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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Sep 221 min read

It's already Tomorrow

It's already Tomorrow in Paris And there is Something I have to tell You... Sing and Shine And be Fine Tomorrow Night To YOU Vera da Pozzo Paris, 22nd September 2026 Short poem by me. I was so tired by my very long day that I fell asleep just in the middle of my writing, and I finished it two hours later, when I woke up because l was thirsty. Photo below taken this morning (the only day when I do not have to wake up too early and rush to my four-letter word place) during a ve

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Jul 201 min read

Tomorrow night

See you tomorrow, Silver Boy! Vera da Pozzo Asti, 20th July 2026 Below: photo taken by me today in Asti, near the venue. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #tomorrownight #seeyoutomorrow #SilverBoy #Morrissey #Asti #piazzaVittorioAlfieri #Italy #Europe #2026SummerTour #concert #songs #newalbum #VeradaPozzo #italyismineanditowesmealiving

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Jul 181 min read

Tomorrow night in Cernobbio

See you in few hours, Fantastic Bird! Vera da Pozzo Cernobbio, Como, 18th July 2026 Photos below by me, of course. (C) Vera da Pozzo (C) Italy is Mine (C) Italy is Mine and It owes Me a Living #tomorrownight #tomorrow #Morrissey #Cernobbio #lakesoundpark #music #Europe #2026SummerTour #VeradaPozzo #ItalyisMine #italyismineanditowesmealiving

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Italy is mine

Vera da Pozzo, an Italian expat in Paris.

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It's already Tomorrow

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Tomorrow night in Cernobbio

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