Anita Piscazzi, poet, pianist, ethnomusicologist. She is editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine Marsia. Vari- azioni poetiche». She cooperates with the poetic-literary magazine «La Vallisa», «Incroci», «CittàdiVita» and «ClanDestino». She has published the poetic collections: In lumen splendor, Amal, Maremàje, Alba che non so Some of her poems are included in Atlas of Italian contemporary poets edited by Bologna University, in several anthologies, among which “Umana, troppo umana” and literary blogs such as “Centro cultural Tina Modotti Ca- racas”, “InternoPoesia”, “Poetarumsilva”. Translated in Spanish. She is Isabella Morra 2017 Award and InediTO 2017 Award. Some poems of hers were read on SanMarinoRTV and on RaiRadio3. She has cooperated in the poetic-musical project “Alda e il soldato rock” and in the theatrical project “Miss Kilimangiaro” in Kenya for “Avis for Children”.

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It won’t be cold to stop me Neither fog

Vanity is the death of memory

Every way has got its own abyss And a door to go beyond

But I listen only to you
Who do not exist and who cut through my road.

Translated from Italian by Marcello Valeriano