Shivery shimmers
in the shadows, silently
the waning moon smiles.

The wind ruffles the
sparse auburn mane of autumn,
shedding tears of gold.

This Haiku was posted on PureHaiku (www.purehaiku.wordpress.com) today!

your mouth is the bow

that prints its melodies on

the strings of my heart

© Claudia Messelodi 2013

 

At Dragonscale Clippings (www.dragonscaleclippings.wordpress.com) you can also find a review of my poetry collection "Variations" written by Freya Pickard, take a look! I feel so elated, thanks so much dear friend!

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Bite Sized Blog Tour's third day at Dragonscaleclippings www.dragonscaleclippings.wordpress.com !

Wednesday Words – Excerpts from Variations of Sky and Soul

Welcome back to Claudia Messelodi’s Bite Sized Blog Tour…

Here are two of Claudia’s poems from “Variations of Sky and Soul”.

Fusion

Nurturing notes

exhale out of the enticing bow,

penetrate

into soothing verses,

let them resonate

as vibrating strings,

shaping a transcendent whole,

merged together

as the most perfect

union ever,

of music and words.

Mediterranean landscape

Sunbeams filter through

the peacock blue shades

of the olive tree branches;

embrace

luxuriant orange and lemon saplings,

exhaling sweetish fizzy fragrances;

caress

smooth emerald green palm leaves,

swaying in the calm breeze

as freshening fans –

out of vermilion chilly bunches,

burst fireworks

of excitement and colour.

My poetry collection "Variations" has been awarded the first place in the section "Impressionist poetry" of the National Poetry Award Leandro Polverini in Anzio, Rome!!!
Here is the explanation given by the panel of judges:

"L'Autrice scandaglia con penetrazioni lunghe, immagini impressionistiche, rimozioni strappate, ironia e caparbietà sofferta, l'unico mondo possibile laddove ci consegna un testo che, nella sua proteicità di forme, suscita un profondo interesse per il tentativo d'impostare un discorso capace di slegare dalla realtà, avviluppandoci ad un realismo mitico che è un luogo del tutto diverso e altrettanto concreto della realtà quotidiana."

 "Variations of Sky and Soul" is on its Bite Sized Blog Tour's second day. Please visit www.dragonscaleclippings.wordpress.com to find out more!

Wednesday Words – Introducing Variations of Sky and Soul

I would like to welcome Claudia Messelodi, the author of Variations of Sky and Soul. This is Claudia’s second collection of poetry to be published in 15 months.

Nature, its beautiful landscapes, the fragrances, hues and scents of its elements, inspired Claudia to write “Variations”. She tried to capture the rhythms of the natural world, its sounds and music, along with the brightness of its colours and chromatisms.

She found herself positively affected by the writing, uplifted by the throbbing sense of life and the vibrating energy exhaling out of words and phrases. Through this work, Claudia wanted to convey the mystery of life, the transient state of time and existence, the unveiling of interior truths, which, as violin notes, echo within the lyric poetry of nature.

She has no particular discipline when she writes. She just follows inspiration and listens to her interior voice. Claudia often writes late in the evening before falling asleep, when her family are in bed and silence and calm eventually reign in the house.

Claudia has been listening to a lot of classical music recently, as well as jazz music. The last book she read was a poetry collection entitled “Musik des Einsamen” (Music and Solitude) written by the German writer Hermann Hesse.

If you would like to find out more about Claudia and her poetry, before next week, please visit a stream of small stones Come back next Wednesday for some excerpts from Variations of Sky and Soul. If you would like to read one of the haiku from her collection, please visit purehaiku

© Freya Pickard 2013

This haiku has been posted today on PureHaiku (www.purehaiku.wordpress.com)! I thank you heartily, Freya Pickard!!!

no more time for love

heavy inside my pocket, harsh

memory stones hurt.

© Claudia Messelodi 2013

My Bite Sized Blog Tour has started toaday on Dragonscale Clippings (www.dragonscaleclippings.wordpress.com) ! Here is a beautiful Cento Freya Pickard wrote about my poetry collection "Variations". Huge thanks, Freya, for hosting and supporting me so much!

Cento – Variations of Sky and Soul

my naked feelings

wounds turned into glass

as sharp swords

imprisoning one’s mind

the song of the leaves

tiny white petals cling to

my dreams, your touch feels so soft

enraptured fingers

pull back the curtains

as a reborn hope

© Freya Pickard 2013

Di vita vibra
la furia di fantasie -
l'onda s'infrange.

Night chill - vitreous
streams through stiff veins; my choked words
spill solitude drops.