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First Award in the Literary Competition
‘FOUR-LEGGED POEMS’, 2024

The Adventures of SUN

Who is SUN?
A mischievous little puppy, who just like a child, plays, has fun, barks and likes to party! It is in his nature, pure energy! He is not afraid of anything; screaming at him is worth nothing. Sometimes it is scary when he runs off into the clearing. Then you call him, and there he is reappearing! When SUN makes his rounds, no fox can be found.
So white and so cute, everyone loves this little puppy. Though he can be a serious guard dog when he needs to be. The green Pajottenland is his territory, all around SUN, in white ivory. Other dogs and pheasants, cows, donkeys and horses are SUN’s great friends in his strolls through the meadow lands. The deep red sunsets are his rewards.
Tricks and cuddles he awards. It’s true, SUN is always ready for a party or two! A pleasure to follow him, in his mischief, without punishing him. Just admiring what nature does, through a puppy that gives you everything, and a lot of love!

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The Breath of the Wind

15 international awards

This book is a hymn to Love: the intense Love that awakens life. The Love that IS life, without which there would be no existence, in any creature. In particular, the love described by the poet Silvia Polidori envelops everything and allows man to immerse himself in it.
Indeed, the love that a human being can experience can involve them in all its beauty, and the love extolled in the verses of this collection of poems can even unsettle them to bring forth a new source of life.
The poetic verses of this trilingual book, accompanied by photos from the author, send out a call for Love to remind us that it does exist, however, and that we must always try to make it live, through the responsibility of those who want it.

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Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary and Artistic Award ‘Giglio blu di Firenze, IV edition 2022 - Italia Poesia chiama...Literary Correspondences from the World’ - Award for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

"It is poetry of positivity, of beauty, of love, this one by Silvia Polidori that, by oxymoron, is against the tide, therefore worthy of being mentioned. This is why the Jury awards the Premio Italia Poesia Chiama...Literary Correspondences from the World 2022."
Jury: President Lia Bronzi; Members Laura Becattini, Duccio Corsini, Andrea Pericoli, Enrico Taddei.

Motivation of the Jury of the 'Coffee of the Arts' Literary Award, 9th edition - Honourable Mention for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

“The poetry collection ‘The Breath of the Wind’, accompanied by evocative dedicated photographs can be defined as an hymn to Love. Even the cover page bears the dedication ‘To the Love that Is, and that can also exist’. For this intrinsic value, it deserves an Honourable Mention, with this motivation. The entire work can be divided into two groups of poems, of which the first, after the introduction of the breath of the wind that envelops the woman and transports her to places that, with their simple and natural beauty (a meadow, a wheat field, the sea ...), enhance the physical enjoyment of love, contains verses of great spontaneity, which calls to mind the biblical Song of Songs. In this first part, the variety of images with which the author, managing to maintain the continuity of subject matter proper to the poetry collection, has been able to express, at the same time, the physical and spiritual essence of the moment of love, with great measure and evidence of the effects of pleasure, is particularly valuable. The second group of poems begins with The Loss, and seems to be a typical lyric of amorous turmoil, although it is preceded and followed by the confession of having given one’s life, soul, and heart to one’s partner. But the fear of loss melts away in Serenity, which follows, in Sogni (Dreams), by the dream of the beloved perfuming the sky to make a rain shower of him fall on her, ending then, with the lyrics Un bacio (A Kiss), Amare (To Love) and Senso di realtà (Sense of Reality), in a vision of Love, the one written with a capital L, as immensity and identification, such that one recognises oneself in the other, with an illusion of eternity.”
Gennaro Iannarone, writer and literary critic, member of the Award jury

Motivation of the Jury of the International Prize of Poetry Literature Art ‘Listening to the silences of the sea’, 5th edition 2022 - 2nd place for the unpublished poetry collection ‘The Breath of the Wind’

“According to the poetess Silvia Polidori, love, when physical and sensual, spiritual and also platonic, exists in its completeness. The poet, with long and narrative verses, expresses this positive idea of love that must be cultivated as a fragile little plant, as an element present in our lives. A moral and ethical concept that invites us to live life with less pessimism.”
Lia Bronzi, literary and art critic, poet, President of the ‘Camerata dei Poeti in Florence’, President of the jury

On the Crest of the Wave

7 international awards

This collection of poems provokes the reader’s emotions and stimulates him or her to pay attention to the beauty of his or her inner universe, by observing and feeling the external universe, of nature and positive feelings.
It leads the reader on a path of individual perception, in which the images touch the senses and awaken them to a new, better world view. Words are like impulses that touch the soul and make it dance, rediscovering its unique music.
The poems of this compendium should be read by perceiving the stimuli of all the senses, starting from the material and reaching the spirit, which is a precious gift in each of us.

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Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary Prize ‘Verses of Peace’, 4th edition 2021- second place for the edited book 'On the Crest of the Wave'

“It is impossible to remain indifferent when reading the poems, interspersed with beautiful photos, of Silvia Polidori, an author with a great capacity for expression who seeks to reach the heart of everyone with dry, slender, musical verses, without abstruseness. She combines in verse the beauty of life, of nature, of the sea, the simplicity of feelings of love, happiness and dreams... The dancing verses are dressed with pleasant sensations, they transmit emotions, they enchant, they involve, they take us to an idyllic world, far from chaos and haste, they caress our soul, they give peace. A collection of poems that deserves to be read.”
Prof. Nadia Pascucci, members of the jury: Dr. Angelo Maria De Marco, Prof. Bianca Fasano, Dr. Franco Leone, Prof. Nada Pascucci, Dr. Antonella Tamiano, Dr. Anna Turotti. President of the jury: Prof. Domenico Venuti.

Publications

Publications of my poems and reviews of my books in the following anthologies and international literary, art and information magazines:

Reflets Wallonie-Bruxelles, magazine published by the Royal Association of Writers and Artists of Wallonia and Brussels (A.R.E.A.W.) - Belgium
« Les Muses Vagabondes » - L’Éventail des Auteurs, magazine published by Anne Wuidar - Belgium
Art et Poésie, international magazine of French culture, published by the Society of Poets and Artists of France - France
FORMAFLUENS INTERNATIONAL LITERARY MAGAZINE. Director: Tiziana Colusso, in cooperation with the Unitary Federation of Italian Writers - Italy, President: Natale Antonio Rossi - Italy
CBeCKe International literary magazine from Serbia. Poems translated in Serbian language by Svetlana Spaic - Serbia
PACEM IN TERRIS for the Universal Peace, anthology published by the Unitary Federation of Italian Writers - Italy
International Literary Award IL CLUB DEI POETI, anthology of the XXVI Edition - Italy
International Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Photography Prize Vitruvio, anthology of the XVII Edition - Italy
International Poetry Prize "I Versi non scritti...", anthology of the VI Edition - Italy
International Poetry Prize San Gerardo Majella, anthology of the XIV Edition - City of Muro Lucano - Italy
“Orazio" International Poetry Prize, anthology “La libertà” of the X Edition - Italy
NEWS HOUND – internal information magazine of the European Parliament
Il Botteghino – Monthly magazine of Italian and French cultural information edited by “L’Italie en scene”
Credito cooperativo di Roma Magazine - Italy

Biography

Silvia Polidori was born in L'Aquila (Italy), is a lawyer and works for the European Parliament. She has been writing poetry since she was a child. She lives on the Belgian North Sea coast, where she rides horses by the sea. Silvia cultivates a healthy life-style. Among her various interests are gastronomy and oenology, philosophy and dance. She prefers multiculturalism, in which she finds inspiration and values.

She is a member of the Italian Writers’ Federation (FUIS), of the Society of Poets and Artists of France, of the Academy ‘Arts-Sciences-Literature’ (France), of the Royal Association of Writers and Artists of Wallonia and Brussels (Belgium) and of the Association of Belgian French speaking Writers (Belgium).

Her poetry collections On the Crest of the Wave (2021 and 2022 editions) and The Breath of the Wind (2023) are in three languages (Italian, English and French), with translations by the author herself. They are accompanied by photos taken by her during her world travels.

For these books, the author has received awards in various international literary prizes, including the 'Michelangelo Buonarroti', 'Blue Lily of Florence', 'Penne Festival of the Arts', 'Verses of Peace', 'Prince Boncompagni Ludovisi', 'Island of Elba', 'Vitruvio', 'City of Galateo', 'Café of the Arts', 'Maria Cumani Quasimodo', City of Montevarchi', 'Multiple Visions of Love-Cortona City of the World', the 'Castellammare di Stabia World Prize', 'The Nine Muses Intercontinental Literary Art Prize’, 'Astrolabio - I am born to love', 'The Dafne Chant', the 'Italian Poetry Championship', 'Switzerland Literary Prize', Great Jury Prize of the 'International Literary Competition of the Society of Poets and Artists of France 2023'.

Her poems have been published in various international art and poetry magazines.

The author has presented her works at numerous events in Italy and abroad, including the Turin Book Fair, the Naples Book Fair, the Brussels Book Fair, the Tournai Book Fair and the Peru Book Fair.

There have been numerous readings of her poems in pleasant natural locations (at sunset on the beach of the North Sea in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), on the Gulf of Sorrento (Italy) Etc.), in bookshops and theatres, accompanied by live music and translation of the texts also into Dutch.

Her books have been acquired by the Library of the European Parliament.

The author loves the combination with other arts, such as music, painting, sculpture and even gastronomy (her 'Crest of the Wave' was reproduced in a chocolate sculpture and in pralines with the taste and shape of sea waves, by the Belgium's youngest Chocolate Master!).

About Silvia Polidori's poetry they write...

The poetry works by Silvia Polidori, which must also be considered as a succession, are an aesthetic object / subject that unavoidably requires a sensory and hermeneutic experience, because the spectator / reader / hearer / feeler / taster / viewer finds himself immersed in a magma of sensual expression which requires laying down rational logic and refining one's intellectual / sensitive faculties to grasp the multiple registers. The author's trilingual poetic expression is an exception in today's literary landscape.

Natale Antonio Rossi,
Co-President of the Italian Federation of Writers

Silvia Polidori is like a contemporary Sappho in her meditative joy. Her work is spacious and contemplative, even old fashioned. I hope it will lead the reader into a deeper, more personal connection with love in all its forms.

Kathleen J. Jackson,
Literature teacher, editor and poet

Silvia Polidori's poetry is transparent, like water gushing from a spring. It is poetry full of nature. It has the same strength as Pablo Neruda's poetry. Silvia has the ability to combine poetry with other arts, such as music, painting and gastronomy in a synesthetic way.

Goffredo Palmerini
International journalist and writer

I am delighted to see the artistic work by Silvia Polidori from among the staff of the European Parliament.

Katarina Barley
Vice-President of the European Parliament and Member of its Artistic Committee

The poetry works of Silvia Polidori invite the reader to read dynamically and perceive the poetry in conjunction with its visual counterpart. But this is just one of the ways in which the author invites us to open up to experience her poetry, as well as the world around us, with all our senses, receptors through which we receive, and then (re)express far deeper and more complex content.
The poetic nature of photographs and the visual nature of poems represent the link between the two aspects of her books..

Svetlana Spaić,
EU-accredited conference interpreter, literary/poetry translator, playwright

Silvia’s poems are a softly spoken treasure, with little artfulness - and much art.
The poetic nature of photographs and the visual nature of poems represent the link between the two aspects of her books..

Eamonn Noonan,
Policy analyst at the European Parliamentary Research Service, with English language teaching experience in Italy

This inspiring poetry collection by Silvia Polidori contribute to the dissemination of Art and Culture, which are at the heart of Europe. The interplay of three different languages also reflects the linguistic diversity of Europe.

Sabine Verheyen
Member of the European Parliament and Chair of its Committee on Culture and Education

The poems by Silvia Polidori immerse us in a reality of the soul that experiences the beauty and goodness of love through the senses and almost merges with them.

Fausto Leali
Singer and songwriter

In the poems of Silvia Polidori’s collections, one finds the same Love for life, beauty, and the human being, so much so that it expresses itself as a supreme form of art and identifies with it. I invite you to enjoy this beautiful reading!

Ilian Rachov
Painter (among the patrons of his paintings are Albert II of Monaco and Penelope Cruz) and stylist (designer for Versace)

There is a beautiful, positive and constructive soul in Silvia Polidori's poetry.

Enrico Taddei
Poet, writer, editor

‘ Silvia in the wind
For a moving moment...'
Quality artist full of gentle sensibilities

Gaël Schmidt
Poet

The essence of Silvia Polidori's poems is superlative!

Fulgo Graziosi
Journalist and writer

Silvia Polidori's poetry contains the essence of freedom, of everything that every human being must seek within himself to achieve inner peace.
Reading her verses gave me a thrill, thinking that with a little common sense anything is possible, as long as we are aware of the divine essence that dwells within us.
It is worth diving into reading her books, which project you into the immense infinity where you can be happy and in harmony with everything around you.
Thanks to Silvia for the Love that throbs in her verses and is given.

Franca Mucciante
Poetess

I bought Silvia Polidori's book on Love, even though I do not have a Valentine. It celebrates love in all its forms, offering a breath of fresh air to the soul. It is a perfect choice for passionate hearts and romantic spirits, for all souls in search of embraces. To give this book as a gift is to offer an ode to love, a journey for hearts thirsting for deep emotions.

Pascal Feyaerts
Poet

I am not a big fan of poetry, but Silvia Polidori's poetry draws me in and captivates me as I read it. The trilingualism of her books, moreover, is a gem that makes her work unique; polyglot people always fascinate me.
I hope, with this sharing, to spread more and more passion and interest in her delicate and luminous works.

Silvia Scozzafava
Ecologist and entrepreneur

Silvia Polidori's pen is 'magic' .... gently pushed me with a 'breath of wind' towards uncontaminated and multiform natural spaces, immersing me in a kaleidoscope of 'colours', each of which represented for me the essence of all profound Love ....infinite, impalpable, ethereal ..... Thank you for having given us such Beauty! I read half of the poems in the last book all in one "gulp", I could not wait .

Bianca Lucia Iorio
Teacher

It was a wonderful evening spent listening to Silvia Polidori's beautiful poems, which, read by her in such a 'musical' way, nourish the soul and gladden the spirit. I am almost finished reading her latest book: in the morning, I set the table for breakfast: milk and coffee, toast, jam and........" The Breath of the Wind", so I nourish body and soul; and you know what's nice? That Silvia's poems are like cherries, this one and that one and that one, in short, one pulls the other and I'm nearing the end. When I have finished the first reading, I will start from the beginning to count how many times the word 'Love' and 'amo-amami-amare e......' are present.

Rita Vasarelli
Teacher

Even in the dedications of her books, Silvia Polidori knows how to use a few words that go beyond their mere literal meaning. I think this is also an example of poetry.

Antonio Cotterli
Pilot

The awards for Silvia Polidori's books are all deserved... the poems are beautiful, the more you read them, the more you appreciate them.

Antonietta Silveri
Teacher

Listening to Silvia Polidori declaim her verses, I felt the expression of deep reflections, which made me feel feelings and emotions, in an effective and engaging way.
The book 'The Breath of the Wind' is truly beautiful, and the author's very pleasant voice enriches the music of her words.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to listen to your wonderful verses.

Maria Rita Germani
Accountant

Silvia Polidori's poetry is a rainbow drawing the colourful octave in the breath of Infinity! Her books are a work of art.

Jean-Pierre Grandjean
Poet, writer and literary critic

It was wonderful to perform with Silvia Polidori, accompanying her poetry with my musical creation!

Wim Henderickx
Musician and Composer

It was so much fun to be a part of the unique creation of Silvia Polidori’s artistic work, as a reader of her awarded video poem ‘Shining in the dark’.

Geoffrey Mamdani
Theatre actor and EU official

Silvia Polidori's poetry is 'pure emotion'.

Sonia Sericola
Theatre actor and EU official

How wonderful! Verses full of enchantment, contemplation and a sweet dreamy sea. Silvia Polidori's emotions reach the reader directly!

Gianluca Lorenzini Collodi Grandson
Poet

Silvia Polidori, the muse reigns supreme.

Antonio Vincenzo Matarelli
Ex-mayor

Thanks to Silvia Polidori for making our lives better and brighter with her very talente poetry. We all need people like her in this unbalanced world. She inspires the world with her wonderful poems. In addition, her poetry presentations sooth the spirit as gentle as the blow of the wind.

Sevi Avigdor
Doctor, President of the American Academy of Gastronomy USA-East chapter

What a gentle sound, the piano, your voice Silvia and your magnificent appearance, like a fairy leading me to moments of grace immersed in the beauty of Mother Nature, horses, the sea .... immersed in the love of poetry.

Patricia Verbiest
EU official

Silvia Polidori's poetry is clear innovative engaging ...

Tiziano Grosso
Psychologist

Silvia Polidori's poetry is a true invitation to breathe life.

Silvia Tontodonati
Poet

Talking about the video poem ‘Shining in the dark’: thank you Silvia, beautiful result with the video, your poem, my music etc.! It was a pleasure to work with you!

Steven Vrancken
Musician and composer

Silvia Polidori's poetry is designed to be sensitive, visual and accessible, to spread happiness and communicative joy, sometimes a luxury in these times. Her own breath is echoed in " The Breath of the Wind ", one of her published titles. The author is also enthusiastic about revealing herself, about making her love-focused poetry known. Sensitive to instinct, light, appeasement and vibration above all, her poetry shines through.

Patrick Devaux
President of the Association Royale des Ecrivains et Artistes de Wallonie/Bruxelles (AREAW)

I really enjoy the poems by Silvia Polidori. I see the love of life and passion of soul exploding in it.

Yuan Feng
General Manager for international events organisation

POETRY YESTERDAY IN MONTEREALE
(poem dedicated to a poetry event by Silvia Polidori)
Yesterday in Montereale the Poetry
of Silvia's young vate in northern Europe
flew over the peaks of the Laga mountains
reaching my retreat in Umbria.
(...)
In Montereale there is a light
faint, robust, of hope
of rebirth due to restart
in this one supported by the Muses.
(...)
Congratulations to the poetess Silvia Polidori!

Concezio Salvi
Poet

I had the opportunity to check out Silvia Polidori’s YouTube channel, and what a pleasant surprise it was! What stroke me the most were the immense pleasure of the author in sharing her passion and lovely energy, how she sees common things ( e.g. the Seagull ) and the way she goes through life's intenseness like a soft light focussing on the best in all.
Finally, I truly enjoyed when she reads her poetry with some lovely musical background. I can listen to that for hours.

Sonia Da Silva Andrez
EU official

Silvia Polidori
Poetry

Poetry: Breath of my Soul!

My Books

The Adventures of SUN

The Breath of the Wind

Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary and Artistic Award ‘Giglio blu di Firenze, IV edition 2022 - Italia Poesia chiama...Literary Correspondences from the World’ - Award for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

Motivation of the Jury of the 'Coffee of the Arts' Literary Award, 9th edition - Honourable Mention for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

Motivation of the Jury of the International Prize of Poetry Literature Art ‘Listening to the silences of the sea’, 5th edition 2022 - 2nd place for the unpublished poetry collection ‘The Breath of the Wind’

On the Crest of the Wave

Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary Prize ‘Verses of Peace’, 4th edition 2021- second place for the edited book 'On the Crest of the Wave'

Publications

Publications of my poems and reviews of my books in the following anthologies and international literary, art and information magazines:

Biography

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My Books

The Adventures of SUN

The Breath of the Wind

Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary and Artistic Award ‘Giglio blu di Firenze, IV edition 2022 - Italia Poesia chiama...Literary Correspondences from the World’ - Award for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

Motivation of the Jury of the 'Coffee of the Arts' Literary Award, 9th edition - Honourable Mention for the unpublished book 'The Breath of the Wind’

Motivation of the Jury of the International Prize of Poetry Literature Art ‘Listening to the silences of the sea’, 5th edition 2022 - 2nd place for the unpublished poetry collection ‘The Breath of the Wind’

On the Crest of the Wave

Motivation of the Jury of the International Literary Prize ‘Verses of Peace’, 4th edition 2021- second place for the edited book 'On the Crest of the Wave'

Publications

Publications of my poems and reviews of my books in the following anthologies and international literary, art and information magazines:

Biography

About Silvia Polidori's poetry they write...

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