Old Photos

I am looking at our old photos.
Full of joyous happy moments spent together
Months, years pass by
You are no longer here.
New people come and go
Just as the seasons pass by.

Paolo Driussi.

Who'd ever thought

Who'd ever thought

There would be a light

That would shine just as bright

In the middle of the night



Who'd ever thought

That times can be great

That I could hold on to them

It could never be too late



Who'd ever thought

This waiting was just a dream

And now everything is finally free

And no one wants to leave.


Paolo Driussi

LA MIA TOP TEN del 2017

1) SHAPE OF YOU (Ed Sheeran)
2) SUPERMARKET FLOWERS (Ed Sheeran)
3) PERFECT (Ed Sheeran)
4) SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS (Chainsmokers and Coldplay)
5) SIGN OF THE TIMES (Harry Styles)
6) OCCIDENTALI'S KARMA (Francesco Gabbani)
7) WHAT ABOUT US (P!nk)
8) TOO GOOD AT GOODBYES (Sam Smith)
9) WHAT LOVERS DO (Maroon 5 feat. SZA)
10)LOST ON YOU (LP)

First Snow

Winter came too quickly,

 

Freezing the earth with frost-bitten fingers.

 

Yesterday it was a breezy fall day,

 

Leaves clumped up by the curbs on the street

 

Yet somehow I woke up to a blanket of white,

 

Because winter rushed in while I was asleep.

 

Paolo Driussi.

Sister

It all just came to a stop.
Smoke blown in to the moisture laden morning air,
But still birdsong falls like rainbow rain
A persistant rose refusing to give ground to the season
Still fighting to flower, a droplet of colour in the grey
Sister, are these a message to me?
Did I miss something when I casted my eye over this field?
Perhaps I didn't, but did I really see?


Paolo Driussi.

Greetings from Boston

Dreams of forgotten summer
Summer of sun rays and greens
Have you forsaken my dear self?
How do you live?
Have you done reading my book?
Please, please send me a postcard
At least for Christmas
How do you see our dreams now?
Dreams of forgotten summer
Summer of joy and abundance
Abundance of life 
So far away from this cold November.

Paolo Driussi

4 Novembre Anniversario della Vittoria e festa delle Forze Armate.

Simbolo è la Tomba del Milite Ignoto nell’Altare della Patria. Nel 1921 vennero raccolte da tutti i campi di battaglia le salme di 11 caduti senza nome e ricomposte nella Chiesa di S.Maria del Castello a Udine . Le salme vennero poi trasferite ad Aquileia dove la madre di un irredentista disperso in guerra scelse una per essere inumata a Roma. Le 10 salme vennero sepolte nel cimitero degli Eroi ad Aquileia mentre quella prescelta raggiunse Roma su un affusto di cannone su un carro ferroviario. Il viaggio duró 7 giorni e in ogni stazione ricevette gli onori da parte della popolazione. Anche questa è storia di Udine.
Foto nell’ordine:
Trasporto delle Salme – Udine 13 ottobre 1921
Una delle Salme portata a spalla
Il Milite Ignoto nella chiesa dei Gesuiti a Gorizia
Altare della Patria – tumulazione del Milite Ignoto, 4 novembre 1921