENTO)
FACE (FACCIA)
WALL (Muro)
EYEFUL (OCCHIATA)

BEACH SEPTEMBER ‘64 (spiaggia settembre del '64)
SHATTERING (frantumando)
STREAMS (rivi)
THAT FOLDS EXPELS THIS PULSATION (che piega espelle questa pulsazione)
THE CIRCUS OF OURS (il circo dei nostri)

HEDGEHOGS, THRESHING MACHINES AND MORE (RICCI TREBBIATRICI E ALTRO)
(THE HIDDEN HOUSE) ((Casa Nascosta))
IS EVERYTHING SECRET? (OGNI COSA È SEGRETA?)
IDYLL (Idillio)
WHERE EVERYTHING (Dovi Ogni Cosa)

BILDUNGSROMAN OF A PUNK (Bildungsroman di un punk)
CYNOMACHY IS FORBIDDEN BY LAW ()
INVENTORY OF AIR (Inventario dell’aria)
INVENTORY OF LOST FLESH (Inventario delle carni perdute)
LET LIFE BEGIN FROM THAT DOG ()
THE TWO OF US TOGETHER HAVE NO NEED ()
WRITE, HESITANT HAND ()

How I love the world, the air, its breath ()
Treetops that tremble in the sky here, ()
()

Che la materia provochi il contagio ()
Di sera quando è poca la luce ()
Ho spesso immaginato che gli sguardi ()
IL PARTORIENTE (Il partoriente)
LEZIONE DI METRICA (Lezione di metrica)
L’ABBRACCIO (L’abbraccio)
Scivola la penna ()
Sono al cinema, in cura ()
SUL NOME DI UN'UTILITARIA DELLA D.D.R CHE IN TEDESCO SIGNIFICA (Sul nome di un'utilitaria della D.D.R che in tedesco significa "satellite")
TRENO-COMETA (Treno-cometa)

THE HABITUDE OF THE EYES 34 (34)
THE HABITUDE OF THE EYES 52 (52)
THE HABITUDE OF THE EYES 54 (54)
THE HABITUDE OF THE EYES 55 (55)
THE HABITUDE OF THE EYES 62 (62)

FRESHWATER FISH (PESCE D’ACQUA DOLCE)
THE WESTERN LOOK OF THE DRESS (L'ASPETTO OCCIDENTALE DEL VESTITO)
THE NEW DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE (IL NUOVO DOTTOR LIVINGSTONE)
Where would Don Rodrigo’s mansion be located ()
The large Pavonia or Saturnia ()
TWO TIMES (DUE TEMPI)
The city of the past stretches ()
The drought was drying up the source ()
FROM THE SAME PLACE (DALLO STESSO LUOGO)
THE EPHEMERA (EFFIMERE)
BOREALIS (BOREALE)
MODEL (MODELLO)
NATURE (NATURA)
MIMESIS (MIMESI)
It was difficult to recover the threads ()
Of those uncertain shadows ()
Stricken by cures ()
From along the country’s main road ()
In the circumstance ()
A NOTE FROM 1926 (UNA NOTA DEL 1926)
BOTANICAL VARIETY (VARIETÀ BOTANICA)
Not a slow draining ()
That pastry and coffee house in Como ()
About these woods. . . ()
You could but take the stairway ()

GOODBYE MY TWENTIETH CENTURY (I) (Addio mio novecento (I) )
GOODBYE MY TWENTIETH CENTURY (II) (Addio mio novecento (II) )
GOODBYE MY TWENTIETH CENTURY (III) (Addio mio novecento (III) )
NIGHT (Notte)
THE SUN (Il sole)
UNFOLDING SPACE (Lo spazio spiegato)

STORIES OF THE ARMADILLO (STORIE DELL’ARMADILLO)

AMONG ALL THE EXISTING SPECIES THAT A THOUSAND FILAMENTS ()
I AM WASTING MY TIME IF I IMAGINE ()
IT IS THIS NEED I HAVE TO EXIST ()
MUST WE DESTROY OR CREATE? YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ()
THE WISDOM HANDED DOWN BY THE ANCIENTS ()
THE WOMAN I LOVE DOES NOT LOVE LIFE. ()
VEILED MOON, MOON COME ()
WATER CAROL (Caròla d’acqua)
WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE WHO KNOWS IF I EVER ()
with water, with hunger, with calm, ()

ALMOST SUNG (Quasi cantata)
AN ITALIAN EVENING (Sera italiana)
CHARTRES AND THE NEWS (Chartres e una notizia)
I DO NOT WANT TO GET OLD ()
NEW YORK (New York)
PREGNANCY TEST, POSITIVE (Incinta, dice il test)
THE GOOD-BYE (Il saluto)
TOWARDS SANSEPOLCRO (Verso Sansepolcro)
WHERE ARE YOU WHILE I LOSE YOU ()
YOU NEED PATIENCE IN LOVE ()

DESIRE (Desiderio)
DESTINY (Destino)
FATHER (Padre)
JOURNEY (Nell’atto di partire)
LIFE (Vita)
LOVE (Amore)
NOWHERE (Da nessuna parte)
ON YOUR THROAT (Sulla tua gola)
THE WORD (La parola)
THROUGH THE NOSE (Per via di naso)
TOGETHER (Insieme)
TUNNEL (Tunnel)
VIDEO (Video)
WHENEVER I GO (Viaggio)

THIS IS THE STORY (La storia è questa)
A great ice-cream shop ()
And any way life happens ()
Christ . . . what is the difference ()
Dear Mary, ()
Do you remember the hundred times ()
I hate my father ()
I observe the photo ()
Now you have legs up to the garter belt ()
That photo of Bertold Brecht ()
“But what kind of Italy was it?” ()
“PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK” (“Metti un tigre nel motore”)

Darkness comes from the window panes it comes, a slow rain ()
DEDICATION: 1. (DEDICA: 1.)
DEDICATION: 10. (DEDICA: 10.)
DEDICATION: 11. (DEDICA: 11.)
DEDICATION: 12. (DEDICA: 12.)
DEDICATION: 2. (DEDICA: 2.)
DEDICATION: 3. (DEDICA: 3.)
DEDICATION: 4. (DEDICA: 4.)
DEDICATION: 5. (DEDICA: 5.)
DEDICATION: 6. (DEDICA: 6.)
DEDICATION: 7. (DEDICA: 7.)
DEDICATION: 8. (DEDICA: 8.)
DEDICATION: 9. (DEDICA: 9.)
I can only add that I meet ()
Little grass, grass so poor ()
PASSAGE FROM THE EAST (Passaggio da est)
There-funnel of darkness, there-tube ()