This is an entry to the In Trieste Poetry Competition, judged by poet and author Ayesha Salman. Two winners were chosen amongst the entries.
The Chair
by Tiziano Biagi
I left my jacket
On an empty chair.
I wish I had to move it
To make some room for you.
This piece is one of the winners of the poetry contest. Here’s why poet Ayesha Salman chose it:
“Biagi manages to encapsulate the solitude and the starkness of life in these unfamiliar times. “The jacket” left on an “empty chair” evokes a feeling of desolation, the yearning for making room for someone else is a reflection of the inability to be able to share space with those we wish to connect with. “The Chair’ that normally houses the body, remains empty, a symbol of loneliness and a certain longing. Biagi has a distinctive style and the poem has undoubtedly mirrored a feeling that we can all relate to in a new and hostile world.”
