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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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Nov 21 min read

November, remember

You should have been with Us now Rembering and not being remembered Why did You have to go? The Unanswered Question Stays steadily in my Mind And -alas! - I still cannot find The Key of this sas Enigma But I can light a candle and pray For You and all the Beloved Ones Vera da Pozzo, Paris, 2nd November 2025 Below: pictures taken by me today in one of my favourite Parisian churches. I seldom attend the Mass: I have always preferred the churches when there is nobody. This after

 
 
 
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Sep 291 min read

The Purest Thing

Pictures and Impressions. I will edit and add more pictures and text this weekend. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine...

 
 
 
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Apr 231 min read

Post fata resurgam

Like the Phoenix I know that You are As You were, and that You will be as You are To You, always and forever Vera da Pozzo Somewhere in...

 
 
 
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Apr 191 min read

Holy Saturday

You gave Me Life You saved My Life You are My Life Now like Then And Forever To You Vera da Pozzo Holy Saturday, 19 April 2025 Sabato...

 
 
 
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Apr 171 min read

Dove of Love

My Dove Of Love Where are You Now? You are Here For I see You And You are Elsewhere For You look at The Invisible One My Dearest Dove of...

 
 
 
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Nov 23, 20241 min read

Max and I

Max, you came to Paris from Canada Just to find and love Me this Night "Oh, he really loves You!", Says the Lady you belong to And I tell...

 
 
 
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