The Nineties' Year Of Gera

Death of Christ - By Uno Gera - St. Immaculate Conception - Photo: Italo Perazzoli

Una Filza Di Parole (Poesie e Sonetti In Lingua Dialettale di Ripatransone)

Pagina: 28 di 224

Anno: 1999

Editore: Maroni

Description:

This poem is an homage to the great philanthropist of Ripatransone (1890-1982)

He was an handsome man even at the age of ninety years, when Alfredo Rossi decided to write a poem to him.

Uno Gera was a rich man, magistrate and sculptor.

Today we can observe his sculpture at the Civic Pinacoteca (Palazzo Bonomi) and at the Church "The Immaculate" (St. Philip) were there are "The Nativity" "The Crucifixion" and "The Baptistery"
In the first stanza the voice describes the physical aspect of Gera as a young lover, despite being a nonagenarian.

In the second and third stanza, the voice jokes about the year of Gera's birth (1890) and the year when the poem was written 1980 telling jokingly that the year is almost the same.
From the fourth to eighth stanzas, Alfredo describes the merits of Uno Gera towards his loved town Ripatransone.

Thanks to this man now the tourists can see Civic Pinacoteca restored and donated to the City, Streets, Paintings, and Tapestries and his sculptures.

The most powerful line is when the author tells that this man for Ripatransone was greater than the men landed on the surface of the moon atterrati.

The last line ends with a wish to live for others ninety years.

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