by Amelia of Peter
Imagine being in the medieval tavern to drink a nice glass of red wine from shady characters who are going to illegal dice games such as Zara. Imagine that at some point enter the tavern two friends such as Dante Alighieri and Guido Cavalcanti, who go to the bar to take a drink. Imagine that they decided to create a new game and compete in a "single combat" poetic, dealing with real and their dialogues in the form of rhymes. These poetic
challenges in the Middle Ages were a very common way to deal with the issues, with diminished over time and the poetic tradition of the race was lost.
Tuesday night at the literary salon of Finucci Patrick Gallo has wanted to recreate this fun game. It was done thanks to the Cultural Paavo Poets Aloud, who for several years now proposes these races with poetry slam.
So, two teams of poets, a spokeswoman for the Salon Association and Paavo, have been challenged to hit the lines. The audience not only enjoy listening to beautiful poems, he also held from time to time in the poem preferred. A seal or contest the proceedings to the public was present Gregorio Scalise whose opinion was considered final. The Poet has enriched the race by covering the role of "judges of quality" and making technical explanations of its choices, enriching the race with arguments that could also be the result of the discussions.
Of course it was a game and of course as in all the games no one wants to lose, and this creates an atmosphere of fun and healthy adrenaline. Eventually after some hesitation, he declared a winner in the person of Richard Melotti, representative of the sitting room, awarded by the owner, decided to donate to her opponent in the final and only woman in the race, Deborah Menon, the prize.
A very nice gesture for two reasons: because they both deserved the win, but it's just a game to its conclusion and then a winner, and also because in the end, with this symbolic gesture, one can say that the winner was one and only one: Poetry.
Imagine being in a medieval tavern to drink a nice glass of red wine from shady characters who are going to illegal dice games such as Zara. Imagine that at some point enter the tavern two friends such as Dante Alighieri and Guido Cavalcanti, who go to the bar to take a drink. Imagine that they decided to create a new game and compete in a "single combat" poetic, dealing with real dialogue in the form of rhymes. These poetic
challenges in the Middle Ages were a very common way to deal with the issues, with diminished over time and the poetic tradition of the race was lost.
Tuesday night at the literary salon of Finucci Patrick Gallo has wanted to recreate this fun game. It was done thanks to the Cultural Paavo Poets Aloud, who for several years now proposes these races with poetry slam.
So, two teams of poets, a spokeswoman for the Salon Association and Paavo, have been challenged to hit the lines. The audience not only enjoy listening of beautiful poems, he also held from time to time his favorite poem. A seal or contest the proceedings to the public was present Gregorio Scalise whose opinion was considered final. The Poet has enriched the race by covering the role of "judges of quality" and making technical explanations of its choices, enriching the race with arguments that could also be the result of the discussions.
Of course it was a game and of course as in all the games no one wants to lose, and this creates an atmosphere of fun and healthy adrenaline. Eventually after some hesitation, he declared a winner in the person of Richard Melotti, representative of the sitting room, awarded by the owner, decided to donate to her opponent in the final and only woman in the race, Deborah Menon, the prize.
A very nice gesture for two reasons: because they both deserved the win, but it's just a game to its conclusion and then a winner, and also because in the end, with this symbolic gesture, one can say that the winner was one and only one: Poetry.
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