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Elisa Biagini

Side by side

THROUGH THE PATH

Through the path
of the needle, with
your thread
that is already passing
and that hems you, that makes
order, straight and narrow
way, that
cuts you off at
the ankles,
it’s so fine-spun.

THROUGH THE PATH

Per la strada
dell\'ago, col
tuo filo
che già passa
e ti fa orlo,
ordine, retta
via, che ti
sega alle
caviglie,
così fine.

Elisa Biagini

(Italy, 1970)

After having studied and taught for several years in the United States, Elisa Biagini now lives in Florence. Her poetry which she writes in both Italian and English, has appeared in anthologies as well as in various Italian and American journals such as Poesia, Linea d’ombra, Atelier, and Rattapallax. A translator from English (of Alicia Ostriker, Sharon Olds, Lucile Clifton amongst others), sh...

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THROUGH THE PATH

Through the path
of the needle, with
your thread
that is already passing
and that hems you, that makes
order, straight and narrow
way, that
cuts you off at
the ankles,
it’s so fine-spun.

THROUGH THE PATH

Through the path
of the needle, with
your thread
that is already passing
and that hems you, that makes
order, straight and narrow
way, that
cuts you off at
the ankles,
it’s so fine-spun.