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05/09/2013 11:11 am

Il Sarto di Barga

Proponiamo di seguito la traduzione dell’articolo scritto da Kerry Bell e pubblicato su giornaledibarganews alcune settimane fa. Una storia raccolta direttamente dalla voce del protagonista che Kerry restituisce ai lettori con grazia e profondità, portando a conoscenza dei barghigiani un espisodio...

04/25/2013 12:20 pm

The Tailor of Barga

They say it takes nine tailors to make a man. As one man tells it, it took one good tailor to help take nine men to safety, traveling on foot over the mountains on a dangerous two day journey several days after Christmas during W.W.II. Well before the stroke of nine, with the noble and elegant profile...

02/23/2013 10:03 am

Barga Book Club – A new normal

Having just at great effort dug ourselves out from under considerable snow in the countryside, some of us not entirely successfully even this night, and under threat of yet more snow, the Barga Book Club members braved the elements and met at the warm and cozy hearth of Isobel in Canale, Tiglio. Krysia...

02/08/2013 9:16 am

Tiglio: polenta dolce, comfort food

Earthquakes, evacuations, fires, unemployment, these are trying modern times. Over millennia European traditions have been established to help hold together the social fabric in times of trouble, harsh weather, famine. Seasonally, whether pagan, secular or religious, often in the form of winter festivals,...

11/28/2012 11:54 pm

The Frantoio

On a verdant hillside between Tiglio Basso and Ponte all’Ania, looking out onto the magnificent Apuane Alps and over the mid Serchio river valley, there is a lovely tall white stucco villa, capped by a red tile roof, on property which has been in the Barsotti family for hundreds of years. The home...

11/27/2012 9:41 pm

Barga Book Club – The Handmaid’s Tale

With disturbing prescience Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid’s Tale in 1986, a novel of speculative fiction of an authoritarian reproductive dystopia. The story closely follows the current enslavement of a young woman of requisite reproductive capacity with flashbacks to a not distant free...

11/20/2012 1:58 am

Tiglio Wine tasting

On a cold clear November night, under the sliver of a crescent moon, about thirty people gathered in the cosy rustic interior of the seat of the Misericordia of Tiglio at the 10th annual meeting to taste and judge 15 new wines produced by 10 local families. To accompany the wines, abundant food was served...

12/11/2011 1:53 pm

From the Olivetto

On a clear cold November morning Past the centuries old Stone hearth still Down the broken stone road Over which pilgrims passed In the grove The plum purple olives fall In nets smoothed like bedspreads The sun warms our backs The penultimate picked or Vibrated The flavor of warm fresh oil on our lips With...

11/28/2010 11:05 pm

The other side of the story

Yes The sunset was Spectacular The reclining figure’s forehead Was on fire And There was a patch Of pure blue Through a kaleidoscope Of white cotton batting But the story Was to the south Of the valley Where blueprint blue clouds Were suspended In a hologram Under the deep blue sea That this once...

05/15/2010 8:51 am

Bewitched

The splash of tires On rain slick roads Through tunnels Of light green And wet black Invited Enticed Enthralled By water laden high grass Crimson clover Salvia and buttercup Along the populist parade route To this emerald city

07/30/2008 4:25 pm

Perspective

Looking out Over a vast network Of mountain ridges Covered by dense forest Distant peaks Deep valleys Looking back On unexplored paths Bewildering intersections Irretrievable trails Breath taking climbs To summits Of heart rending beauty And slow arduous descents Looking in To find a vantage point

03/30/2008 8:24 pm

A Flame Within

A blood orange sun hovers Behind buildings Anchored in an icy sea A boat races through cold air Away from the ancient city Past tall villas Flames engulf interiors Raging window to window A heart races Thumbs part Nostrils flare Soft liquid flesh yields A spritz of bittersweet Blood orange

03/10/2008 7:33 am

The Italian Lesson, Pt. 2

Piango Piangi Piange Piangiamo Piangete Piangono ……….. Vergemoli 08 March 08

09/04/2007 1:22 pm

The Long Hot Summer

Ends In a downpour Of water And words Sun Hits Warm wet dirt Vapors rise Grass glistens Scents Permeate Grapes swell Figs burst Chimneys Smoke Chill Creeps Skin crawls Light glows

07/30/2007 12:53 pm

a midsummer day

peak summit apex midway afloat on a placid lake I want to stop time savor the warmth a bite of overripe cantaloupe a whiff of fresh basil a crush of black pepper on prosciutto

07/06/2007 2:11 pm

Summer

Sun Sand Sea Salt Surf Shower Soon To Sleep What’s Next

06/11/2007 7:18 pm

A Midsummer Night

Walking Under Around Through And among The Stars. P.S. This is interactive poetry: Whoever figures out what the heck I’m writing about wins a pizza dinner here with us. Message Kerry on the Forum with your answer. Staff and family of barganews.com, its affiliates and subsidiaries, are ineligible.

05/21/2007 6:58 pm

Bounty

Firm ripe red globes of pebbled flesh Hanging hidden beneath and between Toothed leaves In dank dirt On shadow washed banks That with a feather light fingertip touch fall Weightless into my palm Then the taste of sweet perfume

05/05/2007 3:14 pm

Wake Up Call

There is an alarm clock going off somewhere Beep beep beep beep beep beep But then it stops And then it goes off again Is it in one of the apartments below Beep beep beep beep beep beep Piercing urgent insistent Is there a warning buzzer on some machine here Did I misset the clock on the stove again Is...

04/28/2007 7:15 pm

Is It Love

A shy breeze breathes A heady mix of Penetrating perfume Acacia in bloom Heavy clusters of Delicate white petals Its lady finger leaves Lightly tracing shadows Intoxicating elderflowerâ€™s lace antimacassar Searching for a smooth sofa shoulder to lie on Standing firm full figs Not yet hanging soft Ever...