Poetryzine magazine presents two poems by the Italian poet and artist Lidia Chiarelli dedicated to the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for the #DylanDay
Here in this spring, stars float in the void
Dylan Thomas
Another spring
to Dylan Thomas
Yet another spring
and the stars
the stars that still dazzle in the void.
Attracted by a hypnotic call
I sink towards an absolute darkness.
The wind’s breath
leads the flight of the last seagull
along pearl rivers.
Screaming waves break
on the sea shores.
With you
alone with you
I go up again
-unharmed
I fly over tides and precipices
with liquefied contours.
Octagons of light turn on
in a perfect geometry.
I hear vibrations in the immense silence:
the future is shrouded in mist.
The destination unfolds
in the distance.
Vision of New Worlds
to Dylan Thomas
Your words
as parables of sunlight
unveil visions
with blurred edges
new worlds melting
into fluctuating immensity.
Into your swirling darkness
I fall.
Lift me with wide wings
higher and higher into the blue.
Bring me to know the vibrations of the sun
where
blades of fire evaporate
where
I can finally savor
the emerald kiss
and the indigo breath
in the rainbow’s
evanescent embrace
#DylanDay - was established in 2015 to celebrate the memory of Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
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. Her writing has been translated into different languages and published in more than 150 Poetry magazines, and on web-sites in many countries.