“Encroachment” – Contemporary Poetry by Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Stefania Lucchetti portrayed by Emma Terenzio Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up through the form to read my blog on the substack app or receive it by email. “What would you like me to sacrifice beyond thisExactly?Where can I conceal myself to occupy less spaceWhere can I retreat […]
“Words” – Contemporary Poetry by Stefania Lucchetti
Words, Original illustration by © Gianluca Biscalchin created for Stefania Lucchetti Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up to read my blog regularly in your inbox or in the Substack app “Why words – they ask/ why now” Excerpt from the poem “Words” included in the contemporary poetry collection Coffee […]
Without Time – Contemporary Poem by Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Stefania Lucchetti portrait by Emma Terenzio Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up to read my blog regularly in your inbox or in the Substack app “There is a side of us which exists beyond time a part of the mind which dwells outside of time” Excerpt from the poem […]
Women Breaking Through Leadership – Anniversary
Sign up to read my blog regularly in your inbox or in the Substack app Photo: Book launch of Women Breaking Through Leadership, 8 March 2012, Hong Kong Read this blog in Italian/Leggilo in italiano “Eve Toils in the Shadows [..] She opens her computer in doctors’ waiting rooms, in the lively corridors of sports […]
Athena – contemporary poem by Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Pallas Athena, G. Klimt,1898, Wien Museum (Vienna) Read this newsletter in Italian/Leggi questa newsletter in italiano Pallas Athena by Gustav Klimt is one of my favourite paintings, so much so that I have a print of it at home. Visiting it in Vienna (it is hosted at the Wien Museum, not at the more […]
Stefania Lucchetti Italian contemporary poet interviewed
This is a translation of the full interview published in Italian on: GRUPPO ALBATROS IL FILO PRESENTA: Macchie di caffè sui miei libri – Stefania Lucchetti – Il blog del Gruppo Albatros “Coffee Stains on My Books” is an evocative title, suggesting a strong connection between writing and everyday life. How did the idea for […]
The New Voice of Italian Contemporary Poetry: Stefania Lucchetti
Article on New York Insider, 12 February 2025 The New Voice of Italian Contemporary Poetry: Stefania Lucchetti – New York Insider
Love is – contemporary poem by Stefania Lucchetti
“That Love is all there is/Is all we know of Love” (Emily Dickinson) Photo: The author with her husband Marcello (Vienna, 2024) Read in Italian/Leggi in italiano “Love is finding something when you thought it lost” Excerpt from the poem “Love is not” included in the contemporary poetry collection Coffee Stains on My Books, Stefania […]
Aphrodite – contemporary poem by Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1485 circa (Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze) Read in Italian/Leggi in italiano ““I am the vessel of wonders and love Queen of Cups, ruling from above my hands sculpt dreams from desire’s clay igniting love’s fire in every heart’s way.” Excerpt from the poem “Aphrodite” included in the contemporary poetry collection Coffee Stains on My […]
The House in the Forest – contemporary poem by Stefania Lucchetti (and the Apple TV series “Severance”)
Photo: the author Stefania Lucchetti, in a portrait by © Emma Terenzio “Shadows linger Remnants of forgotten threads A semblance of chaos” Excerpt from the poem “The House in the Forest” included in the contemporary poetry collection Coffee Stains on My Books, Stefania Lucchetti, 2024 Purchase the book to read the full poem Lately, I have been watching Severance, a […]
