Poesie - Lelio Porreca
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La Morgia Braccio di pietra implorante dalla terra riarsa ala bianca sprigionata dalle frane palpito lieve nella solitudine armonia morente nel silenzio.
Fondale grigio la Maiella si prolunga sui paesi svuotati sulle cime passa la tramontana.
Voli rari bruni si liberano dalla roccia tracciano segni di diamante su un sipario di vetro.
L’azzurro sta oltre.
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The Morgia [1] Arms of stone Beseeching from the parched earth White wing Bursting forth from the landslides Slight beat In the solitude Dying harmony In the silence.
Grey backdrop The Maiella Extends itself into the emptied villages On the peaks The sunset passes.
Rare brown flights Free themselves from the rocks Tracing signs of diamonds On a backcloth of glass[2].
The pale blue lies beyond.
[1] The Morgia – is a rocky spur, on a hillside between Gessopalena and Torricella Peligna. It can be seen from most of the Province of Chieti.
[2] backcloth of glass = Reference to the sculpture, on the Morgia, a work of Costantinos Varostos. Costas chose the “Morgia[see 1]” for his dialogue with Nature. The Morgia has a characteristic “M” shape at its centre, which is known to have been caused by dynamite, used when the site was part of a local quarry and was used to create building materials. [Lelio Porreca was an activist, instrumental in leading protests which were successful in preventing any further destruction at the Morgia.] At the central cut of the “M” Costas built a sturdy steel structure that acts as a frame for the glass strips which unite the two points (of the M). Upon this strong framework (made by Edil Co-op) he placed a layer of glass strips (given by SIV of Salvo), fixed with 10 quintals of silicone (given by Bayern). There is a light within this work that, like a lighthouse, is visible from very far away. [See Amici di Torricella article “Artists’ Campaign”]
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| English translation courtesy of Marion Apley Porreca | ||
