Genesis (Creation)

In principio diviserunt Elohim
coelum et terram
and the land was left barren
et les ombres noires
enveloppaient les profondeurs


bade korgolœdei dar ruie
oghionusoh parmisad
(et aura divina
super oceani undas)


The author thanks Liliana Lo Giudice, Rosa Maria Costa, and Sepidè Akhavanabiri.

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Poetry From the August 2004 issue: Chapters And Verse: Religious Literature, Part II

Guido MonteGuido Monte

Guido Monte was born in 1962. His books and translations have been published by the Italian houses Rubbettino and Ed. Della Battaglia. He teaches Italian and Latin literatures at the Liceo "A. Einstein" of Palermo. In his most recent works, he employs linguistic blending in the search for new and deeper relations between different cultures.

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