Eufemia Griffo – Asahi Haikuist, November 17

(nell’immagine Winona Ryder nei panni di Mina Arker)

absinthe glass
the souls of poets lost
in a green river

bicchiere di assenzio
le anime dei poeti perse
in un fiume verde

–Eufemia Griffo (Settimo Milanese, Italy)

http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/AJ201711170001.html

Haiku liberamente ispirato a una scena tratta dal film “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” di F. Coppola

About absinthe…

The legacy of absinthe as a mysterious, addictive, and mind-altering drink continues to this day. Absinthe has played a notable role in the fine art movements of Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Surrealism, Modernism, Cubism and in the corresponding literary movements. The legendary drink has more recently appeared in movies, video, television, music, and contemporary literature. The modern absinthe revival has had a notable effect on its portrayal. It is often shown as an unnaturally glowing green liquid.

Oscar Wilde wrote:

“What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?”. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”

There is a beautiful scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” movie in which the vampire tells to Mina: “Absinthe is the aphrodisiac of the self. The green fairy who lives in the absinthe wants your soul. But you are safe with me. “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhFFOsikyQ0

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