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Italy is mine

... 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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Isle of Dogs, or When the Place You belong doesn't belong to You anymore

Since its release, ten days ago, I have said how much I like the newest Morrissey's B-side Isle of Dogs, and how I find pertinent to linked it to Kerching Kerching as the A-side. Above: an old lady living in the Isle of Dogs. Photograph by Sarah Peters, The changing face of the Isle of Dogs, 2024. Click the link above and go to the photographic project on her website. Below, the sleeve of Morrissey's 7" single Kerching Kerching / Isle of Dogs. Photograph by Jake Walters. [To

Before Midnight

Too late to write again my article for Oscar Wilde's birthday which I had published this afternoon, but it was not even been saved in the drafts (Wix, why did you do this to me?!?), I will just say how I am glad for the release of the single Kerching Kerching (from the new album Make-up is a Lie) with Isle of Dogs as the B-side, and Without Music the World dies as the B-side of the single Zoom Zoom the Little Boy (also from Make-up is a Lie) and how I was glad, early this mor

Gabriel, the Gentle Rock

Gabriel, my favourite Angel: God's left hand and the Gentle Rock, the One who brings Good News to Good People of Good Will. Drawing below made by me with a black Bic pen last Sunday; I coloured it with shiny gel pens this morning. The image of a Gentle Rock makes me think of a very well-known Smiths' song (here in its live version from the beautiful concert at the 3Arena in Dublin that started Morrissey's 2025 Summer tour) because Kindness is Strength. Today's drawing is for

A Pure Soul needs to rest

A Pure Soul can be hurt, But never soiled: Her Wings stay strong Among Turmoil - Nevertheless, They need to rest In a Safe Place For a little while Vera da Pozzo Paris, 19th June 2026 Poem above, whole article and photo below by me, of course. Lavender is, indeed, a quiet and safe place for this Cabbage White (Pieris brassicæ) to rest and have some good nectar: to fly with an injured wing must be terribly exhausting - and I need to rest myself too, if I want to fly again, as

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