Dr. Maria Miraglia, Italy (Winging through Gloom: Poetry of Hope and Recovery)

Maria Miraglia

Dr. Maria A. Miraglia, educationist, poet, translator and peace activist, is, for long, an active member of Amnesty International, member of Ican, of the Observatory for Human Rights, Deputy President for UWMC, Kenya and founder of World Foundation for Peace. She is also the Literary Director of the Cultural Association P. Neruda, and a member of many editorial boards. A recipient of several awards, Dr.Maria Miraglia has edited and published several anthologies.

A NIGHTINGALE

I met a nightingale one day

slowly walking in a meadow

his head bent on the grass

lazily chirping

A strange scene

I said to myself

and stayed there curious

looking at him

Both his wings were snapped

and sadly

often he glanced at the sky

where flocks of birds

were happily flying together

forming large circles and spirals

on the background of the light blue

just dyed of white clouds

I approached the little bird

picked him up in in my hands

talked to him and

said I would have taken care

of his broken wings

he'd have soon come back to fly

and so I did

So much time has gone by

and I cannot say how or why but

he still stays with me

sweetly singing among the trees tops

of my garden.

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Setu, March 2022