{"id":2902,"date":"2025-02-24T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:45:53","slug":"athena-contemporary-poem-by-stefania-lucchetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/athena-contemporary-poem-by-stefania-lucchetti\/","title":{"rendered":"Athena &#8211; contemporary poem by Stefania Lucchetti"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2902\" class=\"elementor elementor-2902\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7500e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a7500e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b99604 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b99604\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Photo: <em>Pallas Athena<\/em>, G. Klimt,1898, Wien Museum (Vienna)<\/h6>\n<p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.substack.com\/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Read in Italian\/Leggi in italiano&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.substack.com\/\">Read this newsletter in Italian\/Leggi questa newsletter in italiano<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 well known Belvedere Museum) was a moving experience. Equally moving was receiving, last weekend, an award for my poem <strong>Athena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat if my armor breaks\/ my courage fails\/my beauty fades?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from the poem<em> \u201c<\/em><strong>Athena<\/strong><em>\u201d<\/em> included in the contemporary poetry collection <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/a2dhLL1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Coffee Stains on My Books<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Stefania Lucchetti<\/a>, 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"button-wrapper\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6WIvAgR&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Purchase the book to read the full poem&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\"><a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/6WIvAgR\">Purchase the book to read the full 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Behind her shining armor and confident stride, doubt and solitude emerge\u2014 the solitude of someone who knows they are not seen beyond their strength.<\/p>\n<p>Athena has built her identity on qualities such as determination and decisiveness, admired and almost unattainable\u2014traits that others regard with fascination, envy, fear, and sometimes even open hostility. However, this outward image is only part of the story: <em>&#8220;This is me, this is who you see.&#8221;<\/em> Beneath the weight of the armor lies a complex person, aware of her own vulnerabilities and the sacrifices she has made, and who feels irreversibly alone in them.<\/p>\n<p>Solitude manifests in moments of exhaustion, when movements slow down and the mask of strength begins to crack. In the relentless burden of always having to be strong, in the unending fatigue of carrying loads and solving problems, there is a growing awareness of never being able to receive the same support in return. Athena is expected to be invincible: any sign of vulnerability is seen as a deviation from her role and risks being used against her. This leads to inevitable isolation, to an independence that becomes armor\u2014 forged by experiences that made this choice necessary.<\/p>\n<p>What will happen if the armor breaks? If courage falters? If her beauty and sharp intellect begin to fade? The fear of becoming a <em>fallen goddess<\/em>, forced to watch her armor rust in a forgotten corner, is a constant shadow.<\/p>\n<p>For those who love musicals (and anyone who knows me is well aware of how much this world belongs to me), a character\u2014 pop and almost comedic, but only on the surface\u2014 who perfectly embodies this condition is <strong>Luisa Madrigal<\/strong> from <em>Encanto<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, Luisa is the embodiment of indestructibility: strong and tireless, she is the one everyone relies on to solve the family&#8217;s and the village&#8217;s problems. Her duty is to lift heavy loads, both literally and metaphorically, and she can never stop, never give in, never show a hint of weakness. But behind that solid exterior lies a deep fear: the terror of not being enough, of being worthless unless she is useful to others.<\/p>\n<p>In the song <em>Surface Pressure<\/em>, one of my favorite Disney tracks, Luisa confesses:<br \/><em>&#8220;No cracks, no breaks, no mistakes.<\/em><br \/><em>I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m worthless if I can\u2019t be of service.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fragility is often denied to those who are seen as pillars, yet it is precisely behind that armor that a complex humanity is hidden.<\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing Press Review<\/h3>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanialucchetti.it\/rassegna-stampa-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">press review of articles<\/a> out lately<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkinsider.net\/business\/2025\/02\/12\/the-new-voice-of-italian-contemporary-poetry-stefania-lucchetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/newyorkinsider.net\/business\/2025\/02\/12\/the-new-voice-of-italian-contemporary-poetry-stefania-lucchetti\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2528ec9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2528ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Pallas Athena, G. 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