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... and it owes me a living

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Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

From the Island of the Sun to the Isle of France.

My pseudonym Vera da Pozzo is a pun alluding to what I care about most : truth and loyalty, depth and insight. In my mother tongue, the syntagma "vera da pozzo" means a puteal, but it could be a female name followed by a family name. Water is indispensable for living, and we need to keep it pure and unpolluted; it is the same for truth.
I write in English because I love this language since my childhood and also because English allows me to have a more detached view on both Italy and France. The title of my personal website and blog is a paraphrasis of the verse "England is mine and it owes me a living", from Morrissey's song "Still Ill", released in The Smiths debut album "The Smiths" on 20th February 1984. As Italy had nothing to offer to young people like me, I decided to throw my arms around Paris, as Oscar Wilde did, and I am still here. Like francophone actor Lino Ventura, I am and I will always be Italian.

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Fiat Lux in Luxembourg!

Some beautiful flowers from my favourite Parisian park. Picture taken by me this morning, before starting my last day of work before Winter school holidays. Sing and Shine Tonight, Fantastic Bird... Fiat Lux in Luxembourg! See You in Rotterdam To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 20th February A. D. MMXXVI (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living Above: Me, boldly defying the barrier; floral allegory. Below: a part of what will occupy my day, befor

Document and Eyewitness

With all the things I do and I have to do, last nigth I realized that it was already the day of release of the 50th anniversary edition of Rough Trade's "intimate history" by Neil Taylor, with a foreword by Morrissey written in Sicily in 2025. I am so pleased that Morrissey has found my beloved and missed Sicily an inspiring place for writing his foreword, and I am not surprised that he does not mention Catania: he did the same in his post about the 2025 European Tour, where

Let your Inner Sun shine

Last day of school, but I cannot Throw their homework onto the fire A boring Friday is expecting me, and How I wish I were abroad, in the Country Where the buck-toothed girl comes from I will be strong and patient tomorrow And I will wish you, as always, all the best (Let your Inner Sun shine, Silver Boy!) I will pack my luggage in 24 hours And on Sunday I'll be in Rotterdam To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 19th February 2026 Poem above and pictures below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo

The Tenth Moon

How fast the Time rushes Nothing left but Ashes To the Unique and Irreplaceable One Vera da Pozzo Paris, 17th February 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living

Sing and Shine, Fantastic Bird

See You soon in Rotterdam! To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 17th February 2026 Above: Morrissey in Frankfurt tonight, while singing Lost , a song I love so much, which haunts me since last August, after the end of the European tour. This beautiful photo was taken and sent to me by M. from Lyon: she attended the concert in Hambourg too and tonight she is in the first row. I am very happy for her and very grateful for the picture she has sent me. I think she could have waited the en

Back on the Chain Gang

I am back On this wreck Back on the Chain Gang Until Friday But Lord knows I would have loved to stay So far away From this Sad Prison Not just for a Weekend Yes, Lord knows I would have stayed In Germany And I would see You again Tonight in Frankfurt If only I could To YOU P. S. Why does the Sun shine when I am behind the bars? Vera da Pozzo 17th February 2026 Poem above and pictures below by me, of course. Above: behind the bars. Below: before starting my workday. Sing and

Little Blossom in the Snow

This is for You, Little Blossom In the Snow: You saved Me Then And I know You are Happy When I am really Glad Vera da Pozzo In Paris again, 16th February 2026

A bit of Sun through the Rain at Night

Thank you, Morrissey, for putting a bit of sun through the rain at night, in the City of Stone and Steel. A new single from the album Make-up is a Lie is coming in ten days: Amazona , cover of the 1973 song by Roxy Music. The whole post is on Morrissey Central (see the first link above) and a snippet of the cover by Morrissey is on YouTube (see the second link above) et it would have been cool if the photo by Ryan Lowry illustrating Morrissey's post was also used on YouTub

Amazing in Hamburg: my first Morrissey's gig in 2026

Bluebird of Happiness. I'll soon return to Paris because I am not on holidays yet, but how I would love to be in Frankfurt tomorrow... It was such a joy to see Morrissey arriving at the Sporthalle greeting, bowing and smiling at us, and pleased to see a Perfect Blue bird of Happiness on his left eyebrow. It was quite strange and a bit funny to see Morrissey from above, like he sees us from the stage; I would have loved to see him nearer, but we were twenty people or more an

True Love

Picture taken by me in Hambourg, today. Two years ago I wrote an article about Saint Valentine . This tiny, beautiful german dog perfectly illustrates what True Love is, whether you are a human being or another kind of animal living on Earth. Vera da Pozzo Hamburg, 14th February 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #TrueLove #Love #Animals #Humans #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Tomorrow

Pictures taken today by me in Hamburg. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #Tomorrow #Hamburg #Morrissey #2026 #Tour #music #concert #newalbum #MakeupisaLie #songs #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Hamburg

Under the snow, like a children's tale, the road to Hamburg is my childhood dream. As if he wants the past to come back, someone who was a young man when I was a child is listening to Take on Me . What a joy to hear and see the seagulls! Above: photos taken by me this morning, at my arrival in Hamburg. Below: other pictures taken by me this evening. [ I will edit my article with other pictures later] Vera da Pozzo Hamburg, 14th February 2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Min

Here We Go!

I am on tour again - not the whole tour, of course, but as many gigs as I can. Above, The Smiths key ring I bought in a music shop in Dublin last year, the day before Morrissey's first concert of the 2025 Spring-Summer Tour. Below, my companion for this night trip: he is meant to be a cushion, but I am not sure I want him to put his arms around my neck: I would rather cuddle him instead. Well, after having a short nap before midnight, while we have left France and entered Bel

Sing and Shine - and See You Soon

Above : 2026 UK & Europe t-shirt. Below: a little drawing made by me on my diary today, before flying away from Paris. Sing and Shine in Aarhus, Silver Boy! See You soon in Hamburg and in some other Countries. Edit: from the good side of Morrissey-solo (I mean, the informative one) the setlist of Morrissey's concert in Denmark (a bunch of classics I love and I haven't heard live yet) and a snippet of A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours with Pier Paolo Pasolini on the back

I knew, I knew, I knew

Thank you, Morrissey, for confirming I was right, because I knew, I knew, I knew that you were and are still here in Paris. Picture taken by me... if only! I am joking, of course, but I know It's gonna happen Someday . Article by me, post from Morrissey Central with a picture of Morrissey taken today by an Unknown Creature near Notre-Dame of Paris . After Make-up is a Lie , released last month, the new single Notre-Dame is released today. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 6th February 2

It's alive! (and kicking)

An update from Morrissey Central . I find very Morriseyesque that the announcement is a quote from the 1931 film Frankenstein . I have always been fascinated by all kind of monsters, except the real ones: the Final Judgement by Coppo di Marcovaldo, Hieronymus Bosch's, Peter Bruegel's and Salvador Dalí's paintings naturally attracted me when I was a very young child; and, of course, I loved Frankenstein's Creature and especially Boris Karloff interpretating Him. Vera da Poz

Again

Again I felt You were here Again The first time was in Paris Two years ago The second time in Rome Last year And the third time in Paris In January Again Between last Saturday And this Monday How is it possible? How can it be real? Still it is Indeed Again Again Again Feeling your Presence Thrice in just two Years But when will I meet You Around the Corner? To YOU Vera da Pozzo An Italian in Paris Paris, 3rd February 2026 Poem above and pictures below, taken last nigth, by me

In two weeks

It seems so long But two weeks Pass so quickly And I am strong And I am young And I am foolish And I am happy Vera da Pozzo Paris 1st February A. D. MMXXVI Below: resized image of a picture taken in Miami on 22d January by someone who had the chance to be there: I will edit my article when I find the name or the nickname of the photographer. I am very busy with the new cabaret project and I have plenty of ideas for my writings and drawings, but I am not on holidays and my day

The Boss against the Bossy Blond

Bruce Springsteen Has Something Very important to say And Speaking Through Music Is the very best way Vera da Pozzo An Italian in Paris 28th January 2026 Bruce Springsteen, Streets of Minneapolis Pictures below : Bruce Springsteen and his guitar on the cover of his single Born in the U.S.A , from the album of the same name . The album was released on 4th June 1984; the single was released on 30th October of the same year. The extremely well-known cover art of the album Born i

Happy Birthday, Virginia Woolf

Drawing made by me this afternoon, after having worked with my pals on our next cabaret show, which will take place in May. The model for my homage to this great writer and feminist is a lovely picture with her father, Leslie Stephen, taken in 1902 , when Virginia was twenty years old and her father was in his seventieth year. Picture by the renowned photographer George Charles Beresford. Article by me, as always, without using Artificial Idiocy. Vera da Pozzo An Italian in P

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