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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Feb 221 min read

Rotterdam, here I am

Just some pictures taken by me in Rotterdam this evening, and also a drawing I made in Paris very early this morning. Above: a strange grape of red fruits on a tree. These red lanterns has reminded me that the year of the Horse has just started. I have bravely waited in the cold wind of Rotterdam's night until I have seen, on the screen of de Doelen, the announcement of Morrissey's gig: a short from Suedehead 's video clip, directed by Tim Broad . Written by Morrissey and St

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Feb 201 min read

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

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Feb 141 min read

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

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Feb 11 min read

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

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Italy is mine

Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

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Rotterdam, here I am

Fiat Lux in Luxembourg!

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