MARIA MIRAGLIA, ITALY

Dr Maria. A. Miraglia, educationist, bilingual poet, translator, essayist and ministerial lecturer for English language teachers, is an active member of Amnesty International and several other peace organizations. She is the Literary Director of Pablo Neruda Cultural Association and a board member of several international editorial and literary organizations. A recipient of several awards, Dr Maria Miraglia has recently been elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts of Salzburg. Her latest work is Colourful Butterflies, also published in the Italian language.

THE SOLITUDE OF THE SOUL

The dark vault tonight

is studded with bright stars

that silent shine up there

they seem to chat amiably and

exchange smiles 

making you feel 

in front of an unveiled part of heaven 

But the beams of light

that come from afar

tell another story

lonely in the boundless void

far from each other

unattainable they are

in their desolation

Like the stars 

men on earth 

islands are of archipelagos 

without bridges and

without boats

whenever they are 

you can perceive 

the profound loneliness of their souls

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Solitude of Soul 2023 :: Setu, March 2023

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

Dr. Maria Miraglia, ITALY

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I was born in a village afar

from what they call urban civilization

my skin is not white but smooth

my eyes big and of a light blue

beautiful and attractive they say

is my body

more than so many women

in richer lands

that can go shopping and

buy any and everything they want

to satisfy even their tiniest wishes

But, it is not this that I complain of

I've no recognition of what I am

and treated as a second-rate species

no comfort at home and

a hard work to endure

I long there will come a day

when my sisters and I

can live our lives in full

get our liberties as human beings

without restrictions or limits

as it was to be

since the world's dawn

Dr. Maria Miraglia an educationist, poet, translator, peace activist and a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, has been for long, an active member of Amnesty International besides being  the founder of WFP and a member of Ican, of the International Observatory for Information and Human Rights, a founding member and literary director of P. Neruda, honorary member of Nationes Unidas de las Letras, and an advisory member of several editorial boards. Her poems in Italian and English have been featured in several reputed poetry anthologies. She also regularly She collaborates for poetry with numerous national and international newspapers and magazines.

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Best of Women Poetry -2020 :: Setu, March 2020