SurVision Magazine / Mara Venuto

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Dangers of resentment have perched
on my back, a palette where all the hues
are invisible to a human eye,
to the hands that desire
but cannot fulfil.

Touch that secret bone
under the skin; its top protrudes
to get closer to the truth.

I'd love this fading hope
to saturate all the answers,
force them to make sense
like fingers that wake up a sleeper
wordlessly.

Translated from Italian by Anatoly Kudryavitsky

Mara Venuto is an Italian poet, novelist and playwright. She was born in Taranto, and lives in Ostuni. She made his debut in 2008 with the collection of short stories and monologues Read My Thoughts (Cicorivolta Edizioni, 2008), followed by a few novels and numerous collaborative works. In 2016, she published the theatrical monologue The Monster (a finalist in the Mario Fratti Award, New York, 2014). Her poetry collection entitled Waterproof (Casa Editrice & Libraria) appeared in 2014, and later that year won Honourable Mention at Piero Alinari International Poetry Prize. In 2019, her second poetry collection, The Dust Scattered by the Wind, was published by Casa Editrice & Libraria. Her latest collection, The City Language, was published by Delta 3 Edizioni in 2021.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Eleven MARA VENUTO Untitled Dangers of resentment have perched on my back, a palette where all the hues are invisible to a human eye, to the hands that desire but cannot fulfil. Touch that secret bone under the skin; its top protrudes to get closer to the truth. I'd love this fading hope to saturate all the answers, force them to make sense like fingers that wake up a sleeper wordlessly. Translated from Italian by Anatoly Kudryavitsky Mara Venuto is an Italian poet, novelist and playwright. She was born in Taranto, and lives in Ostuni. She made his debut in 2008 with the collection of short stories and monologues Read My Thoughts (Cicorivolta Edizioni, 2008), followed by a few novels and numerous collaborative works. In 2016, she published the theatrical monologue The Monster (a finalist in the Mario Fratti Award, New York, 2014). Her poetry collection entitled Waterproof (Casa Editrice & Libraria) appeared in 2014, and later that year won Honourable Mention at Piero Alinari International Poetry Prize. In 2019, her second poetry collection, The Dust Scattered by the Wind, was published by Casa Editrice & Libraria. Her latest collection, The City Language, was published by Delta 3 Edizioni in 2021.
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