PAUSE OF THE CLOCK (1922)

By Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)

I sat down

In a space of time

It was a backwater

Of silence,

A formidable ring

Wherein the stars

Collided with the twelve floating

POSTCARD FROM VOLCANO ALLEY:

Saluti!

At the end of May, I boarded a boat at Milazzo, Italy, on Sicily’s western coast, and began a tour of The Aeolian Islands: volcanic, hauntingly beautiful, and each different from the other. . .

Consider Italy’s volcanic islands for your next holiday excursion.

Ciao a presto!

Joseph Dumas