From Venice to Venice

It could only be called From Venice to Venice, the poetic collection born from the idea developed in Venice (Italy) with my friend, the poet Matt Sedillo, during the XVII edition of the International Poetry Festival, 'Palabra en el Mundo, ' held in Venice in May 2023. This anthological collection has as its generative project that of exchange, knowledge, and mutual gift through the poetic word because we are convinced of poetry's proactive force. It wants to transcend divisions, languages, geographical areas, generational experiences, and poetics. Building a bridge, therefore, despite the geographical distance. A dialogue, a listening to everything around us. From this intersection of sounds, alphabets, and visions of worlds and humanity, the poetic word takes its vital energy. In a world currently on the brink of a nervous crisis that risks falling into a state of no return, for all humanity, this anthological journey is a shining stone, a beacon of hope where poetry vibrates in unison with what it sees, touches, and listens to since it is not indifferent to the evils and disasters of these derailed times.
The verses of the poets chosen here, with their own poetic individuality, also set in motion the importance of collective action, recalling, in an original way, the preciousness of contamination, of mutual knowledge. In fact, from almost all the poems, the richness of the different existential conditions that cross our lives, emerges. Realities are sometimes painful, bitter, and crude, to which the distorted logic of single thought and the prevailing globalized economy want us to get accustomed to, but which their poetic word bathes and redeems. Finally, this 'anthological' poetic bridge does not forget the beauty surrounding us and quietly reminds us that we are not alone in walking this earth.