Cover Art: Dora Wheeler, Penelope Unraveling Her Work at Night, 1886, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, silk embroidery with silk thread.
Stefania Lucchetti is an Italian award-winning poet and essayist. Bilingual in Italian and English, she writes poetry of lyrical refinement and contemporary relevance.
Penelope’s Web is a poetry collection including Stefania Lucchetti’s poems dedicated to mythology figures which have been originally published in other larger collections.
Penelope’s Web is a sophisticated bilingual collection, presented in both English and Italian (poems side by side), which invites readers into a world where mythology, metaphor, and personal reflection intertwine with striking clarity.
Stefania Lucchetti’s poems draw upon the timeless power of mythological figures, weaving together ancient narratives with the intimate textures of contemporary experience. Lucchetti’s verses explore the inner lives and legacies of godesses, gods, heroines, heroes, and mortals, revealing the profound emotional currents which connect their stories to modern existence, uncovering the universal truths within us all. Lucchetti’s words capture the depth of longing, resilience, and transformation, breathing life into stories as old as time and yet intimate and personal drawing the reader into a profound and metaphorical journey.
Each poem becomes a meeting place between the mythic and the human, the universal and the intimate, where longing, resilience, transformation, and desire echo through time. Through her thoughtful and evocative language, Lucchetti illuminates the parallels between divine archetypes and everyday emotions, offering readers a lens through which myth becomes both mirror and metaphor.
Aphrodite, Artemis, Ariadne, Penelope, Ulysses, Hekate, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Medusa, the Crone, Eve, Lilith, Anubis, and Bilquis are among the mythological figures featured in this collection, accompanied by some poems dedicated tarot archetypes which further enrich its symbolic landscape.
With Penelope’s Web, readers are invited to enter a lyrical realm where classical figures speak in new voices, where ancient tales resonate with present-day meaning, and where every line serves as a thread guiding them deeper into a rich and contemplative poetic tapestry.
✨ Immerse yourself in Stefania Lucchetti’s reimagining of myth and discover how timeless stories continue to shape the inner landscapes of the human heart.
