Featured Poet - Francesco Favetta
BEYOND THAT DARK VEIL
In the silence of the night
in the drops of tears
and then again
in the dawns that don't arrive
they fall quickly
all the tears from your face
wetting your lips
of the acrid taste of life.
The moon is silent
this sly rest
in his piece of Heaven
and like a rose he rests
aiming from above
the day that is dawning
beyond that dark veil
beyond the horizon.
EVERY SILENCE IS PEACE!
Like the sun
this heart burns
and every breath
it is a powerful wind
that always breaks out
in the trials of life
and in truth it is never extinguished.
How many times has it been
imposing desert
swept away by fury
of warrior love
remained standing
before the bitter songs
to daily indifferences.
Without words then
the infinite thirst has been quenched
and into the dark nights
every silence has become
really loved sleep
absolute rest
and Inner Peace.
TREES
Even the trees
they have a soul
and they breathe
in the silence
and their leaves
they are breaths
leaning towards Heaven
the roots
instead they are
the firm bond with the land.
They sing silently
trees
the eternal becoming
and then
with their eternal time
they drag without wind
everyday
in the streets
the steps forward
of daily life.
ANYWHERE AND ALWAYS!
Make me the wind
and that every pain
on full moon nights
be the sails
in movement
on this trip
inside the ways of the world.
Everywhere and always
just do that
even the stones are
lives that remain
stuck in the ground
hard to eradicate.
And again
never silence
the inner voice
do anything to live
and sings out loud
every day with your words
the fires in the veins.
LIGHT!
Lead me
in the silence
my soul
enclose my heart
in your reasons
soul
and then undress
of every breath
and love the eternal
that is in you
and never stay
light off.
LETTER TO MY FATHER
Dear Father
this is the time
that goes away
slowly
where there is no cold
in the silence
in the flesh and in thoughts
where love is poetry.
In my son's heart
that beats while singing
your words are roots
indelible writings
those never putrid seeds
strong values that shape life
inviolable truths
sprouts and dignity.
In your every breath
my life is always alive
in your hands
dirty with work and sweat
still sleeps the silent night
and it's no different
your wind from mine
dad you are always in every step.
ABOUT FRANCESCO
Francesco was born in the land of Sicily in Sciacca. He has always loved poetry, writing verses, but above all culture; food for the soul -
culture is Freedom, it is Free Spirit, it is Soul in Motion, not should never be harnessed! In 2018 he was awarded the Academician of Sicily by the Accademia di Sicilia, and has been published in various anthologies and magazines including:
The Poet; Revista Azahar (which he edited the first anthology of poems in Spanish: Encantamiento y Palabras como Plumas);
The Silk Road Anthology: Nano Poems for Africa;
Poetic Galaxy Atunis; WorldSmith International Editorial;
OPA The Poetry Journal; Innombrable magazine;
and Polis Magazine among many others.
He founded a theatre company in Sciacca: "Theatrum Socialis Sciacca", and a Lions Club, "Sciacca Terme". Francesco is convinced that Poetry will be the weapon with which humanity will set its life free, and furthermore, that
Beauty will always be a truth, which will never be buried: from the times and events of daily human life!
