April Fool’s Day Traditions
April Fools' Day, a day dedicated to pranks and hoaxes celebrated every year on 1 April, is a tradition that crosses cultural boundaries,…
Novel L’Età Perduta – The Lost Age
Zaira Sellerio recommends the Italian language reading of Maria Pace's L'Età Perduta, (the Lost Age) a novel that combines history, ecology…
A mio Padre – To my Father
Through the image of the father sowing wheat, the author draws a parallel with the most precious gift a parent can offer: life itself,…
Il cucchiaio di legno – The wooden spoon
‘The Wooden Spoon’ is an intense and symbolic poem that transforms a simple everyday object into a poignant narrative about transformation,…
Book Presentation “Dal Profondo del Cuore” by Zaira Sellerio
Un ouvrage qui enrichit le cœur et réveille les consciences
Febbraio – February
Zaira Sellerio's poem Febbraio is a short composition that, with simplicity and lightness, captures the essence of this unpredictable…
L’uomo sulla neve – The man in the snow
‘The Man in the Snow’ is a poignant poem that takes its inspiration from a real-life event that happened to an acquaintance of the author…
La vittoria dell’aglio e della cipolla – The garlic and onion victory
“The Garlic and Onion Victory” is a poem-narrative that weaves an educational message with a charming fairy-tale tone and an important…
Ma Babbo Natale esiste? – Does Santa Claus even exist?
The author skilfully interweaves childlike curiosity with the enchantment of the Christmas feast, creating a tale that awakens the deepest…
Novel Baby Giulia
Zaira Sellerio recommends reading the book by her colleague and friend Maria Rosaria De Simone, which tells how a city like Rome hides many…
Il Dio uomo – The God man
The poem offers an intense and heartbreaking reflection on the condition of women forced to live in relationships of submission and…
Dante and Beatrice in modern times!
Zaira Sellerio's poem, a contemporary take on Dante's dreamlike journey, is striking for the way it interweaves classical elements of the…
The autumn of my time, the spring of yours
The poem, dedicated by a grandmother to her grandson, is a profound reflection on the passage of time and the cycle of life.
E là incontrai mia Madre
The author won an award at the International Poetry and Art Competition ‘At your feet’ in Mercogliano (AV) for her poem ‘And there I met my…
Giulietta e Romeo – Romeo and Juliet
Zaira Sellerio's text, ‘Juliet and Romeo’, is an ironic and original reinterpretation of Shakespeare's drama that, set in a contemporary…
Come un soffio di primavera – Like a breath of spring
"Come un soffio di primavera " (Like a breath of spring) is a poem imbued with intense and poignant feelings, written by the author on…