Coglie il respiro
tra le foglie sul ramo
la capinera.
Il vento accompagna
gli amori lontani.
AUSTER, TRANSLATION BY DONNA MANCUSI-UNGARO
AND STEPHEN ERIC BERRY
It sees itself
in blackcap feathers
on a leafy branch.
The wind handholds
distant loves.
Pamela Proietti’s first book of poetry, il nome bianco, was published by Gattomerlino Edizioni (Rome, Italy) in 2021. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in: Hayden’s Ferry Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Los Angeles Review, Asymptote, Columbia Journal, Belas Infíeis (Brazil), Interim, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica among others.
Note: The Ostro or “Auster” wind is a southerly wind in the Adriatic that often carries storms and signifies the beginning of summer.
