The Parallel Body

by Dom Gabrielli, Piers Faccini (Illustrator)

Second collaboration by Dom Gabrielli and his brother, artist Piers Faccini (better known for his music at present).The Parallel Body comprises 43 poems. There are no titles, no obstacle to the flow between one poem and the next. I imagine a sea and poems as waves. I imagine a field and poems as gusts of wind. I imagine poems as love letters. The book begins with a series of questions to which there manifestly are no answers. Only the poems themselves can come close to unfolding these questions. Something secret emerges, something unspoken, something to be heard only in this body of wandering words. -- Dom Gabrielli

84 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2009

Reviews

[Francesca Malagutti · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new edition of this wonderful poetry: English into Italian - Questo corpo ora, traduzione di Francesca Malagutti, edizione Terra d'ulivi, Lecce 2022.

So you have the magic of travelling searching the way, overcoming the tragedies of life and, finally joining home like the mariner at the purple hour.

Great poet, great human being!