Originally from Boston, Andrew Frisardi has been living in Orvieto, Italy, since 1999. He edits freelance for various U.S. presses and teaches a course on Dante to American students at Gordon College in Orvieto. His poems, articles, reviews, and translations have appeared in numerous journals, and he has published a couple of books of poetry in translation. The poem posted here was originally published in The Southwest Review.

Poetry on this site: Rosemary