MARIA MIRAGLIA

 

 

Rare Alchemy

 

My soul is dyed

with the hues of the night

like when the sky has no stars

not even a flash shedding some light

on the dark dome

overhead

It had the colours

of the early morning once

even late at night

when in the silence

We told each other our secrets

and daily adventures

 

Warm were the tones

of our voices

as friends of distant times

We would have wagered all our possessions

sworn on our dearest things

that nothing and nobody

would ever have broken our bond

confident as we were

to be linked by a rare alchemy

but the desire to go

to new and unknown roads

won over our certainties

 

I don't know what we conquered

undeniably 

we lost something

 

Sea

 

Quiet is the sea

Like a baby

In the welcoming arms

Of a mother

Light blue and transparent

Under a clear sky

Cheered up by the song of seagulls

Which seems to recall lofty thoughts

To distant and hidden truths

To lived places

When the pace was quick

And the spirit graceful

 

I hear his caressing voice

While the waves

Slow chase each other

In their steps of dance

They tell old stories

Of pirates sailors and

Lovers under starry skies

 

I could watch it endlessly

 

And never grow tired

 

MARIA MIRAGLIA

 

MARIA MIRAGLIA: Poet, essayist, translator, and peace activist Maria Miraglia graduated in foreign languages and holds a Master's degree in Evaluation and another in Modular Didactics. She achieved linguistic certifications of merit at Trinity College in Edinburgh and the International House in London and has been a ministerial trainer for the English language. She is a supporter of Amnesty International and ICA, a member of the International Observatory for Human Rights, the Vice President of the World Movement for the Defence of Children (WMC), and the founder of the World Foundation for Peace (WFP). She is a founding member and Literary Director of the Pablo Neruda Association, a member of several International Associations of Writers, an honorary member of Naciones Unidas de las Letras, Bolivia, a co-editor of Contemporary Vibes, India, and a member of numerous editorial boards of international literary magazines. Miraglia is a published bilingual poet. Her poems have been translated into over thirty languages and are prominent in more than one hundred international anthologies. Among her most recent collections are Echi nell'Aria and Colored Butterflies. Ella is a skilled writer. She has an exquisite imagination; her style is lucid, transparent in thought, philosophical and meaningful in substance. Her literary prowess has earned her prizes and awards in her home country and worldwide. Recently, Maria Miraglia's continued relevance in the literary world was underlined by her nomination as a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences in Salzburg, while her ongoing contributions to the field of literature and her influence on the global stage brought her recognition as one of the "50 Mujeres Momorable Europeas" at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome.