Matí
@maticol.bsky.social
#translator #writer #exteacher #naturelover #doglover #hiker #reader & #paint covered much of the time
Managing/translating at
https://paralleltexts.blog/ (when the mood hits).
🇨🇦&🇮🇹 Posts/pics with no author/translator named are me being me
Managing/translating at
https://paralleltexts.blog/ (when the mood hits).
🇨🇦&🇮🇹 Posts/pics with no author/translator named are me being me
Pinned
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@maticol.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"...And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone."
#SaraTeasdale "There will come soft rains"
#poetry #nature
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone."
#SaraTeasdale "There will come soft rains"
#poetry #nature
Who hasn't felt the wind moving adagio above them, drawing them away from (the horrors of) life?
Is it safe haven or madness?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/26/a...
#Italian #poetry in #translation #womenintranslation
Is it safe haven or madness?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/26/a...
#Italian #poetry in #translation #womenintranslation
Alda Merini: A Sergio / For Sergio
“I have studied myself thoroughly, not to understand myself―that would be impossible―but to understand others and to hurt them as little as possible.” Alda Merini A Sergio Alda Merini Questa cor…
paralleltexts.blog
October 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Who hasn't felt the wind moving adagio above them, drawing them away from (the horrors of) life?
Is it safe haven or madness?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/26/a...
#Italian #poetry in #translation #womenintranslation
Is it safe haven or madness?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/26/a...
#Italian #poetry in #translation #womenintranslation
Heartbroken does not begin to describe what I feel, for while there is talk of ceasefire, all I see is what's buried under the rubble.
This is for the people of G*za as they make their way to what is left of home.
#VincenzoCardarelli #poetry #Italian #translation
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/12/v...
This is for the people of G*za as they make their way to what is left of home.
#VincenzoCardarelli #poetry #Italian #translation
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/12/v...
Vincenzo Cardarelli: Ritorno al mio paese / Return to my town
“nothing has changed but the living / who usurp the place of the dead” The trials of #war – Peace now for #G*za RITORNO AL MIO PAESE Vincenzo Cardarelli O memoria spietata, ch…
paralleltexts.blog
October 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Heartbroken does not begin to describe what I feel, for while there is talk of ceasefire, all I see is what's buried under the rubble.
This is for the people of G*za as they make their way to what is left of home.
#VincenzoCardarelli #poetry #Italian #translation
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/12/v...
This is for the people of G*za as they make their way to what is left of home.
#VincenzoCardarelli #poetry #Italian #translation
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/12/v...
How many massacres and genocides would #PrimoLevi have added to this list? How many more have since died in vain?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/05/s...
#poetry #translation #paralleltext #Italian #poetrycommunity #writing #war #warmongers #holocaust
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/05/s...
#poetry #translation #paralleltext #Italian #poetrycommunity #writing #war #warmongers #holocaust
Primo Levi: Canto dei morti in vano / Song of those who died in vain
Canto dei morti invano Primo Levi Sedete e contrattate A vostra voglia, vecchie volpi argentate. Vi mureremo in un palazzo splendido Con cibo, vino, buoni letti e buon fuoco Purché trattiate e cont…
paralleltexts.blog
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How many massacres and genocides would #PrimoLevi have added to this list? How many more have since died in vain?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/05/s...
#poetry #translation #paralleltext #Italian #poetrycommunity #writing #war #warmongers #holocaust
paralleltexts.blog/2025/10/05/s...
#poetry #translation #paralleltext #Italian #poetrycommunity #writing #war #warmongers #holocaust
I translate mostly poetry now on my blog...but every now and then I read a story that needs to be told.
#CesarePavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/28/c...
#war #partisans #translation #Italian #English #paralleltext
#CesarePavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/28/c...
#war #partisans #translation #Italian #English #paralleltext
Cesare Pavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
“From the square up above, you could see other hills, azure almost. I leaned against the church in the sun. In that warmth and silence, I felt an inkling of hope. What was happening seemed im…
paralleltexts.blog
September 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I translate mostly poetry now on my blog...but every now and then I read a story that needs to be told.
#CesarePavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/28/c...
#war #partisans #translation #Italian #English #paralleltext
#CesarePavese: Il fuggiasco / The fugitive
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/28/c...
#war #partisans #translation #Italian #English #paralleltext
Feathered foreigners -
new this home these icy parks
sprinkled in snow crumbs
#dailyhaikuprompt geese
#poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #Canada
new this home these icy parks
sprinkled in snow crumbs
#dailyhaikuprompt geese
#poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #Canada
Our daily haiku prompts for Sep 20-27
Welcome to the new participants and thank you to those who've been here all along.
As always, use the prompts (or not) as you see fit.
North South
09/20 Cascade Cooling
09/21 Somber Crocus
09/22 Chilly Touch
09/23 Salmon Geese
09/24 Footsteps Rock
09/25 […]
Welcome to the new participants and thank you to those who've been here all along.
As always, use the prompts (or not) as you see fit.
North South
09/20 Cascade Cooling
09/21 Somber Crocus
09/22 Chilly Touch
09/23 Salmon Geese
09/24 Footsteps Rock
09/25 […]
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mastodon.world
September 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Feathered foreigners -
new this home these icy parks
sprinkled in snow crumbs
#dailyhaikuprompt geese
#poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #Canada
new this home these icy parks
sprinkled in snow crumbs
#dailyhaikuprompt geese
#poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #Canada
General strike in Italy. September 22 2025 for #gaza
It included social media silence for 24 hours...
#peacenow #nomorewar
It included social media silence for 24 hours...
#peacenow #nomorewar
September 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
General strike in Italy. September 22 2025 for #gaza
It included social media silence for 24 hours...
#peacenow #nomorewar
It included social media silence for 24 hours...
#peacenow #nomorewar
Happy Sunday.
"Si fa per dire!"
#NataliaGinzburg and #PrimoLevi
"The Jews"
#translation #Italian #prose #poetry #loss #peace #lestweforget
Photo taken on a school trip with students: Pompei, #casts
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
"Si fa per dire!"
#NataliaGinzburg and #PrimoLevi
"The Jews"
#translation #Italian #prose #poetry #loss #peace #lestweforget
Photo taken on a school trip with students: Pompei, #casts
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
Natalia Ginzburg: Gli Ebrei / The Jews (1972)
“I am now convinced that the role of Israel as the unifying centre of Judaism – and I underline ‘now’ – is in an eclipse phase. It is imperative, therefore, that the focal point of Judaism be inver…
paralleltexts.blog
September 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Sunday.
"Si fa per dire!"
#NataliaGinzburg and #PrimoLevi
"The Jews"
#translation #Italian #prose #poetry #loss #peace #lestweforget
Photo taken on a school trip with students: Pompei, #casts
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
"Si fa per dire!"
#NataliaGinzburg and #PrimoLevi
"The Jews"
#translation #Italian #prose #poetry #loss #peace #lestweforget
Photo taken on a school trip with students: Pompei, #casts
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
September 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So I guess the tRump is going to watch the US open tennis match...did they have a trophy made just for him this time around or will he take the winner's (again)?
Hope the heat doesn't get him. Would be sad, so sad, I mean really sad, the saddest thing, like the world has never seen anything so sad.
Hope the heat doesn't get him. Would be sad, so sad, I mean really sad, the saddest thing, like the world has never seen anything so sad.
September 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So I guess the tRump is going to watch the US open tennis match...did they have a trophy made just for him this time around or will he take the winner's (again)?
Hope the heat doesn't get him. Would be sad, so sad, I mean really sad, the saddest thing, like the world has never seen anything so sad.
Hope the heat doesn't get him. Would be sad, so sad, I mean really sad, the saddest thing, like the world has never seen anything so sad.
#SalvatoreQuasimodo
Dolore di cose che ignoro/Pain of things I ignore
#translation #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #translator #loss #war #Italian
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/07/s...
Dolore di cose che ignoro/Pain of things I ignore
#translation #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #translator #loss #war #Italian
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/07/s...
Salvatore Quasimodo: Dolore di cose che ignoro / Pain of things I ignore
Dolore di cose che ignoro Salvatore Quasimodo Fitta di bianche e di nere radici di lievito odora e lombrichi, tagliata dall’acque la terra. Dolore di cose che ignoro mi nasce: non basta una m…
paralleltexts.blog
September 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#SalvatoreQuasimodo
Dolore di cose che ignoro/Pain of things I ignore
#translation #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #translator #loss #war #Italian
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/07/s...
Dolore di cose che ignoro/Pain of things I ignore
#translation #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #translator #loss #war #Italian
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/07/s...
I have decided that seasons do not mark time for hikers (and their dogs), fruit does: from wild plums to blackberries, strawberry grapes to figs, walnuts to wild pears...
#hiking #dogs #jackrussel #nature
#hiking #dogs #jackrussel #nature
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have decided that seasons do not mark time for hikers (and their dogs), fruit does: from wild plums to blackberries, strawberry grapes to figs, walnuts to wild pears...
#hiking #dogs #jackrussel #nature
#hiking #dogs #jackrussel #nature
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Vines gripped the facade,
searching out lifeless windows
framed hermetic blue
#dailyhaikuprompt vine #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
searching out lifeless windows
framed hermetic blue
#dailyhaikuprompt vine #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
September 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Vines gripped the facade,
searching out lifeless windows
framed hermetic blue
#dailyhaikuprompt vine #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
searching out lifeless windows
framed hermetic blue
#dailyhaikuprompt vine #haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
I find it hopeless. Time spent discussing how much of nothing but waiting.
Reading about *another* publisher not paying royalties. Like, why are people not ring-fencing??? Also, when negotiating your contracts it should say how often authors receive statements/royalties & when, plus it's absolutely ok to ask the publisher how they handle this and how they ring-fence/escrow
September 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I find it hopeless. Time spent discussing how much of nothing but waiting.
If storks bring babies,
what animal takes their limbs,
starves them in their nests?
#dailyhaikuprompt stork
#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writing #war #peacenow #genocide
what animal takes their limbs,
starves them in their nests?
#dailyhaikuprompt stork
#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writing #war #peacenow #genocide
Our Haiku Prompts for Aug 30 to Sep 6
Offered for consideration.
There's power in showing up.
North South
08/30 Clover Mud
08/31 Mist Fresh Water
09/01 Snail Sprouts
09/02 Spice Spring Mud
09/03 Swirl Stork
09/04 New Moon Bird Song
09/05 Vines Abalone
09/06 Crimson Chill
The bitter […]
Offered for consideration.
There's power in showing up.
North South
08/30 Clover Mud
08/31 Mist Fresh Water
09/01 Snail Sprouts
09/02 Spice Spring Mud
09/03 Swirl Stork
09/04 New Moon Bird Song
09/05 Vines Abalone
09/06 Crimson Chill
The bitter […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
September 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If storks bring babies,
what animal takes their limbs,
starves them in their nests?
#dailyhaikuprompt stork
#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writing #war #peacenow #genocide
what animal takes their limbs,
starves them in their nests?
#dailyhaikuprompt stork
#haiku #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writing #war #peacenow #genocide
Reposted by Matí
I am thrilled to participate in this incredible event with an incredible lineup of Palestinian writers and supporters of Palestine, with all ticket proceeds to benefit Palestinian orphans, via INARA. If you’re in New York City, buy your tickets now. I’m pretty sure the event will sell out.
August 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am thrilled to participate in this incredible event with an incredible lineup of Palestinian writers and supporters of Palestine, with all ticket proceeds to benefit Palestinian orphans, via INARA. If you’re in New York City, buy your tickets now. I’m pretty sure the event will sell out.
I carry this beautiful book with me from room to room. I read, become overwhelmed, put it down, do stuff, pick it up, read, then carry it into another room with me… I know how it ends. #nakba
#Palestine #SuadAmiry #books
Book isn't out IN Eng but it was translated FROM Eng! Why? 🔗 In comments ⬇️
#Palestine #SuadAmiry #books
Book isn't out IN Eng but it was translated FROM Eng! Why? 🔗 In comments ⬇️
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I carry this beautiful book with me from room to room. I read, become overwhelmed, put it down, do stuff, pick it up, read, then carry it into another room with me… I know how it ends. #nakba
#Palestine #SuadAmiry #books
Book isn't out IN Eng but it was translated FROM Eng! Why? 🔗 In comments ⬇️
#Palestine #SuadAmiry #books
Book isn't out IN Eng but it was translated FROM Eng! Why? 🔗 In comments ⬇️
Oil ripple in a tin
abandoned in the midday
sun: a cat's meow
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writing
abandoned in the midday
sun: a cat's meow
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writing
Our Haiku Prompts for August 23-30
Just a prompt to prime the pump. Use it how you will.
Practice may not make perfect but it helps.
North South
08/23 Undulate Late
08/24 Lantern Egg
08/25 Refreshing Grove
08/26 Peaches Butterfly
08/27 Sardines Overcoat
08/28 Vine Barely Spring
08/29 […]
Just a prompt to prime the pump. Use it how you will.
Practice may not make perfect but it helps.
North South
08/23 Undulate Late
08/24 Lantern Egg
08/25 Refreshing Grove
08/26 Peaches Butterfly
08/27 Sardines Overcoat
08/28 Vine Barely Spring
08/29 […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
August 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Oil ripple in a tin
abandoned in the midday
sun: a cat's meow
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writing
abandoned in the midday
sun: a cat's meow
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writing
Groves in silent hues
of lemon and green eye seas
dripping in orange.
#dailyhaikuprompt grove
#Sorrento #poetry #haiku #Italy
#poetrylovers
of lemon and green eye seas
dripping in orange.
#dailyhaikuprompt grove
#Sorrento #poetry #haiku #Italy
#poetrylovers
August 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Groves in silent hues
of lemon and green eye seas
dripping in orange.
#dailyhaikuprompt grove
#Sorrento #poetry #haiku #Italy
#poetrylovers
of lemon and green eye seas
dripping in orange.
#dailyhaikuprompt grove
#Sorrento #poetry #haiku #Italy
#poetrylovers
Walks under bridges:
still green waters and echoes
of footsteps mirrored.
#haiku #poetry #sundaywalks #poetrycommunity
still green waters and echoes
of footsteps mirrored.
#haiku #poetry #sundaywalks #poetrycommunity
August 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Walks under bridges:
still green waters and echoes
of footsteps mirrored.
#haiku #poetry #sundaywalks #poetrycommunity
still green waters and echoes
of footsteps mirrored.
#haiku #poetry #sundaywalks #poetrycommunity
For years I read to kids in libraries. I fell in love with the poetry of #GianniRodari, an Italian writer, teacher, and brilliant man with a profound sense of justice and equality.
This is from the book: "Il cielo è di tutti"
#peace #nomorewar #poetry #translation
paralleltexts.blog/tag/gianni-r...
This is from the book: "Il cielo è di tutti"
#peace #nomorewar #poetry #translation
paralleltexts.blog/tag/gianni-r...
August 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
For years I read to kids in libraries. I fell in love with the poetry of #GianniRodari, an Italian writer, teacher, and brilliant man with a profound sense of justice and equality.
This is from the book: "Il cielo è di tutti"
#peace #nomorewar #poetry #translation
paralleltexts.blog/tag/gianni-r...
This is from the book: "Il cielo è di tutti"
#peace #nomorewar #poetry #translation
paralleltexts.blog/tag/gianni-r...
Rocco Scotellaro: C'era l'America /There was once #America paralleltexts.blog/2025/08/15/r...
#immigration #socialjustice #nomoreborders #translation #poetry #Italian #family #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
#immigration #socialjustice #nomoreborders #translation #poetry #Italian #family #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
Rocco Scotellaro: C’era l’America /There was once America
“Forever gone is our fathers’ illusion that there is still America.” Rocco Scotellaro C’ERA L’AMERICA Rocco Scotellaro C’era l’America, bella, lontanadel padre mio che aveva vent’anni.I…
paralleltexts.blog
August 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Rocco Scotellaro: C'era l'America /There was once #America paralleltexts.blog/2025/08/15/r...
#immigration #socialjustice #nomoreborders #translation #poetry #Italian #family #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
#immigration #socialjustice #nomoreborders #translation #poetry #Italian #family #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
Who is writing this poem today about the children in Gaza?
#lestweforget
#peacenow #stopthegenocide
#JoyceLussu: C'è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes paralleltexts.blog/2021/01/24/j...
#lestweforget
#peacenow #stopthegenocide
#JoyceLussu: C'è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes paralleltexts.blog/2021/01/24/j...
Joyce Lussu: C’è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes
“Translating poetry is not an arid academic and philological exercise on the grammatical and syntactical complications of language. Translating poetry means striving to understand it; it alm…
paralleltexts.blog
August 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Who is writing this poem today about the children in Gaza?
#lestweforget
#peacenow #stopthegenocide
#JoyceLussu: C'è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes paralleltexts.blog/2021/01/24/j...
#lestweforget
#peacenow #stopthegenocide
#JoyceLussu: C'è un paio di scarpette Rosse/ There is a pair of red shoes paralleltexts.blog/2021/01/24/j...