Maria Miraglia

 

 

Maria Miraglia

 

Life

 

I feel you slipping away  

when stars turn on

up there

The birds are silent

asleep the fields

and still is the sea  

I think in the silence

I can hear her footsteps

and slow the fear 

of the eternal night and 

the unknown

takes up space

until sleep comes and

then the morning

 

It’s at dawn

With the first colors

Of the news coming day

that rekindles the meaning of things and

I go back to feeling life again

with its perfumes

Its flavors

the ancient rhythms of things

 

 

The Celestial Body

 

How many people

makes the moon dream and

and fall in love

making them hover

as melodious birds

disclose in her light

their hearts as roses in May and

dampened their eyes 

tell of burning passions

whispering their lips promises

to keep preciously engraved

to listen to them then

again, and again

 

Once faded the darkness and

dawn slowly rising

to spread the light

over the still sleeping towns

the moon nothing else than

a celestial body in the void space

dark its surface

its mantle a crust

of solid iron its inner core

 

There from billion years

surrounded by flickering maids

unsuspected deceiving men

from anywhere and of all ages

By Maria Miraglia-

 

 

 

At Night

 

At night

In the silence

I can hear the voice of my soul

words that come from afar

tell of me my joys and pains

my tears and laughters

I can perceive of me

things unknown

analyze them and

become the critic of my actions

sometimes to absolve

some others to reprove me

so better understand my emotions

and learn to seize them from their roots

wondering about what I'm doing

of me

of my Self

almost finding hard to recognizing it

I can meet the child in me

with his fears and uncertainties

and cuddle him

until the sleep comes

and then the awakening

when uncalled

the first light of dawn

through the half-open shutters

invade my room

 

Risen my consciousness from the depth

reached the inside travel its stop

I realize that my soul

is where I can more clearly

find myself

@ Maria Miraglia

 

MARIA MIRAGLIA

 

MARIA MIRAGLIA: Educationist, poet, translator, peace activist, Maria A. Miraglia was born and lives in Italy. For a long time, an active member of Amnesty International, she herself founder and chairwoman of World Foundation for Peace. Member of Ican, of the International Observatory for Information and Human Rights. Founding member and literary director of the Italian cultural association P. Neruda, honorary member of Nationes Unidas de las Letras, advisory member of the editor board of Galaktika Poetike Autunis, member of the editorial board of Our poetry Archive, member of the editorial advisory board of Sahitya Anand. Presidente de la organization Mundial de los Trovatores, Italy and Deputy President – Coordination, at a child rights global organization, the United World Movement for Children (UWMC). She collaborates for poetry with numerous national and international newspapers and magazines. Her poems have been translated into several foreign languages and are collected in numberless anthologies all over the world.  Dr Maria Miraglia is often a welcome guest of international events for poetry. Beauty and profundity are the most important characteristic of Maria Miraglia’s works and although these elements are found in some of the exceptional works by modern writers, blending them together seems a challenge for many, where Maria is found to be successful applying them into her poems. Author of anthologies in Italian, English or both languages She is recipient of numerous national and international awards and recognition.