Educator, writer, poet and translator.
She graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures, got a Master’s degree in Evaluation and Assessment with the Aldo Moro University of Bari; a Master’s degree in Teaching of Modern Languages with the University of Rome, an HLC with the Trinity College, Scotland-UK.
Maria taught in public high secondary schools,
was a ministerial lecturer in courses for post-graduate students, in courses for foreign language teachers and a tutor, for Italian students, in English, Scottish and Irish colleges. She collaborated with the Italian Department of Education for studies and projects relating to international language certifications.
For long, an active member of Amnesty International for the protection of human rights, she herself the founding member and chairwoman of World Foundation for Peace and Member of the Human Rights Observatory.
She is a founding member and Literary Director of the Italian cultural association Pablo Neruda; Honorary Member of Naciones Unidas de las Letras; Editor in chief of Galaktika Poetike Autunis; a Member of the Advisory Board of Sahutya Anand; Poetry Ambassador to the World for Pentasi B; President of the Organization Mundial de Los Trovadores-Italy
Dr Miraglia is a prolific poet whose poems have found pride of place in Whispering Winds; World Anthology of Poems on Global Harmony and Peace; Muse for World Peace 2015, 2016; Just for you my Love, Women Wit and Wisdom, Poetic Prism 2016, 2017, 2018 , Voces Poeticas de Nuevo Siglo; Homage for Rubén Dario, Prince of the Castilian Letters; Shapes of Love
Anti-War Anthology 2018, 2019 and in many more. Her poems have been translated into many languages, among them: Spanish Turkish, Chinese, Polish, Romanian, Arab, Azerbaijani and Greek..
Author of Le Più Grandi Opere del Poeta Laureato Yayati Madan G Ganghi; Petali tra le Nuvole; Seagulls in the Blue; Whispers from the Blue, of the bilingual anthology Star Dust Polvere di Stelle and Dancing Wind which was recently translated into Telugu language.
Author of Antologia Poetica which collects the work of poets from the world, all guests of the international festival for poetry held in Italy in
February 2016 that sees her in the function of an organiser of the event and publisher.
She collaborates for poetry with Margutte a Cultural Italian Review, Express, an International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Cazkedisi, A new Ulster, The International Peer Review and other magazines.
Guest of International festivals for poetry in many countries as Spain, Moldavia, Romania, Turkey, India, Bulgaria. She is the recipient of recognition and awards from India Poetry Festival- Hyderabad; the Moroccan Assembly of Poetry; Academia International Mihai Eminescu, World Young Turkish Writers;
Kibatek Award 2014, 2016; Premio Internazionale città di Galatone. She also got recognition for poetry from the University of Bari, in the hands of its Rector dr Felice Antonio Uricchio; from the Lord Mayor of Taranto, Doctor Ippazio Stefano, from the Lord Mayor of Crispiano, Egidio Ippolito.
Apart from this, she is a contributor to many poetry groups pages both in English and Italian
FALLING DROPS
A rainy summer morning
so unusual here
and me at the window
looking at the falling drops
beating on the roofs of
a still sleeping town
Only few people
down in the street
With me my thoughts
I so often keep
as in a well closed cage
to hold sway over them
But unruly
they go on their own now
freely more than the winds
I can see them go afar
as feathers filling the air
with imaginary figures
happily hovering
for their conquered freedom
And hear them cry loud
asking the emotions and feelings
to come they too to the open
Get yourselves free
they say
and fly high
with us
And I stay silently watching
while my face opens up
to a smile
@ Maria Miraglia
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GOCCE DI PIOGGIA
E' una piovosa mattina d'estate
così insolita qui
ed io alla finestra
che guardo le gocce di pioggia cadere giù
battere sui tetti delle case
di una città ancora addormentata
Solo due giovani
giù per strada
che vanno in fretta
tenendosi per mano
Con me i miei pensieri
che tengo
come chiusi in gabbia
per meglio dominare su di loro
Ma ribelli
li vedo andare ora
più liberi che i venti
Come piume leggere si allontanano
riempiendo l'aria
di figure immaginarie
librandosi felici
per la conquistata libertà
E li sento gridar ad alta voce
chiedere alle mie emozioni e sensazioni
di uscire anche loro all'aperto
liberatevi dicono
e volate alto con noi
Ed io rimango lì in silenzio a guardare
mentre il mio viso si apre ad un sorriso.
@ Maria Miraglia
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WRITE FOR ME
Write for me a love poem
when the moon
her maids calls to stud
with shining pearls
the dark dome
Write for me a love poem
when the winds
gently move the treetops
playing romantic serenades
Write for me words of love
when the waves
like joyful children
each other chase
And
at the first lights of dawn
whisper to the finches and sparrows
your most beautiful rhymes of love
like messengers they’ll come
to my window
singing their songs
to tell me of you
Collect for me
the sweetest words of love
when the morning dew
gently awaken
with its light touch
the still drowsy flowers
in the endless fields
And still write for me words of love
when the sky
on the horizon
in its endless embrace
the sky kisses
@ Maria Miraglia
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SCRIVI PER ME
Scrivi per me una poesia d’amore
quando la luna
le sue ancelle chiama
a costellare di perle lucenti
la volta scura
Scrivi per me una poesia d’amore
quando i venti
dolcemente muovono le cime degli alberi
intonando romantiche serenate
Scrivi per me parole d'amore
quando le onde
come bimbi gioiosi
si rincorrono
E alle prime luci dell’alba
sussurra ai passeri e ai fringuelli
le tue rime d'amore più belle
come messaggeri verranno
con i loro canti
alla mia finestra
per raccontarmi di te
Raccogli per me
le più dolci parole d'amore
quando la rugiada del mattino
con tocco leggero
dolcemente risveglia
ancora sonnacchiosi
i tanti fiori nei campi infiniti
E ancora scrivi per me parole d’amore
quando il cielo
all'orizzonte
nel suo eterno abbraccio
il mare bacia
@Maria Miraglia
