Lucilla Trapazzo

Zurich, Switzerland

Poetry editor of MockUp Magazine (Italy) and juror/moderator of International Festivals and poetry competitions,

she collaborates with art and cultural association in the organization of events and festivals. Her activities range

among poetry, theater, installations, translations, and literary critiques.

Her poems, translated in 12 languages, have been published in numerous International anthologies and literary magazines and websites,

and awarded several prestigious prizes (one for all Best Poem at Cape Comorin Award, India 2020).

Her books in Italian:

“Ossidiana”,  poetry, 2018, Volturnia Edizioni, Isernia, Italy. (First Prize “I Murazzi”, Turin, 2019).

“Dei Piccoli Mondi”, poetry, 2019, Il Leggio Edizioni, Chioggia, Venezia.

“Trentagiorni”, Haiku Lucilla Trapazzo, photographs Alfio Sacco, 2019, Il Sextante, Roma. 

(7 January 2021)

The Resilience of the Seed 

With the shadow line over the hill 

that suffocated scream returns 

in the subtle whispers of the trains. The void 

-to recycle or to lose, I’m not sure- 

of light dust.

In the question mark between headphones 

and cell phone, the flying word barks  

(without an address on the envelope)

Tonight from the full moon 

white glow pours into the river. 

Seventeen stories away 

the mirror almost

brightens up.