Fabio Strinati, “Pensieri nello scrigno”

The strokes of a metronome seem to accompany “Thoughts in the casket”, Fabio Strinati’s debut collection, published by Il Foglio, in the series of poetry edited by Cinzia Demi.

Halfway between classicism and avant-garde, they are not easy to read verses, they could almost make you think of words placed side by side, if there were not that kind of rhythm — precisely musical, but of a music not too catchy — to go through them and unify them, if not, on the contrary, an effort of total stripping is sensed. We understand that the author has read a lot of poetry…