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St. Peter’s Square

Marc Alan Di Martino

Columns rooted like treeswreathe the square beneatha turquoise-splattered sky.The fountains, given the weather,adorn their hats with a feather. —Marc Alan Di Martino

Waning Moon

Marc Alan Di Martino

A translation of Mario Dell’Arco’s“Luna calante” Pendant around the neck of night:ringed by Taurus, Capricorn,Ursa Major on the risebefore so many fiery eyeslittle by little, whittles to a horn....