Italy is mine

My Love Is like A Dove: Pure and At ease In the Sky But so Shy On the Ground Vera da Pozzo Paris 12th September 2026 Short poem above and photo below by me. Picture taken today after a very long, happy promenade in my beloved Parisian park. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #LikeaDove #dove #love #nature #poetry #photography #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Strolling in my Park The Yellow Dahlia has A Message from a Friend And the Message says: "Embrace your Inner Light And keep refusing to Fight" Vera da Pozzo Paris, 12th September 2026 Short poem above and photo below by me, as usual. Picture taken yesterday afternoon in my dearest Parisian Park. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #MessagefromaFriend #flowers #dahlia #photography #nature #message

I was walking in my Park Surrounded by the Trees When I felt your Presence Running through my Legs Up to my Arms and Shoulders As Shivers of Joy and Delight Just like the Pure Pleasure that The Fresh Breeze and the Warm Sun Give Me on a Late Summer Saturday You are Nature, my Friend; and so am I And the Brave Sequoia which stands Tall As a Link between the Earth and the Sky Reminds Me of your Precious Words Whatever the Hell happens in my Life I stand Firm, Proud and True to

A Morrissey's song with a fan made video featuring James Dean, posted by Morrissey Central on the anniversary pf Pier Angeli's death. You were Good in your Time, from Years of Refusal. 2009, the year when I finally saw Morrissey in concert for the first time. It was such a long wait. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 10th September 2026 Below: black-and-white Bic ballpen portrait of James Dean and Pier Angeli made by me after a very lovely, long walk in my favourite Parisian park. This po

Below, drawing by me. The baby Blessed Virgin Mary with her mother, Saint Anne. Black bic pen without preparatory sketch and the brand new brilliant coloured gel pens I bought yesterday. Dedicated to... (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #NativitàdiMaria #NativityofMary #VergineMaria #VirginMary #SantAnna #SaintAnne #drawing #art #artwork #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

In the métro, a new animalist campaign against fox hunting. The first quarter of the 21st century is already behind us, and there are people (I could never define them as humans) who still enjoy murdering innocent creatures and evil, selfish politicians who still defend hunters and grant them many priviliges. Vera da Pozzo 6th-7th September 2026 Short article above and photo below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes me a Living #thisbeauti

C'est la rentrée du karaoke et du cabaret. The best rentrée is here! Mini article and photo by me. Vera da Pozzo Very busy in Paris 6th September 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

Let the Gaslighters Rot in the Darkness: They belong there And nowhere else Look after your Light And always shine bright As the Sun in the Sky: You are born to fly high. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 5th September 2026 My poem tackles and kicks evil and stupid people at the workplace, but gaslighters can be found everywhere human beings are and they will never change, because the only happiness they know comes from the perverse pleasure they take in gaslighting and spreading false ru

Today my beloved Palermo celebrates, for the second time every year, its principal Patron Saint: Rosalia Sinibaldi, the beautiful, pious and mysterious hermite who left her rich family, refused to marry and embraced Nature and Contemplation instead. From my family home, which is in a working-class periphery by the sea, I can admire the Promontory of Monte Pellegrino: as I child, I dreamt of living there like Saint Rosalia, enjoying the company of animals and trees. I drew a w

[Wednesday 2nd September, shortly after midnight, before putting my smartphone on flight mode] Well, only God knows why and how I felt that there was another new message from Morrissey, after the anecdote posted on the same day, but I was right and very happy to find it and to watch the fan made video - by Morrissey Unofficial Videos - of one of my favourite Morrissey's songs, Do your Best and don't worry, from Southpaw. [I was so tired that, like a small baby, I fell asleep

Today I had a day off before another journée de pré-rentrée (I will not bother trying to translate this expression in English, because it is just nonsensical French school jargon, as we are already at work since yesterday morning) and on Thursday morning pupils and teachers will be back on the chain gang. At least, kids are not boring and, even when they are difficult, they are still human. After visiting Oscar's (and Robbie's) tomb, I started my brand new diary and enjoyed o

Every time I go to Père Lachaise visiting Oscar Wilde's tomb I always think of his loyal friend and lover Robert Ross, who is anonymously buried with him and I say a prayer for both of them. I have always admired Robbie's courage and his loyal, lifelong affection towards Oscar. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 1st September 2026 Short article above and photo below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #visitingfriendsonadreadedsunnyday #fri

Please, be patient, my Dearest Friend: I did not forget the Promise I made And despite all the Worries I've had And still have, I will keep It, for I care. To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 1st September 2026 Short poem-message above and pictures below by me, of course. Detail and whole photo taken today. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #MyPromise #toYOU #promise #message #friendship #poem #poetry #photography #Paris #VeradaPozzo #Italy

Who cares if They are hainous liars Whose only Happiness is to harm People who are earnest and kind? I stand firm, and I thank God For all the Good and Beauty He put in this World, And I thank You to be a Part Of this Beauty and Good And a Friend to behold Whatever the Hell Happens in my Life I stand firm I am young I am foolish I am happy I am true To myself And to You To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 31st August 2026 Poem above and photos and artwork below by me. I have just dec

After having unconfortably stood for almost two hours in a crowded train during the first leg of my trip, i. e., from Somewhere in the North of Italy and Milan, and after having waited for the Frecciarossa Milano-Parigi praying and meditating in the tiny Station Chapel, very fittingly dedicated to Santa Maria del Cammino, I am now on my way to Paris. To come back again to the huge, crowded and noisy Milano Centrale Station was not as appealing as it was in July, when I had a

Summer has not finished yet, but holidays are almost over and I'll soon return to Paris... I love every season, but Summer has always meant the season of freedom... [To be continued...] Vera da Pozzo 29th August 2026 Short post - in fieri - by me. Photo below (Notre-Dame de Paris) taken by me almost nine months ago. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #IllsoonreturntoParis #Summer #holidays #SummerHolidays #freedom #Italy #Paris #Notr

Too busy today, I just took a brief pause and a quick look at Morrissey Central after lunch, and I was pleased to find a new post with the link to an interesting article, written in English and posted yesterday on Medium by Jo Gabel, an Italian female fan who attended Morrissey's concert at Villa Erba in Cernobbio. Besides the obvious and necessary cinematographic mentions to Anna Magnani and Luchino Visconti, there are many literary references which speak mostly to well-read

This afternoon, on Morrissey Central, a post with a short article about the making of Morrissey's eight studio album Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006) recorded in Rome twenty-one years ago, with a nice picture and a tiny, funny message of thanks to Jed Weitzman. The title of this post, You must please remember, is a reference to the second song (the first one is Nobody loves Us) on the B-side of Dagenham Dave, which was released as a single on 21 August 1995, seven days bef

Such a sad coincidence: on the same day than Dolly Parton, Tim Curry (1946-2026) is dead, too. I wish to remember him with this short interview by CBS, posted on YouTube just two weeks ago: "The life and mystique of Tim Curry", and an extended version, posted on CBS YouTube channel in October 2025. The sad news of Tim Curry's death came to me from Morrissey Central. There are no words, indeed... I hope Tim Curry will find his beloved father, who died when he was just ten, and