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    Selected Poems For Children: Volume 2
    Selected Poems For Children: Volume 2
    Selected Poems For Children: Volume 2
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    Selected Poems For Children: Volume 2

    By Fabrizio Frosini and Poets Unite Worldwide

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    Also 18 children contributed to this anthology with words and paintings created by them. Their art expresses their individuality and their perception of Life. (Lidia Hristeva, UK)
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    Besides the group of poets who needed to get into smaller shoes to set their imaginations free, it was a pleasure to have a few younger writers on the team... our youngest a beautiful young lady aged three years old! How wonderful to know that poetry is well and alive being enjoyed across generations! (Annette Potgieter, SA)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFabrizio Frosini
    Release dateMay 17, 2020
    ISBN9780463359327
    Selected Poems For Children: Volume 2
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    Fabrizio Frosini

    Born in Tuscany, Italy. Currently living close to Florence and Vinci, Leonardo's hometown. Doctor in Medicine, specialized in Neurosurgery, with an ancient passion for Poetry, he is the Author of over 2,000 poems published in 20 personal books. Frosini writes in Italian, his native language, and English. He is the founder of the International Association "Poets Unite Worldwide," with which he has published more than 50 Anthologies. Among his own books: «The Chinese Gardens - English Poems», «Prelude to the Night», «Anita Quiclotzl & Her Souls - Anita Quiclotzl e le Sue Anime» (Bilingual Ed.) - [for the others, see below].~*~In Frosini's Poetry:1. The Truth is Affirmed ; 2. Beauty is Conveyed ; 3. The Personal becomes the Universal.One of the key terms in contemporary poetry is 'POETRY OF WITNESS'. "Florence, A Walk With A View" is an excellent example of this type of poem. It exchanges the anger we experienced in the preceding poem with melancholy, but this is a haunted and desperate melancholy, not at all like the word's root meaning of sweet sorrow. Yet, in Fabrizio Frosini's poem, the city charms the visitor with its natural beauty - "the silky lights of the / Sunset" - and artistic ambiance - "the intimate warmth of nostalgia that makes / Your heart melt at the sight around".In the finest poetry, beauty is conveyed in all of it sensuous and spiritual glory. The title "Water Music" refers to one of Handel's most popular works, a masterpiece of baroque melody, rhythm and harmony. The poem, however, is not about this music.. here is a shining element of the beauty this poem conveys - "I was in my room, staring at the clear sky through the window. The moon, so pale and magical, drawing my imagination to her. In my ears Handel's music was playing softly." - There is the beauty of VITA NOVA, in this Frosini's poem: Dante's idealization of Beatrice with its artistic and moral benefits experienced by a contemporary couple. And finally the beauty of sublimation, when an otherwise sensuous experience must be transferred to the plane of the Imagination. Other Frosini's poem, like "Nocturnal Snowing", are Poems of Memory, that reveal the persistence of an experience of mutual attraction in the poet's life over many decades. There, a young woman, who is forever young and lovely in the poet's mind, becomes a touchstone of emotional value. But not all good experiences are given a future by the hand of fate. And so Frosini's poetry also explores the emotional consequences of the loss of such a promising moment... The prevailing reaction in reader after reader is that Frosini's verses relate to their emotional lives. In other words, Fabrizio Frosini's personal experience reflects their personal experience, and thus the Personal becomes the Universal...~*~Books published as sole Author:(*BE*: Bilingual Editions, English–Italian ; All books have PAPERBACK and EBOOK Editions)– «The Chinese Gardens – English Poems» – English Ed. – (published also in Italian Ed.:– «I Giardini Cinesi» – Edizione Italiana);– «KARUMI – Haiku & Tanka» – Italian Ed.;– «Allo Specchio di Me Stesso» ('In the Mirror of Myself') – Italian Ed.;– «Il Vento e il Fiume» ('The Wind and the River') – Italian Ed.;– «A Chisciotte» ('To Quixote') – Italian Ed.;– «Il Puro, l'Impuro – Kosher/Treyf» ('The pure, the Impure – Kosher / Treyf') – Italian Ed.;– «Frammenti di Memoria – Carmina et Fragmenta» ('Fragments of Memories') – Italian Ed.;– «La Città dei Vivi e dei Morti» ('The City of the Living and the Dead') – Italian Ed.;– «Nella luce confusa del crepuscolo» ('In the fuzzy light of the Twilight') – Italian Ed.;– «Limes —O La Chiave Dei Sogni» ('The Key to Dreams') – Italian Ed.;– «Echi e Rompicapi» ('Puzzles & Echoes') – Italian Ed.;– «Ballate e Altre Cadenze» ('Ballads and Other Cadences') – Italian Ed.;– «Selected Poems – Επιλεγμένα Ποιήματα – Poesie Scelte» – Greek–English–Italian (Αγγλικά, Ελληνικά, Ιταλικά – Greek translation by Dimitrios Galanis);– «Prelude to the Night – English Poems» – English Ed. (published also in Italian Ed.:– «Preludio alla Notte» – Edizione Italiana);– «A Season for Everyone – Tanka Poetry» – English Ed.;– «Evanescence of the Floating World – Haiku» – English Ed.;– «From the Book of Limbo – Dal Libro del Limbo» – *BE*;– «Anita Quiclotzl & Her Souls – Anita Quiclotzl e le Sue Anime» – *BE*.~*~Forthcoming publications:– «Mirror Games — A Tale» – English Edition (also in Italian Ed.:– «Giochi di Specchi — Un Racconto»);– «Il Sentiero della Luna» ('The Moon's Path') – Italian Edition.~*~For the Anthologies published by Fabrizio Frosini with "Poets Unite Worldwide", see Frosini's profile as a PUBLISHER, or POETS UNITE WORLDWIDE's profile.~*~Some of Frosini's poems are also published in the Anthology "Riflessi 62" (Italian Edition), edited by Pagine Srl.~*~Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/poetsuniteworldwide/Website address:https://poetsuniteworldwide.org/Blog:https://poetsuniteworldwide.wordpress.com/Twitter username:@fabriziofrosini

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      Selected Poems For Children - Fabrizio Frosini

      Opening Note

      Although some of the poems in this collection are new, most are a selection of the poems already published in the anthology CHILDREN WE ARE – Poems For Children.

      The following is taken up (and partially modified) from my Opening Note to that book.

      The publication of our second anthology of poems for children —the first, published in 2017, was 'Let's Laugh Together'— comes at a time when the world is facing a horrible health, social and economic crisis. Among those who are paying the highest price because of the coronavirus pandemic: the poor, the sick, the elderly and even children.

      Yes, children are paying a huge price, especially on a psychological level: isolation, being forced into even very small spaces, the lack of relationships with peers, not to mention even more serious problems that can affect family life, increase the sense of fear, uncertainty and anxiety in children.

      For such a reason, for this special project we have accepted not only poems but also paintings made by small children, and we are therefore grateful to those parents who have given us permission to include their children’s works (poems and paintings) in this anthology.

      I also want to express my gratitude to my co-editors —Tom Billsborough, John Davison and Carol Fenwick— and to All the Poets & Painters of this Anthology: this book is the product of their commitment.

      (Fabrizio Frosini)

      ~*~

      breakfast..

      along with honey

      comes the bee

      Fabrizio Frosini, senryū

      (in Born on a Full Moon, 2019)'

      ~*~

      Introduction

      [The following is the partially modified text of the Introduction to the Anthology CHILDREN WE ARE – Poems For Children, written by Annette Potgieter]

      Morag Styles, Professor of Children Poetry at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, ponders that perhaps children’s response to poetry starts as early as in the womb, at the rhythmic beating of the heart.

      This is the second poetry book for children released by Poets Unite Worldwide, under the admirable leadership of Fabrizio Frosini, from the confinement of his home in Tuscany. Whilst the world braced for the vicious attack of COVID-19 and held its breath at the news of the extent to which beautiful Italy was affected, Frosini encouraged poets to offer children poems that can mitigate their fears and make them dream. And poets from around the world stepped into the shoes of their younger selves, rearranged their glasses to appreciate the magic of the first morning rays and slipped into wings of faith. And as the world was held in the grip of the novel virus, behold, a potpourri of dreamy children poetry was born.

      The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. The reason birds can fly and we can’t, is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings. —from The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie.

      Children fly on wings of faith above the turbulence that life brings. They have a charming ability to dream sunshine into the hurricane, visualize the orange of Autumn on a naked winter tree and hear the ocean when all we see is endless scorching desert. Our poets tapped into that ability when they lifted their feathers and dipped it in ink. Just to mention a few:

      Anitah Muwanguzi invites the reader to a distant time and place where eager dirty faces, ran bare feet and unattended, until caring hands reached out and a loving voice said: Let the little children come to me.

      Thea Gomez explains why cats and dogs can never lose their socks and shoes, but little boys and girls can, if they don’t put them away where they belong.

      Steven Vogel watches snow flakes fall through an empty tree, before forming

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