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Embrace the world

11/11/2015

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Fuck the moon,
It's much too far away to offer inspiration.
It's cold and distant and shines only in the Sun's reflected glory.
Embrace the world
Like a big squishy orange
And bathe shamelessly in its sticky juices.
Don't be afraid to fail.
Unless you are very good or very lucky,
Your poems will not change the world.
It is too big, and nobody on this planet really cares about anyone except themselves.
So write your poems on sycamore bark that you find on the street or rocks that you find by the river.
Write them on your phone, a napkin, a receipt from a taxi cab.
Write as if you were writing the very last poem you will ever write.
Just write.

Translation:

Abbraccia il mondo

Basta con la luna!
È troppo lontana da offrirti nessun ispirazione.
E' fredda e distante e si illumina solo dalla gloria rifletta del sole.
Abbraccia il mondo
Come se fosse un'arancia grande e succulente.
E lavati senza vergogna nel suo liquido appiccicoso.
Non avere paura di fallire.
A meno che tu non hai o grande talento o buona fortuna,
Le tue poesie non cambieranno il mondo.
È troppo grande e nessuno che vive in questa pianeta
Pensa a qualcuno tranne se stesso.
Allora scrivi le tue poesie sulla corteccia di un albero o sulle pietre che trovi vicino al fiume.
Scrivile sul tuo telefonino, un fazzoletto di carta o una ricevuta di taxi.
Scrivile come queste fossero le ultime poesie che scriverai nella tua vita.
Basta scrivere!
 
Rosalind Resnick
Nov. 10, 2015
 
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