“Naples Evening” by Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy (1901-1968)

The sea hums low, a lullaby,

While mopeds blur like fireflies.

I sit with wine and failing light—

A poem in ash, a kiss in flight.

From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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