Lidia Chiarelli is one of the Charter Members of Immagine & Poesia, the art literary Movement founded in Torino (Italy) in 2007 with Aeronwy Thomas, Dylan Thomas’ daughter
Installation artist and collagist. Coordinator of #DylanDay in Italy (Turin)
She has become an award-winning poet since 2011 and she was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from The First International Poetry Festival of Swansea (U.K.) for her broadside poetry and art contribution. Awarded with the Literary Arts Medal – New York 2020
Six Pushcart Prize (USA) nominations. Mario Merz (Italy) Nomination for Arts 2020. Grand Jury Prize at Sahitto International Award 2021
Her writing has been translated into different languages and published in more than 150 Poetry magazines, and on web-sites in many countries
Light on the Walls of Life
To Lawrence Ferlinghetti for his 101st birthday
Teach me to paint
the light on the walls of life
Teach me
to look at the world
as you see it
to become a tear of the sun
a hill of poetry
a word in a tree
Lead me
to see the sun
hitting the sheer cliffs
the tides that restlessly ebb and flow
the water birds challenging the wind
Let’s listen together
to the breath of rustling leaves
the perfect hush of a starry night
the sound of summer in the raindrops
Here and now
help me reach the very shores of light
waiting for
the renaissance of wonder
with you
again and forever
Lumière sur les murs de la vie
A Lawrence Ferlinghetti pour son 101 anniversaireApprends-moi à peindre
la lumière sur les murs de la vie
Apprends-moi
à regarder le monde
comme toi tu le vois
à devenir une larme de soleil
une colline de poésie
un mot dans un arbre
Emmène-moi
voir le soleil
qui frappe les rochers
les marées qui sans arrêt vont et viennent
les oiseaux de mer qui défient le vent
Ici et maintenant
aide-moi à gagner les rivages de lumière
attendant
la renaissance du prodige
avec toi
à nouveau et pour toujours
Traduction de Germain Droogenbroodt – Elisabeth Gerlache
