A Vancouver, vernissage e poesia

Al Vancouver Italian Cultural Centre, in Canada, dal 27 marzo al 10 aprile si terrà una mostra intitolata "Acquerelli e poesie di Kalena". Gli acquerelli sono della pittrice Loreta Giannetti, (presidente onorario di Molise d'Autore), e le poesie, ispirate ai paesaggi casacalendesi della cugina Loreta, sono di Tina Biello, nata a Lake Cowichan B.C. ma originaria di Casacalenda anche lei.

 

Tratta dalla raccolta di poesie (Momenti, Leaf Press, 2010), scritte in inglese ma ricche di espressioni  dialettali del suo paese, vi presentiamo qui:

 

PINA TORNA A CASA.

 

Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself.
-Carol Ann Duffy, "Prayer"

 

N'copp' u chian' di Masc',
my old street.

 

I remember how I washed the clothes, hung them to dry,
made pasta for the day, everyday.
Cavatiell' or tacchozz',
noodles I shaped with my thumbs.
On the days I tired of that I made linguine,
cut into long snakes with my dull pasta knife.

 

Now I am the dust on these stairs,
this house, my old balcony.
My days here were tiring. Seven babies.
It's good to be here as a spectator.
The bones of this house hold the stories of me;
an old book I hope someone will find and read.

 

Whenever a fesc_te da Madonn' du Carmine happens—
the one festival celebrated outside my door—
I am there.
No matter how dead I am,
I am faithful.
The people of the town wonder
who gave the Madonna such pretty roses.

 

Tina Biello

Tina also has a long background in theatre as an actor, playwright and performer. She teaches Commedia dell’Arte and has written a children’s play about Autism called The Indigo Kids