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ISLAND OF A THOUSAND VOICES

G.G. Franchi
G.G Franchi was born in 1943. He directed the review Rigiru. A teacher of the Corsican language, then teaching instructor. He wrote verse, prose, and translations. Among other works, he is the author of E fole di mamma (Tales of my mother) Cyrnos et Méditerranée, Ajaccio, 1982), of tales ( è altri scritti: Canzone di ciò chì passa (Songs of what goes by) CRDP de Corse, Ajaccio, 1997).
Wind

Where does
the water flow?
Where does it carry away our dreams?
And where
Does the wind go
When it wraps up the dead fire
With its long
Wail?
With is wail remaining here
The wind sweeps over the sea
Without brushing the endless foam
The river flows along.
Along flows the river...







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