Archive - Fool's Gold

close to the bone

A poem about altitude, solitude and Texas

Jul 5 •

Marcello Mongardi

June 2025

The Number 14 Bus

He stepped off the number fourteen bus and landed on the sun-baked sidewalk.

Published on The Memoirist • Jun 29

Likitiri's Magic

A story of the porini

Jun 26 •

Marcello Mongardi

Jun 16 •

Marcello Mongardi

Rub al Khali - The Empty Quarter

Jun 9 •

Marcello Mongardi

Jun 2 •

Marcello Mongardi

May 2025

I squinted as I walked through the blinding sunlight of a summer afternoon in Sydney.

May 31 •

Marcello Mongardi

You hang up and the phone goes quiet.

May 28 •

Marcello Mongardi

A Father to a Son

On July 16th, 2009, I became a father to a son.

May 26 •

Marcello Mongardi

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