It’s foggy, today. The first fog of the year. Up until a bit ago, it was a really beautiful white sheet. It’s foggy, today. The sun won’t show up. Trees, lawns, streets, and buildings get all mixed up in the gray nuances. The air smells of damp earth, of fertilizer, and cement. And of a … More The Microscope: excerpt #10
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – I’ll wait without ever disturbing defending a promise a memory, your honor. I’ll wait letting you go so your “I” could be light and free to fly. And if of this world will end, then, all time in another life you, come to … More In one go… #19
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) On a calm day, during a night like this, I will close my eyes, slowly. A happy thought will be born all by itself, and, escaping from my hands, will take flight. It will rise high, free, above the buildings and above the sky. It will … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #19
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – I’ll protect your silences, the time you need, your instants of peace, your space, your world. I’ll protect your words and your promises, each and every one of your truths, whether they’re doubts or certainties. And if you stumble on a memory that … More In one go… #18
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Words, words, words, words, words… Thrown to the wind? Really? To tell, to listen, to make a mistake, to think, to understand. Who? Everything and its exact opposite. – A gagged scream – Where is all that goodness, all that respect, and all that esteem? ON/OFF. … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #18
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Drops. Drops, fine, fall. The lake in summer. My body floats…just, it’s heavy. Not like the thought of an error, though. Lying on the rocking of the waves, head under, I don’t hear anything anymore. Everything is woolly, the world doesn’t exist anymore. (…) Even those … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #17
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An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) Oh that your heart might become stone and your glance ice. Oh that your soul might shut up and your Id disappear. (…) Like water that flows, let everything simply go. Like an autumn leaf, resign yourself to the wind… (…) [from “Loop #18” – … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #16
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – But you continue to smile, really. At the dawn of the day, which smells of coffee, drawing deeply on the first cig, while the sun rises, the air smells of dampness and cement, for an instant letting go of all your thoughts to … More In one go… #17
Cold, freezing, empty, nothingness, everything shut down. Agitating messily, the leaves in the wind through the beating rain and the darkness of the night. The room dark, the storm rages, the soul trembles, fear invades. (…) From The Microscope. A collection of snapshots immortalized with a pen, “Snapshot n. 11”. #TheMicroscope (Some Call It Poetry) ARE YOU … More The Microscope: excerpt #9
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – I write words as if you could still read them… as if they could still get to you… Don’t forget my glance, the sound of my voice, the laughs, who we were, who I am, who I was… Make sure that it’s at … More In one go… #16
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) Today slip slowly, slip again. On streets, cars, alleys and mansions; on open umbrellas, dripping street lamps, on people’s heads, and on me. Today fall slowly, fall constantly. Wash away the bad, the emptiness, the freeze, the pain; then clear the head, soul and heart, cancel … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #15
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – And that’s how the shadows fell The sun and stars shut themselves off Everything changed its shape Taking on the form of nothingness. At the dawn of that new day Just a thick fog. May 25, 2021 Original photo by: Tiago Vasconcelos on … More In one go… #15
FZzzzz… The unmistakable sound of the nth uncorking precedes the first icy sip. A sip that goes down fast, intense, directly from the mouth to the stomach. A stomach that is closed, knotted, tense, as if hit by a sudden punch. Another sip. The smoke of the first draw fogs the vision. Only for seconds. … More The Microscope: excerpt #8
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – Slowly the fronds wave A new spring wind A slice of moon shines in the sky I observe and hope That your soul can fly Always free and light. May 19, 2021 Original photo by: Jordan Steranka on Unsplash In the style of #TheMicroscope & … More In one go… #14
– Bruce Miller & Dan Johnson, Team Golfwell, Members of IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association), read my poetry collections… “The Microscope” – Five Stars I enjoyed reading “The Microscope. A collection of snapshots immortalized with a pen (Some Call It Poetry)” by Anna “Annina” Lorenzi, who writes dramatic, haunting, idyllic, highly imaginative, lyrical, and melodious … More “The Microscope” & “The Roller Coaster”: Team Golfwell’s 5 Stars Reviews
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) (…) You are… A ray of sunshine that, rare, surprises. The smile, the cure that feeds soul and mind. Doubts, questions, joy, emptiness and pain, truth, certainties, and maternal love. A thought that reason can neither explain, nor say, but the moon, the sky and the … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #14
– In the style of The Microscope & The Roller Coaster – A shiny sword pierced the chest suddenly a brilliant red tinted the snow of the fields. Unexpected, the freeze got to the heart stealing the last breath. A little farther on, among the ruins, the call of a blackbird. April 27, 2021 Original … More In one go… #13
An extension of The Microscope (some call it poetry) You are… A sudden light that fascinates and muddles, that reawakens spirit and common sense, that disturbs them and amazes them. A cloud on the horizon before the storm, a bolt of lightning that blinds, that disappears, and doesn’t stay. Violent thunder before the storm, a … More The Roller Coaster – Up’n’Down! – Excerpt #13
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