"La via del sole

April 25 is the anniversary of the popular uprising and guerrilla army against the Nazi German occupation troops and their supporters against the fascists of the Republic
Italian Social. Moment of moral redemption after two decades of fascist dictatorship for our country.
The partisans fought alongside soldiers from many different countries and far.
wars

Pulpit of yore
to declare fratricidal wars
balconies added to building
hearts like ice cream

War Crimes
closed rooms by walls
marked by graffiti
prisons, screams do not listen

freedom won
dead and forgotten
in the mist of time
crosses whispered

Maristella Angeli
(Listening to the MEF The Author Books Florence;
selected by Elio Pecora Poets and Poetry Publishing Pages, Rome)