'The horses of Wallenstein pass, the infantrymen of Mèrode pass, the horses of Anhalt pass, the infantrymen of Brandebourgh, and then the horses of Montecuccoli, and then those ones of Ferrari; Altringer pass, Furstenberg pass, Colloredo pass; the Croats pass, Torquato Conti pass, others and others pass; somehow Galasso passed, too, and was the last: '
Alessandro Manzoni
Our story is ending and we're going to go back some thousands of years.
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...Rome is another story...I like your chronicles, would like to read about Rome as well (after the horses of Wallenstein have just passed, the brothers Romulus and Remus (the founders of Rome) nurtured in the woods by a she-wolf became founders of ancient Rome. I hope this is not the end of your chronicle. Best regards, one
Paolo's last poems have an unmistakable taste for history, history as a tale. Is it a tale in Shakespearian rags? ('It is a tale / told by and idiot, full of sound and fury / signifying nothing') ? I am not quite sure: you should find a sense, Paolo suggests. It 's a refreshing choice, considering that nowadays poets usually are very busy to contemplate their own umbilicus. Though this be prose, yet ther is poetry in't!
You are a contemplative poet dear paolo. wide observation througout history. and the composition is compact, fine! ++++++10
hmmmm i look forward to Hannibal and perhaps Nero and some burning.. meanwhile.. buonanotte
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History coming alive in 2009 -'The horses of Wallenstein and of Anhalt pass, the infantrymen of Mèrode should have many readers delving into references hereof and that's as wonderful and informative as your write.