2 poems by Serena Piccoli
the queen of herrings froze her subjects with her speech
her 2billionBrooch dropped exhausted
the prime herring invited them to sacrifice for herring immunity
they all died
cod save the queen
We’ve killed all the Bees.
Now – as we’re the smartest on earth
at the same time once a month
we all stand outside tongue out
to lick one drop of acid rain
and imagine it’s honey
Serena Piccoli is an Italian poet, playwright, performer, artistic director and stage director. Her political chapbook "silviotrump" was published in 2017 by Moria Poetry, Chicago, USA. In 2018 two of her poems have been selected for the anthology "Extreme – a social and environmental anthology", edited by Vagabond, Los Angeles, USA. 15 of her poems are in the UK Poetry Map placesofpoetry.org In addition to these books, her poems have been published in journals, anthologies and literary magazines worldwide in Italian, English and Romanian. She writes both in English and in Italian (her mother tongue). She prefers writing about political, environmental and social issues with a sarcastic surrealist touch. As both a poet and a performer, Serena has performed widely throughout Italy, UK and Romania at Poetry and Theatre Festivals including: New Orleans Poetry Festival 2020, The museum of Liverpool (UK National Poetry Day, 2019), Tribuna days in Cluj city and Brasov city (Romania, October 2018 and 2019), West Kirby Arts Centre, England (May 2019), Bologna In Lettere (Bologna, Italy, 2016), just to name the latest performances.
Twitter: @piccoli_serena