At the Seaside--By Claudia Messelodi--Italy

At the Seaside--English

A ship sails

from the shining shore; 

shimmering sea waves

spread secrets and shells all around 

on the sleeping sand;

the seagull's shout

soothes our sorrows

as we sit in the shifting shade

of a scampish sun,

wrapped in the stifling shroud

of sweetish sweat -

sensing our soul solitude,

sipping the salty sap of the summer.

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In riva al mare—Italian

Una nave salpa

dalla sponda splendente,

onde luccicanti

cospargono la sabbia addormentata

di conchiglie e segreti,

il richiamo del gabbiano

lenisce i nostri lamenti

mentre sediamo nell'ombra fluttuante 

di un sole pazzerello,

avvolti in un soffocante sudario

dal gusto dolciastro -

avvertendo la solitudine dell’anima,

sorseggiando la linfa salata dell'estate.

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Previously published in Of Sun and Sand, Kind of a Hurricane Press, June 2013.

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Claudia Messelodi lives in Italy where she works as a foreign language teacher at a secondary school. She is the author of five poetry collections. She loves writing haiku and other short forms of poetry both in English and Italian and sometimes in other foreign languages too. Her poetry has appeared in many anthologies and publications over the last few years and was also honored with several awards.