Rosa Marseglia – ‘O Vesuvio

‘O Vesuvio written by Rosa Marseglia   Muntagna maistosa Che t’aize mmiez’o mare. Attuorno a te tanta bellezze… Surriento,’o golfo e Napule e a luntano te guarde l’isola di Capri addò pure Tiberio l’imperatore l’ha apprezzata. Spisso si stato nfame e malamente, […]

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Rosa Marseglia – My Aunt aka Cousin and Neapolitan Poet

Rosa Marseglia the Award winning Neapolitan Poetress written by Bianca Ghikas May 18, 2020   Rosa is the daughter of my maternal grandmothers first cousin and my mother’s godmother.  Rosas Great-grandmother  and my great-great-grandmother are the same person, in other words her […]

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Vincenzo Marseglia – Nu saluto ‘a Maria

This poem was written by the son in law of my maternal great-grandmother’s Sister Berenice Di Nocera Ventriglia.  Vincenzo was married to Titina Di nocera, both deceased now, and had quite a few children one of them is Rosanna Lettillo Marseglia, my […]

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