Matí
@maticol.bsky.social
#translator #writer #exteacher #naturelover #doglover #hiker #reader & #paint covered much of the time
Managing/translating at
https://paralleltexts.blog/ (when the mood hits).
🇨🇦&🇮🇹 Posts/pics with no author/translator named are me being me
Managing/translating at
https://paralleltexts.blog/ (when the mood hits).
🇨🇦&🇮🇹 Posts/pics with no author/translator named are me being me
Pinned
Matí
@maticol.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"...And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone."
#SaraTeasdale "There will come soft rains"
#poetry #nature
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone."
#SaraTeasdale "There will come soft rains"
#poetry #nature
Every now and then I post this article by Natalia Ginzburg.
Antizionism is NOT and never will be antisemitism (she, whose husband died solely for being Jewish and antifascist, would surely know).
What would she think today?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
#notogenocide
Antizionism is NOT and never will be antisemitism (she, whose husband died solely for being Jewish and antifascist, would surely know).
What would she think today?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
#notogenocide
Natalia Ginzburg: Gli Ebrei / The Jews (1972)
“I am now convinced that the role of Israel as the unifying centre of Judaism – and I underline ‘now’ – is in an eclipse phase. It is imperative, therefore, that the focal point of Judaism be inver…
paralleltexts.blog
September 19, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Every now and then I post this article by Natalia Ginzburg.
Antizionism is NOT and never will be antisemitism (she, whose husband died solely for being Jewish and antifascist, would surely know).
What would she think today?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
#notogenocide
Antizionism is NOT and never will be antisemitism (she, whose husband died solely for being Jewish and antifascist, would surely know).
What would she think today?
paralleltexts.blog/2025/09/14/n...
#freepalestine 🇵🇸
#notogenocide
Plaintive cries ring out
near lakes reflecting but sky -
kill deer goes my heart
#haiku #dailhaikuprompt killdeer
#loss #blueskypoetry #writing
near lakes reflecting but sky -
kill deer goes my heart
#haiku #dailhaikuprompt killdeer
#loss #blueskypoetry #writing
Our haiku prompts
The heat of early autumn still carries summer's memory as winter's cold still clutches at spring.
Thank you all for being there.
North South
8/15 Joy Barely Spring
8/16 Lamplight Buds
8/17 Soak Frost
8/18 Killdeer Dusk
8/19 Moon Friend
8/20 Mist High
8/21 Catfish Eggs
8/22 […]
The heat of early autumn still carries summer's memory as winter's cold still clutches at spring.
Thank you all for being there.
North South
8/15 Joy Barely Spring
8/16 Lamplight Buds
8/17 Soak Frost
8/18 Killdeer Dusk
8/19 Moon Friend
8/20 Mist High
8/21 Catfish Eggs
8/22 […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
August 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Plaintive cries ring out
near lakes reflecting but sky -
kill deer goes my heart
#haiku #dailhaikuprompt killdeer
#loss #blueskypoetry #writing
near lakes reflecting but sky -
kill deer goes my heart
#haiku #dailhaikuprompt killdeer
#loss #blueskypoetry #writing
Reposted by Matí
My fascination with doors and stone and brick walls continues...
#blueskyart #painting #acryliconcanvas
Peccioli, Pisa
Doors that open but, sometimes, only close.
#loss
#blueskyart #painting #acryliconcanvas
Peccioli, Pisa
Doors that open but, sometimes, only close.
#loss
August 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
My fascination with doors and stone and brick walls continues...
#blueskyart #painting #acryliconcanvas
Peccioli, Pisa
Doors that open but, sometimes, only close.
#loss
#blueskyart #painting #acryliconcanvas
Peccioli, Pisa
Doors that open but, sometimes, only close.
#loss
Letter 44
The three giants
#AntonioGramsci #Lettersfromprison
Dearest Giulia,
There is sometimes a lack of effective and concrete “correspondence” in our
correspondence.
Original Italian found at: paralleltexts.blog/2022/07/03/a...
#writing #translation #greatthinkers #antifascism
The three giants
#AntonioGramsci #Lettersfromprison
Dearest Giulia,
There is sometimes a lack of effective and concrete “correspondence” in our
correspondence.
Original Italian found at: paralleltexts.blog/2022/07/03/a...
#writing #translation #greatthinkers #antifascism
Antonio Gramsci: I tre giganti/ The three giants
“there is sometimes a lack of effective and concrete “correspondence” in our correspondence” Lettera XLIVI tre giganti Antonio Gramsci Carissima Giulia, nella nostra corrisponde…
paralleltexts.blog
August 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Letter 44
The three giants
#AntonioGramsci #Lettersfromprison
Dearest Giulia,
There is sometimes a lack of effective and concrete “correspondence” in our
correspondence.
Original Italian found at: paralleltexts.blog/2022/07/03/a...
#writing #translation #greatthinkers #antifascism
The three giants
#AntonioGramsci #Lettersfromprison
Dearest Giulia,
There is sometimes a lack of effective and concrete “correspondence” in our
correspondence.
Original Italian found at: paralleltexts.blog/2022/07/03/a...
#writing #translation #greatthinkers #antifascism
Our haiku prompts for 8-15 August
It's not obvious but the season is changing, ever so slowly.
Have you noticed autumn/spring creeping in?
North South
8/08 Leaves Hot Tea
8/09 Cricket Carrot
8/10 Pack Endure
8/11 Cold Rain Last Snow
8/12 Lantern Hawk
8/13 Spiral Daikon
8/14 Boisterous Fallen […]
It's not obvious but the season is changing, ever so slowly.
Have you noticed autumn/spring creeping in?
North South
8/08 Leaves Hot Tea
8/09 Cricket Carrot
8/10 Pack Endure
8/11 Cold Rain Last Snow
8/12 Lantern Hawk
8/13 Spiral Daikon
8/14 Boisterous Fallen […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
August 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Reposted by Matí
hail on olive groves -
eyes the colour of honey
count the fallen limbs
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt hail
#poetry #writing #westbank #war
eyes the colour of honey
count the fallen limbs
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt hail
#poetry #writing #westbank #war
Our daily haiku prompts for 1-8 August.
The days may be getting shorter/longer, but it's still getting hotter/colder.
Just depends on where you stand.
North South
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
8/02 Sail Evergreens
8/03 Sardines Flurry
8/04 Refresh Hail
8/05 Soaked Longer Days
8/06 Fall Colors […]
The days may be getting shorter/longer, but it's still getting hotter/colder.
Just depends on where you stand.
North South
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
8/02 Sail Evergreens
8/03 Sardines Flurry
8/04 Refresh Hail
8/05 Soaked Longer Days
8/06 Fall Colors […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
August 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
they depart by car
holiday packed families -
sardines in a tin
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines
#poetry #writing #holidays
holiday packed families -
sardines in a tin
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines
#poetry #writing #holidays
Our daily haiku prompts for 1-8 August.
The days may be getting shorter/longer, but it's still getting hotter/colder.
Just depends on where you stand.
North South
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
8/02 Sail Evergreens
8/03 Sardines Flurry
8/04 Refresh Hail
8/05 Soaked Longer Days
8/06 Fall Colors […]
The days may be getting shorter/longer, but it's still getting hotter/colder.
Just depends on where you stand.
North South
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
8/02 Sail Evergreens
8/03 Sardines Flurry
8/04 Refresh Hail
8/05 Soaked Longer Days
8/06 Fall Colors […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
August 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
they depart by car
holiday packed families -
sardines in a tin
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines
#poetry #writing #holidays
holiday packed families -
sardines in a tin
#dailyhaikuprompt sardines
#poetry #writing #holidays
Reposted by Matí
In the news: Trump has been picked as the worst American in US history.
In other news: water is wet.
In other news: water is wet.
August 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
In the news: Trump has been picked as the worst American in US history.
In other news: water is wet.
In other news: water is wet.
Time - said the swallow -
is marked by homes left behind
by homes found again
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt time
#blueskypoetry #poetry #writing #poetrylovers
is marked by homes left behind
by homes found again
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt time
#blueskypoetry #poetry #writing #poetrylovers
Our haiku prompts for 25-Jul to 1-Aug
Thank you to everyone who plays along at home.
Keep going.
North South
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
7/26 Fireworks Carrot
7/27 Lotus Blanket
7/28 Glade Chestnuts
7/29 Smoldering Time
7/30 Overcast Narcissus
7/31 Yarrow Orange
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
cover my […]
Thank you to everyone who plays along at home.
Keep going.
North South
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
7/26 Fireworks Carrot
7/27 Lotus Blanket
7/28 Glade Chestnuts
7/29 Smoldering Time
7/30 Overcast Narcissus
7/31 Yarrow Orange
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
cover my […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
July 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Time - said the swallow -
is marked by homes left behind
by homes found again
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt time
#blueskypoetry #poetry #writing #poetrylovers
is marked by homes left behind
by homes found again
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt time
#blueskypoetry #poetry #writing #poetrylovers
Reposted by Matí
Three BIG CHEERS to Mark Ruffalo!!!
July 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Three BIG CHEERS to Mark Ruffalo!!!
Reposted by Matí
Piet Mondrian - Apples, Ginger Pot and Plate on a Ledge (1901)
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 in)
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 in)
July 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Piet Mondrian - Apples, Ginger Pot and Plate on a Ledge (1901)
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 in)
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper, 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 in)
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie.
How do I know?
I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
How do I know?
I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
July 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Years later, those folded corners mark my passage, inspire me to search the page for what enlightened me so long ago.
Folded pages are not just pauses but memories, notes to self.
100 bookmarks would not suffice.
But these origamis of my learning...oh yes.
Buy books, read books, enjoy books.
Folded pages are not just pauses but memories, notes to self.
100 bookmarks would not suffice.
But these origamis of my learning...oh yes.
Buy books, read books, enjoy books.
Stop and i mean STOP folding pages of books to mark your spot. If you can't remember a page number or which Chapter BUY A BOOKMARK!
End of rant.
End of rant.
July 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Years later, those folded corners mark my passage, inspire me to search the page for what enlightened me so long ago.
Folded pages are not just pauses but memories, notes to self.
100 bookmarks would not suffice.
But these origamis of my learning...oh yes.
Buy books, read books, enjoy books.
Folded pages are not just pauses but memories, notes to self.
100 bookmarks would not suffice.
But these origamis of my learning...oh yes.
Buy books, read books, enjoy books.
A patch of sunlight -
grassy open air theatre -
deer watch me watching
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt glade #poetry #writing #blueskypoetry
grassy open air theatre -
deer watch me watching
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt glade #poetry #writing #blueskypoetry
July 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A patch of sunlight -
grassy open air theatre -
deer watch me watching
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt glade #poetry #writing #blueskypoetry
grassy open air theatre -
deer watch me watching
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt glade #poetry #writing #blueskypoetry
A frayed blue blanket
across a white rocking chair -
clouds not holes of sky
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt blanket
#writing #poetry #loss #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry
across a white rocking chair -
clouds not holes of sky
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt blanket
#writing #poetry #loss #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry
Our haiku prompts for 25-Jul to 1-Aug
Thank you to everyone who plays along at home.
Keep going.
North South
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
7/26 Fireworks Carrot
7/27 Lotus Blanket
7/28 Glade Chestnuts
7/29 Smoldering Time
7/30 Overcast Narcissus
7/31 Yarrow Orange
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
cover my […]
Thank you to everyone who plays along at home.
Keep going.
North South
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
7/26 Fireworks Carrot
7/27 Lotus Blanket
7/28 Glade Chestnuts
7/29 Smoldering Time
7/30 Overcast Narcissus
7/31 Yarrow Orange
8/01 Grasshopper Cloud
cover my […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
July 27, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A frayed blue blanket
across a white rocking chair -
clouds not holes of sky
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt blanket
#writing #poetry #loss #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry
across a white rocking chair -
clouds not holes of sky
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt blanket
#writing #poetry #loss #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry
Monica Vitti in Ragazza con la pistola (The girl with a pistol) Mario Monicelli
July 25, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Monica Vitti in Ragazza con la pistola (The girl with a pistol) Mario Monicelli
Flamingos wading
in pools of morning light - freckles
sprayed on sun-kissed skin
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt pinks #poetry #nature #writing #poetrysky
in pools of morning light - freckles
sprayed on sun-kissed skin
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt pinks #poetry #nature #writing #poetrysky
Our haiku prompts for 18-25 July
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
July 24, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Flamingos wading
in pools of morning light - freckles
sprayed on sun-kissed skin
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt pinks #poetry #nature #writing #poetrysky
in pools of morning light - freckles
sprayed on sun-kissed skin
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt pinks #poetry #nature #writing #poetrysky
Reposted by Matí
Kōhei Saitō examines why solutions rooted in capitalism will never stop climate change.
For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment
The worldwide environmental destruction brought about by the explosive advance of global capitalism has plunged the planet into crisis. The amount of fossil fuels consumed by the world population a…
buff.ly
July 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Kōhei Saitō examines why solutions rooted in capitalism will never stop climate change.
Faint flickering flame
wick succumbing to wax - death
of a birthday candle
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt candle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
wick succumbing to wax - death
of a birthday candle
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt candle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
Our haiku prompts for 18-25 July
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
July 23, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Faint flickering flame
wick succumbing to wax - death
of a birthday candle
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt candle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
wick succumbing to wax - death
of a birthday candle
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt candle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writing #loss
God (jr) whispering in his bullet-proof ear ("the saved one") is an image I will find hard to forget.
July 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
God (jr) whispering in his bullet-proof ear ("the saved one") is an image I will find hard to forget.
Prickly hands hold
dark lustrous globes reflecting
dancing purple clouds
#haiku #haikudailyprompt eggplant #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #hope
dark lustrous globes reflecting
dancing purple clouds
#haiku #haikudailyprompt eggplant #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #hope
Our haiku prompts for 18-25 July
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Sometimes you just have to accept the day and try again tomorrow.
North South
7/18 Lotus Blossom Glisten
7/19 Beach Soup
7/20 Eggplant Mind
7/21 Light Clothing Snow
7/22 Melon Freezing
7/23 Cool Morning Candle
7/24 Pinks Hawk
7/25 Sand Castle Rage
summer […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
July 20, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Prickly hands hold
dark lustrous globes reflecting
dancing purple clouds
#haiku #haikudailyprompt eggplant #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #hope
dark lustrous globes reflecting
dancing purple clouds
#haiku #haikudailyprompt eggplant #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry #writing #hope
Never doubted it one minute...
F***ked up society we live in.
F***ked up society we live in.
July 19, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Never doubted it one minute...
F***ked up society we live in.
F***ked up society we live in.