Ginnasta (translation below)

Something I came up with ... hope you like it :)

Pagina bianca:

Il silenzio prima dell'esibizione.

Corre la penna nella frenesia dell'istante,

fa capriole, fa salti,

scandisce cosi la sua performance;

Volano i puntini sulle i,

scivolano le sinuose curve delle s,

abbraccia il mondo in un cerchio ad ogni o.

Il suo impavido cuore da ginnasta,

del fresco inchiostro sulla pagina

appena macchiata,

si gode la magia della sua arte.

Una fluida coreografia di parole e pensieri,

questa è la poesia.

Ed ora che la stasi dei muscoli,

la fermezza del punto,

chiudono la composizione,

a voi giudici spetta l'ardua sentenza.

TRANSLATION

Title: gymnast

Empty page:

silence before the show,

the Pen runs in the hurry of the moment,

it makes gambols, it makes leaps,

it stresses its performance that way.

Dots fly over the "I"s,

"S"'s winding curves slip,

it hugs the world in a circle at every O.

Its brave gymnast's heart,

some fresh ink over the hardly-

spotted page,

enjoy the magic of its art.

A flowing choreography of words and thoughts,

this is poetry.

And now that the muscles' stasis,

the dot's steadiness,

close the writing,

you judges are expected to judge.

Author's Note

Much of the meaning has been lost in the translation, i'm sorry :(
Originally written in: Italian

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. You are awesome man and so do your pieces...Bravo.........

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree with the Author's note. Your language of country is beautiful. Hard to bring alive in English. The poem is still good. Always a pleasure to read your words. You are one of my favorites.
Coyote

[外人 (Gaijin)]

One of your favourites? Really? Thank you very much !

[kublakhan27]

Awesome piece...you really said it here when it comes to the plight of a writer. Your precision in conveying those emotions is spot-on...love this one :)

[Inda]

Fantastic! A great metaphor gor writing that offers an insight into the mind of a poet and sets up the reader to indeed judge as that is the poet's expectation. I give you a 100!

[Leslie Philibert]

Like this a lot ; the way you translates this gives this a lot of charm ; excellent

[Vidya Bacchus]

This is so beautiful.If any of it was lost in translation I will be very surprised.Such passion for poetry my friend :)