Brindisi
Brindisi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbrindizi]; in the local dialect: Brìnnisi; Latin: Brundisium) is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Historically, the city has played an important role in trade and culture, due to its strategic position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city remains a major port for trade with Greece and the Middle East. Brindisi's most flourishing industries include agriculture, chemical works, and the generation of electricity.
Geography
Brindisi is situated on a natural harbor, that penetrates deeply into the Adriatic coast of Apulia. Within the arms of the outer harbor islands are Pedagne, a tiny archipelago, currently not open and in use for military purposes (United Nations Group Schools used during the intervention in Bosnia). The entire municipality is part of the Brindisi Plain, characterized by high agricultural uses of its land. It is located in the northeastern part of the Salento plains, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Itria Valley, and the low Murge. Not far from the city is the Natural Marine Reserve of the World Wide Fund for Nature of Torre Guaceto. The Ionian Sea is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away.
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by Augie March
Brundisium
by: Augie MarchThey married, a dandy and a back alley tough
On the foreshore while kids in the needling rough
Stayed low, in and laid till they'd had enough
Of the somersaulting hot roll of revolting September
By thickets beneath the hot halo above
The plague bodies bathed in their talentless love
It's hot in the town with its back to the sea
O darling, don't put your veil over me
From thinking a life was about them
When, long, they were the thorn in its side
The hard men got plucked and by measures were gone
At pride it plucked and out, out it pried
Where's the shame in a gentle man?
Stand him next to me
It's hot in the town with its back to the sea
O darling, don't put your veil over me
Honey, we'll go without, honey, grow old and thin
I love you like I love my own skin
From thinking a life was about them but stranger
The soft women lowed and came in and were in
To swoon, "O welcome hot united sailor"
Welcome from unsteady decks and from danger
Did you see a new sun in the sky?
The sun is blood and blood is a lie
It's hot in the town with its back to the sea
O darling, don't put your veil over me
Honey, we'll go without, honey grow old and thin
I love you like I love my own skin
O my bonny lies over the ocean
My bonny grows old and thin