A Poet I've Never Heard Of: Alda Merini

Alda Merini put a lot of poetry and other writings into this world, but it is hard to find a lot of it translated! Below you will find both poems and aphorisms, or as Merini called them "spells of the night."

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Alda Merini Poetry Foundation

Alda Merini Brief Poems

Hommage to Alda Merini

Fiore di poesia 1951-1997. Alda Merini's poetry

Poetry from within and beyond

From Americas PoetryEastWest

Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: January 2017

richard siken, “the language of the birds” / chris

Luna Luna Magazine: Poetry & Prose