Cinzia Rota

Cinzia Rota Poems and Short Biography

Ada Rizzo

English translation by Ada Rizzo

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FRAGMENTS

 

We are disordered fragments,  

Countless pieces to put back in place,  

Like a broken step, a leaky faucet,  

The door that creaks on the border of the world…

 

No one provides the key to meaning,  

Not even do we find it in some forgotten pocket.  

We enter in the mood of “something has gone wrong,  

there must have been a design error.”

 

The search for a solution requires courage.  

We don’t know how to walk in chaos,  

Facing the unknown step by step with the risk of falling:

 

- It’s a vicious circle! – said the man.  

- Accept your vulnerability… – replied the Great Mother.  

- And what if I didn’t want to? I’m fine like this.  

- You can’t control everything that happens.  

- The unknown, however, is always a risk.  

- Only by knowing your limits will you find your resources.  

It’s not a distant horizon but the ocean that surrounds you…  

- Everyone is afraid to jump in without knowing what awaits them.  

- Don’t lower your gaze, look into its depths!  

The unknown worlds are filled with wonders.  

- There are also traps.  

- Of course. But it is only by embracing the unknown that you will find the key to chaos,  

discovering the true value of your strength.

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CANDIES

I don’t know what you wanted, perhaps not even who I was…  

And now I don’t believe I ever knew…  

Only the image that you wanted, I have seen.

 

You were used to doing this way, after all, it’s not your fault…

 

I admit to having been tough, reacting instinctively  

to defend that dream I had told  

that I felt inevitably shipwrecked  

along with those hands, and to my helpless heart  

caught in your tight fists.

 

You took him away,  

and with him, my smile hanging in my eyes.  

I didn’t offer candies just to play,  

but drops of soul, most precious for loving.

 

What the hell have you done with that man?"  

He came for me, remember?  

He smelled of fragrant cookies and honey balm,  

with a real life to breathe and bite, together…

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GENERATION - REGENERATION

 

I watched my arms change…  

The skin in transparency  

illuminated some traces of scales,  

a bold white feather settled  

on the palm of my hand,  

my feet shrank, anchoring to the ground  

like shining black claws, darker than the night.  

The old man sitting outside the stone church said:  

- Oh… you are the daughter of the dragon-snake!  

- Am I changing?  

with a peaceful smile he replied:  

- You will be a dragon, the sacred evolution of the snake,  

in the communion between earth and sky…  

- Why?  

- The snake belongs to the earth, the dragon crosses the sky.  

The power of water is within you, the origin of life is within you,  

the vital energy regenerated through matter and spirit  

is materializing, and you are the chosen one,  

the perfect harmony.  

- Who decided this?  

- The ancient Goddess, the mother of the world.  

Everything comes from Her  

the power of water gives life, and vital energy regenerates.  

Through you, her symbols will remain unchanged forever.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Cinzia Rota, italian poetess and writer, takes her first artistic steps at a young age with the production of poems and stories, as well as graphic studies in image processing. She collaborates with radio stations and theater workshops as a writer, entertainer, actress, and voice-over artist, specializing in poetic recitations, video-making and book trailers.

Her poetry is predominantly characterized by a tendency to narrate in an hermetic form, encompassing both personal experiences and the dreamlike and transcendent. Deeply immersed in intimate contact with the unconscious, she sometimes expresses with sharp irony the relationship that binds humans to reality, highlighting both human aspects and deeper, more grotesque ones. She often seeks new avenues for communication, growth, and expansion, offering a unique crossover concept that blends lyrics, stories, thoughts, and aphorisms.

In January 2023, she published the collection “L’Emersione.” She created another collection in 2023, “Il pensiero secondo,” which has yet to be published at the author's request, as she is currently curating its presentation.

Recently, she has been awarded prestigious recognitions in literary events at both national and international levels:

- Career Award 2023 – Universum Academy Switzerland;

- Honorary Academician Nomination – Universum Academy Switzerland;

- Second place in the “Litterae Florentinae” Award, Poetry Section for unpublished foreign language works;

- Second place in the “Legalità” Award “Kiwanis International,” Castellammare di Stabia, World Poetry Festival;

- Special Award “Kiwanis International Club” World Literature Festival;

- Merit Mention at the National Competition “Il giorno dell’Azalea”;

- Merit Mention at the National Competition “Poiesis”;

- Special Award at the International Competition “Premio Pino Daniele” edition 2023 – 2024;

- Honorary Diploma at the “INTERNATIONAL LITERARY AWARD 2024” - “L’AZALEA”; short story section.

- “SELECTION AWARD” - 64th edition 2024 of the Marina Di Massa Literary Award “SAN DOMENICHINO” - theater work section.