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Poem

Valerio Magrelli

Scivola la penna

The pen slides
down the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.

Scivola la penna

Scivola la penna
verso l\'inguine della pagina,
ed in silenzio si raccoglie la scrittura.
Questo foglio ha i confini geometrici
di uno stato africano
in cui disegno
i filari paralleli delle dune.
ormai sto disegnando
mentre racconto ciò
che raccontando si profila.
E\' come se una nube
arrivasse ad avere
forma di nube.
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Scivola la penna

The pen slides
down the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.

Scivola la penna

The pen slides
down the groin of the page,
while writing collects itself in silence.
This page has the geometry
of an African country,
where I map
out rows of parallel dunes.
Drawing
as I talk
what my tale prefigures.
As if a cloud
were to assume
the form of a cloud.
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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