Journal of Italian Translation

Journal of Italian Translation
Poems in English by Rina Ferrarelli translated into Italian
Dreamsearch
I was back in that other
country again last night
those narrow streets
familiar and strange.
I walked on the worn stone
in the shadow of houses
looking for a door
looking for a face
and again
I woke up too soon.
And it’s been thirty years now
I’ve mothered three children
made a warm home for them
and that little orphan girl.
Back to the Source
Granite and river stone
worn by walking,
wide sloping steps with short rises
the steep descent
but not
the straight path of a torrent
sharp turns
and small wide bends
where walls jut out
alleys come in
I always go up in my dreams
upstream back to the source.
Someone’s often missing
from family pictures,
Inside the Frame