Pietro De Marchis' third collection of poetry teaches us, like the previous volumes, to see precisely the near and the distant, the light and the dark, the everyday and the remote. At its center are people whose voices, statements, and stories the author lovingly sketches, with grace and that often deceptive lightness that leaves the gaze open to depth - indeed to the tragic - and thus prompts us to question the words, to give them the meaning they deserve, which is hidden behind their simple, precisely arranged rhythms. "He also touches on the big questions, making them tangible with language even where bewilderment prevails. With Pietro De Marchis' poems, the reader looks into a world of contradictions that, transformed into human scale, loses none of its terror and none of its magic.".