Sometimes I Swear In Italian

By Anthony Buccino


Antonio Buccino's collection about growing up Italian American in New Jersey and discovering the roots of his ancestors. 

Read about the old neighborhood where the 'bianca lina' man sold bleach to make the white linens; and the young boy growing up in the house his grandfather built, and living upstairs from his scary grandma who spoke no English. 

The collection of verse captures the assimilation of Italian American born and raised in New Jersey and inspired by a trip to Italy where he realizes on his first visit, it also is his home.

This American boy discovers the land his ancestors left to make a better life for his generation. The pigeons that follow him throughout Italy provide the connection to his father - who raised homers - who didn't speak English until he started school - the rich heritage of the old country, and the enormous sacrifice of his grandparents. 

Despite its title, Sometimes I Swear In Italian contains no profanity in any language.

L’America

SPAGHETTI  TREES

BUTCHIE

LEGLESS

DOMENIC

NEEDLE

AMERICAN BOY

OLD MAN

FACCIA BRUTE

PIGEON MAN SECRETS

MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS

THOSE PEOPLE

SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN

BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

I’M NOT GEPETTO

FIFTY-TWO

FOR EVERY BILL

NAMES

SOFIA DELL

SUNDAY DINNER

 

Egg & Eggplant

MOST AT HOME

ON MY SHOES

BREATHLESS

A BIG LONG FLIGHT

HOT COCOA IN AUGUST

SOLO JULIET

THESE STREETS ARE ALL WET

PIGEONS IN VENICE FOUNTAINS

HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT?

FATHER MET ME IN THE OLD COUNTRY

WAITING FOR THE BBC

DAVID AS STATUE

HOW DO YOU SAY

EGG AND EGGPLANT

RAIN IN PISA

MAIORI AT FERRAGOSTO

NIGHT SHADOW

IN THE SQUARE

ONE EURO FROM A TWO EURO


Sometimes I Swear In Italian

Paperback

ISBN-10: 1466231718

ISBN-13: 978-1466231719

Copyright © 2011 By Anthony Buccino

Published by Cherry Blossom Press,

PO Box 110252, Nutley NJ 07110


Buccino's poetry collections are mostly out of print. Special orders - send email to author.


Firestick 4k Max, Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Sling, Disney Plus

Fire TV Stick 4K Max


resqme Emergency Keychain Car Escape Tool, 2-in-1 Seatbelt Cutter and Window Breaker


Apple Air tags to track your baggage when you travel, the four-pack on Amazon

Apple AirTags to track your baggage when you travel


Sometimes I Swear in Italian by Anthony Buccino

Sometimes I Swear in Italian


In the new land it will be better.

After this long sea journey
plagued by crowding and vomit
of storms and swells and smells,
we will see the woman of Liberty
and
L’America will welcome me.

No hunger there, you know.
The gold paves the road
and spaghetti grows on trees.

With open arms they welcome us
and speak kindly in our native tongue.
It’s good to have
compare Giuseppe
watching for you in the new land.

Back home, I will miss la famiglia
and some day when I am prosperous
in the land of ravioli bushes
– where, when you hunger,
you pick the fruit and
nevermore eat the dirt -

Some day, I shall bring them to this new land.

- Spaghetti Trees


Acknowledgements

American Boy published at Poem Factory

Butchie, Money In Newspapers, Pigeon Man Secrets, Old Man, Pigeons In Venice Fountains, Father Met Me in the Old Country, One Euro From A Two Euro published in Sixteen Inches On Center

David As Statue published in Medusa’s Kitchen

Da Vinci Paints My House published in The Quick & Dirty Poets literary journal Up & Under.

Egg And Eggplant published in Sweet Lemons 2

I’m Not Gepetto published in One Morning In Jersey City

Old Man published in Raving Dove Online Literary Magazine

Pigeons in Venice Fountains published in Florida English, Special Italian American Issue

Solo Juliet published in Voices In Italian-Americana

Spaghetti Trees published online at PowWow Papers, Sweet Lemons 2

Those People published in Yountakah Country


All-new Kindle Paperwhite with 3 months free Kindle Unlimited

All-new Kindle Paperwhite


Lifehammer Safety Hammer - Emergency Escape and Rescue Tool with Seatbelt Cutter


ANTHONY'S WORLD

Anthony Buccino


BOOKS

PHOTOGRAPHY

NEWS

BIO

Essays, photography, military history, more


Contact Us

Join Anthony's World Email List


New Jersey author Anthony Buccino's stories of the 1960s, transit coverage and other writings earned four Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism awards.

Permissions & other snail mail:

PO Box 110252 Nutley NJ 07110

Copyright Information


Greetings From Belleville NJ

Collected Writings

Read More

Italian American Heritage

Dad Tales and Reflections

Sixteen Inches on Center

A Father's Place, An Eclectic Collection

AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty

Sometimes I Swear In Italian

Great Grandpa was a pumking

Who is Brother, (who is) Uncle Bim?


La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American ExperienceItalian Americans in World War II  by Peter L. Belmonte

WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific

La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience by Jerre Mangione

Una Storia Segreta - Lawrence DiStasi

Finding Italian Roots by John Philip Colletta

They Came In Ships by John P. Colletta

Italian American Writers On New Jersey

Identity Lessons: Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be American

Some Kind of Wise Guy: Stories About Parents, Weddings, Modern Living, and Growing Up Italian by Bill Ervolino