LIDIA CHIARELLI

 

 

An Evening Sky

 

A slash of Blue! A sweep of Gray!

                   Some scarlet patches - on the way -

                   Compose an evening sky . . .

—Emily Dickinson

 

So sweet was

the scent of those evenings

when

our steps invented long distance routes

in the summer gardens

 

when

slowly the lights were lit

and competing with the moons and the stars

formed parabolas of light

on the opaque stones of the paths.

 

Then, life

just begun

seemed to reveal

a sky of unreal colours.

 

Countless images

(fragments of old memories)

that today

recreate and break

in the weary kaleidoscope

of the mind.

 

Moontide

Insomnia

 

To Lee Krasner

 

I am never free of the past

Lee Krasner

 

Springs, East Hampton, 1961

 

 

I will insist on wandering in a maze

of silence and distress.

 

Jackson Pollock’s silent ghost

will be the companion of my days.

 

From my brush

drops and splashes will fall on the canvas that will form

indefinite arcs or traces

loops and curved lines will come to life

in dull umber tones.

 

At last I will feel

a great peace in my mind while

I listen to the tired voice of this ebony night

 

and in the dark a weak echo

will make its way

 

with the ebb and flow of moon tide.

 

(Tribute to Moontide painting by Lee Krasner)

 

LIDIA CHIARELLI

 

LIDIA CHIARELLI (Torino, Italy). Artist and writer, co-founder, with Aeronwy Thomas, of the art-literary Movement Immagine & Poesia (2007). Award -winning poet. Six nominations to Pushcart Prize, USA. Literary Arts Medal, New York 2020. Grand Jury Award Sahitto International Prize 2021. First Prize “the Best Poets & Translators”, China 2023. Montecarlo (Monaco) Second Prize at “Le Parole della Vita” Poetry contest 2024. Her poems are translated in many languages.