WHAT POETRY IS FOR

Talking about poetry, in this difficult period in which we are forced to look at the new reality that imposes many sacrifices on us, is probably when poetry is more useful as it can help us dreaming and it doesn't make us feel alone. And what greater beauty than poetic expression allows us to understand the thoughts and feelings of each other?
Poetry is intended for those who love the musicality of words, the variety of expressions, the combination of rhyming terms, but also for those who feel the need to simply communicate their emotions.
In a problematic moment like this one that we are going through, imposed by government authorities due to the spread of the coronavirus, poetry can be an appropriate "medicine" as each one of us has

the time to be able to express our desire, our anxiety, our desire to live, and to dream.
After the dark the light appears and it will be a way of allowing dreams and hopes to have a vigorous future. The nightmare will end, and we will our regain normal life, with more awareness, perhaps we will be even better than before. We will get back the personal spaces we need, we will have more conciliatory gestures and tenderness towards others, with a certainly wider perspective of life.

                                                                  Salvatore Cifalinò