The series Per Poesie (For Poetry) embodies a work in perpetual evolution, nourished by fragments of reality. It serves as a reservoir of images, "left to decant," awaiting incorporation into new narratives or the expansion of existing ones. Giacomelli envisioned photography as a continuous flow, resisting rigid categorization. For him, each image was part of a unified whole, and every photograph was a variation of the same pursuit: collapsing the distance between past and present, capturing the fleeting, unveiling the invisible, and expressing the inexpressible.

Per Poesie remains largely unpublished. In 2006, artist Enzo Cucchi, a friend of Giacomelli, curated hundreds of photographs from the series for the book and exhibition Mario Giacomelli. Cose mai viste (Never Seen Things), presented by Photology in Milan. Cucchi intentionally excluded text or explanation, allowing the images to stand as a seamless narrative of Giacomelli’s creative flux. Each photograph connects to the next, forming a single, expansive story—an entire life glimpsed in a flash, filled with memories, visions, fears, and desires. It is a dreamlike experience, where meaning emerges without the need for words, as if everything naturally finds its order.

(Adapted from Katiuscia Biondi’s text)