Doctor, Heal People's Touch, a Poem by Anna Maria Dall'Olio

Months  years 

rapes stains

patient eyes, scratched cheeks, 

broken noses, torn clothes.

Too many hands squeezed our blood

too many feet crushed us to death

our wrath surged like a wave

our anger makes us very relentless.

The best flowers stopped blooming so much.

Horror was deeply rooted in our hearts 

sorrow took deep roots in our scars.

Doctor, heal people’s touch.

Covered with mud

buried with dung

we learnt to hug

we learnt to act. 

We need to move in the clearest sunshine

we want to dance at night in the softest moonlight

we know we can sing only together:

our dance  love song will make us proud.

Anna Maria Dall'Olio was born in 1959 in Pescia (Italy). Graduated in Languages and Literature, glottologist and Esperantist, she has dedicated herself to dramaturgical writing (Esperanto, Italian, English), poetry (Italian, English) and short fiction.  In 2022 he received the special Pro Poet 2022 prize in Serbia with the poem "Bauman for dummies." In 2018 she won the 3rd prize of the FEI International Competition for the translation into Esperanto of On an infected substance by Valerio Magrelli. In 2005 she won the 2nd prize of the Hanojo-via rendevuo International Competition, sponsored by the Vietnamese government, along with many other awards obtained in Italy during his career. She is the author of several books.

[Prepared by Angela Kosta, Executive Director of MIRIADE Magazine, Academic, journalist, writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator]