[Marion Shore]

Petrarch records that he first saw Laura on Good Friday, April 6th, 1327--which will be exactly 680 years ago this Friday.

The Translation Board invites you to celebrate by posting a poem on our Petrarch anniversary thread. It need not be a sonnet or a translation (though it can be)-- any form is welcome, as long as it is in the Petrarchan spirit!

Please come join us. Look forward to seeing you there!

[Quincy Lehr]

Marion,

Heard the Translation board is doing something Petrarch-related, but I'm having trouble finding the specs...

Quincy

[Marion Shore]

Quincy,

Party's right up the street, on the Translation Board:
http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtm...ML/000323.html

Cheers,
Marion

[Quincy Lehr]

Ummm... Marion...

I was being gently ironic. You've got it advertised all over the place.

Best,

Quincy

[Michael Cantor]

I believe Laura's first words to Petrarch were, "Are you the man who has been littering the streets with that poster?"

[This message has been edited by Michael Cantor (edited March 30, 2007).]

[Marion Shore]

Quincy,

Duh! I'm a little dense sometimes. BBB!

Michael,

Her words, which he quotes in an obscure work, are:

"Chi e quel pazzo chi sparge questi cartelloni..."
(who is this nut who's scattering these posters around?)

sparge (from spargere - to scatter, spread) may be an indirect allusion to the name he gives his collection--"Rime Sparse" (Scattered Verse)-- in Sonnet 1.

I didn't know you were such a Petrarchan scholar!

Marion