The tragedy of an earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy over Easter prompted this poem.
She peered out from behind the blue tent flap.
Just ten-years-old, her world had changed.
A bitter spring cold
a blue pull-over Croce Rossa Italiana knitted hat
a white ski jacket
with a brilliant red execution post, with cross–bar, as the breast plate
and a hood.
A young Pionieri stands [...]
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Posted in An Italian Spring, Italy, Journal of Life, La Ragazza (The Girl) Behind the Tent Flap, tagged child, Croce Rossa Italiana, death, disillusion, dreams, earthquake, earthquakes, fear, homeless, hope, introspection, Italia, Italian Spring, Italy, L'Aquila, loneliness, poems, poets, terremoto, writing on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
