CONCETTA LA PLACA

 

 

I Turn And Look Around

 

I turn and look around.

The world is all mine.

Clouds shifting, they scattered, hover in the sky;

trees flowering, essences scented add colour

and harmony to a landscape

already painted by the intense green of the meadows,

fading as far as the eye can see.

The world is a wonderful reality

and is there to be experienced, discovered, loved.

Let us take care of it.

Let us respect it in its true nature and it will thank us.

Nature does not like

deception.

It does not love overpowering.

Unceasingly, it follows its rhythms

in cosmic eternity

and never forgives those who profane it.

©Concetta La Placa

 

Your Garden Is In Bloom, Too.

 

Go on your way, my friend.

Walk with joy and cheerfulness,

listen well to the voice of your soul, do not hinder others.

Some of your feelings are a wheeze

Of envy and selfishness.

Do not listen to them,

hear and catch only the echo of the sweet notes

that are lost in your heart.

Don't turn around,

don't look at other people's lives,

but enjoy your own and make it better.

Along the avenue of your uniqueness

and with wonder,

you will discover that even your garden

was already green and blooming with love.

©Concetta La Placa

 

CONCETTA LA PLACA

 

CONCETTA LA PLACA: La Placa is an Italian poet, writer, aphorist, critic, translator, social activist and author of an online magazine called Alessandria Today. She is present in the international poetic scene. She has published seven poetry collections. She is an Ambassador of Peace and Culture for the IFCH and member of: - Peace Charter Project (Dr. Hc María Elena Ramírez).- Millennium Renaissance Group of the founder and president of RRM3, Prof. George Onsy RENAISSANCE Millennium III. She is a member official of a organization called “Cattedra delle Donne”. She lives in Rome. She worked as a teacher at the L.U.M.S.A. University of Rome and in Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.