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Giampiero Neri

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MIMESIS

From the shapes and lines
one notes on butterfly wings 
and in diverse other species,
decoration and defense go together,
similar to circles and designs 
also called painted eyes, 
being a sort of mimetic code 
of God’s imaginary eye watching.

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

MIMESIS

Tekeningen en lijnen,
zichtbaar op de vleugels van vlinders
van allerlei soorten,
ter versiering en verdediging,
cirkelvormige patronen
die de naam van oogvlek dragen
zijn een voorbeeld van mimesis,
het denkbeeldig oog van God die toeziet.

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

MIMESI

Delle figure e dei fregi
si osservano sulle ali delle farfalle
e in altre specie diverse
ornamento e difesa insieme,
simili a cerchi e disegni
detti anche macchie ocellari,
sono una varietà di mimetismo
l’immaginario occhio di Dio che guarda.

© 1998, Giampiero Neri
From: Teatro naturale
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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MIMESIS

From the shapes and lines
one notes on butterfly wings 
and in diverse other species,
decoration and defense go together,
similar to circles and designs 
also called painted eyes, 
being a sort of mimetic code 
of God’s imaginary eye watching.

© 2009, Ron Banerjee
From: Teatro naturale
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW, Milan

MIMESIS

From the shapes and lines
one notes on butterfly wings 
and in diverse other species,
decoration and defense go together,
similar to circles and designs 
also called painted eyes, 
being a sort of mimetic code 
of God’s imaginary eye watching.

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

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