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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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Silver Boy, brighten Darker Waves tonight

Above: detail and whole coloured drawing (in comic strip style) made by me yesterday, as I needed so much to enlighten the Sad Day of Remembrance - not to be confused with the Remembrance Day I wrote about, three days ago, here, and here, and also here. Sing and Shine tonight, Silver Boy! Be happy and brighten Darker Waves! Your Light never goes out. :) See you soon in Europe. To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 14th November 2026 Below, photographs taken by me in my dear Parisian pa

Sunset at Père-Lachaise

Photograph taken by me today. Vera da Pozzo Paris, 13.11.2026 (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #SunsetatPèreLachaise #Sunset #Paris #PèreLachaise #cemetery #photography #urbanlandscape #autumn #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Walking on a Golden Carpet

The Trees leave A Carpet of Leaves Autumn Gold Can't be sold For it's a Joy To behold If You are A Pure Soul Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 30th October 2026 Poem above and photographs below by me. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #WalkingonaGoldenCarpet #GoldenCarpet #trees #leaves #autumn #nature #poem #poetry #photography #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

Three Dogs

Three Dogs at Home Loaded with Energy And Happiness Rushing in the Garden Like Children One comes back to Me With Sparkling Eyes and Grabs my Hands Waking up, going out Three Dogs outside Wagging Tails for Joy Like my Dream Enjoying the Sun So Warm and Kind In Autumn One kisses my Hands And He doesn't want To leave Me Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in the North of Italy 29th October 2026 Poem above written by me on a whim this afternoon; photograph below taken by me last August, exa

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