Blackbird ArchiveAmy Newman
A contributor profile of poet and translator Amy Newman, introducing her translations of Antonia Pozzi's poetry.
The original Italian text of Antonia Pozzi's poem imagining escape to the countryside among children in water at dawn.
PoetryDaylightA translated Pozzi poem imagining escape from the city to a countryside of dancing and threadbare joy.
PoetryAmy NewmanA contributor profile of poet and translator Amy Newman, introducing her translations of Antonia Pozzi's poetry.
PoetryAntonia PozziA contributor profile of Italian poet Antonia Pozzi, who died by suicide in 1938 and whose poems were published posthumously.
PoetryOdore di fienoThe original Italian text of Pozzi's poem on the scent of hay evoking exhaustion and loneliness.
PoetryOdor of HayA translated Pozzi poem describing the scent of hay as an exhausted, abandoning presence.
PoetryErroriThe original Italian text of Pozzi's poem on snow falling over flowers and the wrong turns of many lives.
PoetryWanderersA translated Pozzi poem on snow-covered flowers and the many wandering, wronged destinies they evoke.