The icy climbing
rope around my hardened heart --
between icicles.
Het beijzelde	Das eisige Seil
touw om mijn geharde hart --	um mein verhärtetes Herz --
tussen de pegels.	zwischen den Zapfen.

Poem S1825
Amsterdam, 2023-07-22
A thousand meters (Antonia Pozzi) - 1937
Poem "Mille metri", written to Emilio Comici on September 20^th, 1937
"alla tua fune gelida avvolto - ed il tuo duro cuore tra le pallide guglie"
Collection: Blankets of snow
Keyword: Life: course (overview) 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia 

The red sun burns in
the windows of the city:
everything is lost.
De avondzon brandt	Die Abendsonne
in de ramen van de stad:	brennt in den Fenstern der Stadt:
alles verloren.	alles verloren.

Poem H3965
Amsterdam, 2023-07-22
A thousand meters (Antonia Pozzi) - 1937
Poem "Mille metri", written to Emilio Comici on September 20^th, 1937
"la tua città coi vetri in fiamme [..] Dove hai lasciato le tue vesti, i volti delle ragazze, i remi?" ("your city with windows on fire [..] Where did you put your clothes, the faces of the girls, the oars?")
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Sun: blazing 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia 

It's raining tonight,
on our summer memories --
They are washed away.
Het regent vannacht,	Nacht voller Regen,
zomerherinneringen --	Sommererinnerungen --
worden weggespoeld.	werden weggespült.

Poem H3962
Amsterdam, 2023-07-21
Death of a season (Antonia Pozzi) - 1937
Poem "Morte di una stagione", written on September 20^th, 1937
"Piovve tutta la notte sulle memorie dell'estate"
Collection: After the festivities
Keywords: Change: revolution, Rain / Hail 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia 

I was seventeen,
with all my being I longed --
to offer myself.
Ik was zeventien,	Siebzehn: mein ganzes
heel mijn wezen verlangde --	Wesen sehnte sich danach --
om mij te geven.	mich hinzugeben.

Poem H3959
Amsterdam, 2023-07-21
Letter to Antonio Cervi (Antonia Pozzi) - 1935
Written on June 29^th, 1935
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Keyword: Love: surrender 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia 

Silvery glaucous
leaves sail away from the trees --
Little crescent moons.
Zilveren blaadjes	Silberne Blätter
zeilen weg van de bomen --	segeln von den Bäumen weg --
Kleine maansikkels.	Kleine Mondsicheln.

Poem H3961
Amsterdam, 2023-07-21
The eucalyptus trees (Antonia Pozzi) - 1933
Poem "Gli eucalipti", written on May 16^th, 1933
"lungo il canale profondo naviga piccola falce"
Collection: No wonder
Keyword: Nature: trees, forest 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia 

With all their long toes,
the trees stand in the floodlight --
of the poppy field.
Met al hun voeten	Mit allen Füßen
staan de bomen in het licht --	stehen die Bäume im Licht --
van de klaprozen.	des Klatschmohnfeldes.

Poem H3960
Amsterdam, 2023-07-21
The eucalyptus trees (Antonia Pozzi) - 1933
Poem "Gli eucalipti", written on May 16^th, 1933
"Alti gli eucalipti lungo l'argine effusi al piede in uno sgorgo acceso di papaveri"
Collection: No wonder
Keyword: Nature: flowers 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia