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Daniele
Pantano
Spadafora,
Sicily
Upon
crossing the crowded promenade of a Sicilian fishing village
one
experiences the metamorphosis of a neighborhood
with its colonies of wild, black-haired women
its faded architecture gutted by salt
its
voices
shepherded by wine and lava
its parameter stretching towards mountain orchards
and
its
aroma of religious perspiration, infernal passion
and ancient gastronomy
by
blessing the dormant boats
and
delicately pushing the sun beyond the dynamics of the sea
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| Daniele
Pantano's
background is multinational and multicultural. Of Italian and German
parentage,
he was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, in 1976. Pantano is a widely
published
poet: his individual poems have been featured in journals and
anthologies in
Europe, Asia, and the United States. In 2000, Alpha Beat Press
published his
first collection, Planta Rhel.
He speaks six languages, holds a degree
in
philosophy, and is the poetry editor of Suncripts (an annual literary
anthology
produced by the Florida Center for Writers). Currently, he lives in
Brandon,
Florida, with his wife and two children. email: D.Pantano |
09-04
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