PAISIO, Franco

Mini Poems and Other Bagatelles

Mini Poems and Other Bagatelles is a collection of predominantly concise poems written over the past five decades. The majority of these verses have been unearthed from the bottom of drawers, neglected folders, the reverse sides of envelopes, and in other unlikely places. Some are humorous, while others encompass a degree of pathos; they are compiled here not in chronological order but randomly
– merely for fun.

Bone and Marrow-Deep

Bone and Marrow-Deep is a collection of mainly recent poems, taut, lyrical, and short. Dealing with the passing of time, loss of memory, and old age reveries. Poems, in their simplicity, exploring both the complexities and caprices of existence. Poems in search of clarity, in search of things indecipherable. Paisio shows once again in these brief verses, that even if he deems existence superfluous, and unjustifiable, he is enamoured with the magnificent, wondrous, unique, and unrepeatable adventure that life is.

Franco Paisio was born in Milan in 1936. He is an artist and poet who studied painting, sculpture, and ceramics in Italy and Australia. He had numerous solo exhibitions both in Australia and Europe. His works are held in many national, corporate, and private collections. Franco has given numerous poetry readings, and from 1975 to 1985 was a contributing editor of “Aspect”, the now defunct Sydney-based art and literature magazine. He lives and works in contemplative solitude in Sydney, Australia.