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IF YOU HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A LONG TIME, THIS POETRY COLLECTION IS FOR YOU
(Cover Art: Adam and Eve, Gustav Klimt, 1917 - Belvedere Museum, Vienna)
"Stefania Lucchetti's poetry books make me think: -We all feel that way, how odd nobody says it - and on top of that her books impart music and beauty to the world" - Martin Latham, author of The Bookseller's Tale (Penguin)
Stefania Lucchetti is an Italian award-winning poet and essayist. Bilingual in Italian and English, she writes poetry of lyrical refinement and contemporary relevance.
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With a warm and sensual voice, Stefania Lucchetti explores the often-unspoken realm of LOVE IN LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE: a dance of skin and soul, passion and reality, nourished by time, shared commitment, and gestures imbued with significance.
Capturing the hidden moments, reflections, and emotions which shape intimacy over time, the poems included in Afternoons of Suspended Love delve into love’s endurance through life’s inevitable challenges, transforming them into growth, rediscovery and ultimately renewal and passion. An invitation to explore intimacy through the lens of experience and wisdom, celebrating the refined sensuality and enduring power of love through time, circumstances and age.
Through bilingual English-Italian verses, readers are invited into a poetic world which is lyrical yet drawing from the wisdom of lived experience, narrating a tale of love as a rich and immersive experience, sailing through the tides of both the joy and complexity of human relationships.
With lyrical grace and profound insight, Afternoons of Suspended Love is more than a collection of poems, it is a celebration of life, intimacy, and the enduring magic of love. Each verse invites reflection, connection, and emotional resonance, encouraging readers to embrace passion, resilience, and the beauty of enduring relationships.
(Cover Art: Adam and Eve, Gustav Klimt, 1917 - Belvedere Museum, Vienna)
"Stefania Lucchetti's poetry books make me think: -We all feel that way, how odd nobody says it - and on top of that her books impart music and beauty to the world" - Martin Latham, author of The Bookseller's Tale (Penguin)
Stefania Lucchetti is an Italian award-winning poet and essayist. Bilingual in Italian and English, she writes poetry of lyrical refinement and contemporary relevance.
-------------------
With a warm and sensual voice, Stefania Lucchetti explores the often-unspoken realm of LOVE IN LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE: a dance of skin and soul, passion and reality, nourished by time, shared commitment, and gestures imbued with significance.
Capturing the hidden moments, reflections, and emotions which shape intimacy over time, the poems included in Afternoons of Suspended Love delve into love’s endurance through life’s inevitable challenges, transforming them into growth, rediscovery and ultimately renewal and passion. An invitation to explore intimacy through the lens of experience and wisdom, celebrating the refined sensuality and enduring power of love through time, circumstances and age.
Through bilingual English-Italian verses, readers are invited into a poetic world which is lyrical yet drawing from the wisdom of lived experience, narrating a tale of love as a rich and immersive experience, sailing through the tides of both the joy and complexity of human relationships.
With lyrical grace and profound insight, Afternoons of Suspended Love is more than a collection of poems, it is a celebration of life, intimacy, and the enduring magic of love. Each verse invites reflection, connection, and emotional resonance, encouraging readers to embrace passion, resilience, and the beauty of enduring relationships.
- GenresPoetry
110 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2025
About the author
Stefania Lucchetti
20 books30 followersStefania Lucchetti is an award-winning Italian poet and essayist. She is currently the best-selling Italian poet on Amazon worldwide as she is bilingual (Italian-English) and writes in both languages.
Born in 1975 in Italy, Lucchetti saw her first poem published at the age of 13 while living in the US with her family, marking the beginning of a long journey as wordsmith. After the diploma at the liceo classico Alighieri in Gorizia and juris doctorate from the Catholic University of Milan in 1999 with a thesis on the liberalisation of the telecommunications regulatory framework, she embarked on a career as a multiqualified lawyer in the field of international commercial law in Milan, London and Hong Kong, without ever ceasing to write. Among the first Italian lawyers to specialize in telecommunications and new technologies, she advised several technology pioneers over the years. Lucchetti was the first Italian lawyer to also qualify as a solicitor in Hong Kong SAR, after qualifying in the UK. She also obtain a second master’s degree in clinical psychology out of personal interest and to enrich her knowledge base and her writing.
Her profile is listed in Italian Poetry Org, Wikipoesia, and Poetesse Donne.
Born in 1975 in Italy, Lucchetti saw her first poem published at the age of 13 while living in the US with her family, marking the beginning of a long journey as wordsmith. After the diploma at the liceo classico Alighieri in Gorizia and juris doctorate from the Catholic University of Milan in 1999 with a thesis on the liberalisation of the telecommunications regulatory framework, she embarked on a career as a multiqualified lawyer in the field of international commercial law in Milan, London and Hong Kong, without ever ceasing to write. Among the first Italian lawyers to specialize in telecommunications and new technologies, she advised several technology pioneers over the years. Lucchetti was the first Italian lawyer to also qualify as a solicitor in Hong Kong SAR, after qualifying in the UK. She also obtain a second master’s degree in clinical psychology out of personal interest and to enrich her knowledge base and her writing.
Her profile is listed in Italian Poetry Org, Wikipoesia, and Poetesse Donne.
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April 5, 2026
A huge thanks to Stefania Lucchetti and NetGalley for access to this title!
Very rarely am I a consumer of poetry, but I made an exception here — and I'm so glad that I did. Stefania Lucchetti's choice to provide her poems in both English and Italian was ingenious. As someone who loves Italian and has been learning it on/off for numerous years, these poems only reignited my love for the language (and served as proof that I remember more of the language than I thought!!).
The poems themselves are a masterclass in subtlety. To romanticise the mundane and see the beauty in the everyday is arguably an uncultivated skill in many long-term relationships, but Lucchetti appears to have this skill down to a fine art.
My particular favourite poem was 'All the dirt'/'Tutta la sporcizia', which beautifully compares the gritty, tiring difficulty of an argument with a similarly gruelling task of a home repair. The use of the word 'chimera' in the first verse is particularly satisfying: "We talked all night / shouting and screaming / incoherent words of anger / like the fury of a chimera / memories, thoughts, emotions". Relational conflicts are often 'chimeras', both in the sense of something hideous and something borne from a false, disproportionate perception. Lucchetti portrays this beautifully. She doesn't gloss over or sidestep difficulties, but rather, leans into them, unafraid to include them in her portrait of raw, realistic love.
I will end this review with a recital of my favourite line from the entire collection: a line from the poem 'Mi vuoi docile' / 'You want me docile', which feels like an accurate representation of the current feelings of so many women, including myself:
"Mi esprimo, narro ciò che vedo, non per compiacere, ma per dar voce alla visione che porto dentro." ("I express what I see, what I narrate, not to appease, but to give voice to the vision I carry within.")
Thank you, Stefania Lucchetti, for giving voice to your beautiful visions and sharing them with the world.
Very rarely am I a consumer of poetry, but I made an exception here — and I'm so glad that I did. Stefania Lucchetti's choice to provide her poems in both English and Italian was ingenious. As someone who loves Italian and has been learning it on/off for numerous years, these poems only reignited my love for the language (and served as proof that I remember more of the language than I thought!!).
The poems themselves are a masterclass in subtlety. To romanticise the mundane and see the beauty in the everyday is arguably an uncultivated skill in many long-term relationships, but Lucchetti appears to have this skill down to a fine art.
My particular favourite poem was 'All the dirt'/'Tutta la sporcizia', which beautifully compares the gritty, tiring difficulty of an argument with a similarly gruelling task of a home repair. The use of the word 'chimera' in the first verse is particularly satisfying: "We talked all night / shouting and screaming / incoherent words of anger / like the fury of a chimera / memories, thoughts, emotions". Relational conflicts are often 'chimeras', both in the sense of something hideous and something borne from a false, disproportionate perception. Lucchetti portrays this beautifully. She doesn't gloss over or sidestep difficulties, but rather, leans into them, unafraid to include them in her portrait of raw, realistic love.
I will end this review with a recital of my favourite line from the entire collection: a line from the poem 'Mi vuoi docile' / 'You want me docile', which feels like an accurate representation of the current feelings of so many women, including myself:
"Mi esprimo, narro ciò che vedo, non per compiacere, ma per dar voce alla visione che porto dentro." ("I express what I see, what I narrate, not to appease, but to give voice to the vision I carry within.")
Thank you, Stefania Lucchetti, for giving voice to your beautiful visions and sharing them with the world.
December 15, 2025
This novel of poems touched me deeply! The intimacy of marriage and raising kids together and just the beauty of loving someone for life. For choosing them everyday.
March 31, 2026
I can feel myself slowly stepping into my poetry reading era, and this collection felt like a gentle place to begin. I have not read many poetry books centered on marriage, so I really appreciated how these poems explore long term love with honesty and care. The bilingual format is beautiful. I do not read Italian, but I still found it meaningful to see the poems side by side and notice how language can shape emotion in different ways.
Some poems felt very close to my own marriage. I even sent a few to my husband because they captured small, familiar moments so well. Others felt a bit too deep or abstract for me to fully connect with right now. Still, I enjoyed the experience overall and appreciated the focus on enduring love. Thank you NetGalley and the Alchemia publishing for the opportunity to read this.
Some poems felt very close to my own marriage. I even sent a few to my husband because they captured small, familiar moments so well. Others felt a bit too deep or abstract for me to fully connect with right now. Still, I enjoyed the experience overall and appreciated the focus on enduring love. Thank you NetGalley and the Alchemia publishing for the opportunity to read this.
May 10, 2026
I really appreciated how these poems explored long-term love with so much honesty and tenderness. Even though I don’t read Italian, I loved having the original poems next to the translations because it added another layer to the experience. A lot of the emotions in the collection felt surprisingly familiar to me, especially the uncertainty and longing that can exist in all kinds of relationships. The poems felt personal without trying too hard to be dramatic.
thank you netgalley for the copy
thank you netgalley for the copy
November 21, 2025
Poetry traditionally concerns itself with the passion of youth, reinforcing the idea that sensuality and vigour as part of a loving relationship are the domain of young lovers, more than any other. This view is challenged in this collection from Lucchetti, where she writes poems from her own experience, exploring the love of a mature relationship, post children. I found this refreshing and admire her enormously for her openness and candour.
Because that's what this collection is: intimate and honest. I felt like I was being invited into a world of which I have knowledge and given a warm welcome through the open lens that Lucchetti provides. It's not voyeuristic but for mature readers, it feels like validation, an affirmation that life is not on the wane but is still full of heat. That's not to say that there are not challenges in this and there are poems that cover the tensions that arise from marriages that can last years, the landscape of which can shift, requiring adaptation from couples in order for their continued togetherness to prosper especially if issues resurface.
Stand out poems for me were "Ploughed furrows" and "Dusting off love". Ploughed furrows has a suggestive title which misleads, the poem being about word play first and foremost before the sowing of alternative seed, a sensual connectedness between a couple through words and shared memories being the precursor to expressing that love physically, touch being secondary, a product rather than the initiator.
"Dusting off love" is about the tension that arises from familiarity but how, like waves, this can dissipate through small gestures. To say I could relate to this would be an understatement.
There is depth here in Lucchetti's examination which is transferred into lyricism, augmented by the Italian version of the same poem next to the English. I can't understand Italian but I still read the poems, rolling the words around as I thought they should sound, the English version providing me with the meaning. There may be an argument here in making this an auditory book so that the Italian, the latin language of lovers, could be really savoured.
This book is not just for readers in their middle age. This is love, matured and bedded in, but it still has flavour and should be tasted by all for its richness, vitality and strength. It is a window into love in a different manifestation.
Because that's what this collection is: intimate and honest. I felt like I was being invited into a world of which I have knowledge and given a warm welcome through the open lens that Lucchetti provides. It's not voyeuristic but for mature readers, it feels like validation, an affirmation that life is not on the wane but is still full of heat. That's not to say that there are not challenges in this and there are poems that cover the tensions that arise from marriages that can last years, the landscape of which can shift, requiring adaptation from couples in order for their continued togetherness to prosper especially if issues resurface.
Stand out poems for me were "Ploughed furrows" and "Dusting off love". Ploughed furrows has a suggestive title which misleads, the poem being about word play first and foremost before the sowing of alternative seed, a sensual connectedness between a couple through words and shared memories being the precursor to expressing that love physically, touch being secondary, a product rather than the initiator.
"Dusting off love" is about the tension that arises from familiarity but how, like waves, this can dissipate through small gestures. To say I could relate to this would be an understatement.
There is depth here in Lucchetti's examination which is transferred into lyricism, augmented by the Italian version of the same poem next to the English. I can't understand Italian but I still read the poems, rolling the words around as I thought they should sound, the English version providing me with the meaning. There may be an argument here in making this an auditory book so that the Italian, the latin language of lovers, could be really savoured.
This book is not just for readers in their middle age. This is love, matured and bedded in, but it still has flavour and should be tasted by all for its richness, vitality and strength. It is a window into love in a different manifestation.
April 19, 2026
This is a very interesting book Pomeriggi di Amore Sospeso 😊📖🇮🇹🇬🇧 ..i highly recommend it to people who have been married for a long time..i have four Stefania Lucchetti books at my house (Pomeriggi di amore sospeso, La Poesia è Cyberpunk, Love Poems, and Team Virtuali Dinamiche Decisionali 📚) ..i hope new Stefania Lucchetti books will arrive soon 😍
December 17, 2025
Questa raccolta di poesie è un viaggio attraverso le stagioni dell'amore coniugale, un amore maturo alimentato da una fiamma che continua a bruciare inestinguibile. Un legame fatto di attimi condivisi e mancanze, silenzi e parole alternate, gesti e sguardi carichi di significato.
Una silloge intima e spesso autobiografica, in cui l'autrice tesse la trama intrecciando i fili di pensiero che danno vita alle sue poesie.
In un'esistenza frenetica dove i giorni si susseguono veloci e pieni delle responsabilità genitoriali e professionali, i due coniugi vivono un amore sospeso, attimi di tempo in cui ritrovarsi e riscoprirsi. Sono i piccoli gesti quotidiani ad alimentare quell'amore, attraverso il linguaggio dell'intima conoscenza dell'altro. Un amore che non è perfetto né fiabesco ma profondamente reale, in cui le discussioni hanno l'unico scopo di scavare a fondo fino alla radice del problema, per riuscire a pulire e risanare la ferita affinché la passione torni a fluire libera.
Un legame fatto anche di assenze e silenzi, attimi preziosi in cui guardare indietro aiuta a rimettere in prospettiva il presente, a ricordare quanta strada si è percorsa, perché "oggi" è il frutto del desiderio dei due amanti di costruire una vita insieme.
L'amore non è esente da increspature e fratture, ma finché non ci si stanca di cercarsi, quel sentimento continuerà a ritrovare la via del cuore, come due anime unite dal destino.
Non bisogna però dimenticare che prima di essere coppia si è due mondi individuali, ognuno con i propri sogni e desideri, mossi dall'ambizione di realizzarli. Alcuni si raggiungono insieme, altri da soli, ma è fondamentale riuscire a trovare il giusto equilibrio, armandosi di pazienza e perseveranza.
In un'epoca volta al consumismo, l'amore è una forza eterna e un terreno fertile che dà vita a nuova bellezza.
Il matrimonio non è un'abitudine ma "un legame che si rinnova ad ogni curva del sentiero" percorso dai due coniugi.
Una silloge intima e spesso autobiografica, in cui l'autrice tesse la trama intrecciando i fili di pensiero che danno vita alle sue poesie.
In un'esistenza frenetica dove i giorni si susseguono veloci e pieni delle responsabilità genitoriali e professionali, i due coniugi vivono un amore sospeso, attimi di tempo in cui ritrovarsi e riscoprirsi. Sono i piccoli gesti quotidiani ad alimentare quell'amore, attraverso il linguaggio dell'intima conoscenza dell'altro. Un amore che non è perfetto né fiabesco ma profondamente reale, in cui le discussioni hanno l'unico scopo di scavare a fondo fino alla radice del problema, per riuscire a pulire e risanare la ferita affinché la passione torni a fluire libera.
Un legame fatto anche di assenze e silenzi, attimi preziosi in cui guardare indietro aiuta a rimettere in prospettiva il presente, a ricordare quanta strada si è percorsa, perché "oggi" è il frutto del desiderio dei due amanti di costruire una vita insieme.
L'amore non è esente da increspature e fratture, ma finché non ci si stanca di cercarsi, quel sentimento continuerà a ritrovare la via del cuore, come due anime unite dal destino.
Non bisogna però dimenticare che prima di essere coppia si è due mondi individuali, ognuno con i propri sogni e desideri, mossi dall'ambizione di realizzarli. Alcuni si raggiungono insieme, altri da soli, ma è fondamentale riuscire a trovare il giusto equilibrio, armandosi di pazienza e perseveranza.
In un'epoca volta al consumismo, l'amore è una forza eterna e un terreno fertile che dà vita a nuova bellezza.
Il matrimonio non è un'abitudine ma "un legame che si rinnova ad ogni curva del sentiero" percorso dai due coniugi.
March 27, 2026
Afternoons of Suspended Love is a remarkable and truly original collection that turns its attention to a subject too often overlooked in poetry: love and erotic passion within the continuity of marriage.
What makes this work particularly compelling is its ability to approach long-term love without idealization or clichè. Instead, it presents marriage as a living, evolving space where passion, memory, habit, and rediscovery coexist. The poems explore intimacy not as something that fades, but as something that changes form: deepening, resisting, and renewing itself over time.
Stylistically, the collection draws on a lyrical and classical sensibility, yet remains grounded in lived experience. The language is refined without becoming distant, allowing the emotional core of the work to remain accessible and immediate. This balance gives the poems a rare clarity: they are elevated in form, yet anchored in recognizably human moments.
The metaphors are carefully shaped and purposeful, often emerging from the textures of everyday life. Rather than grand abstractions, the collection finds its strength in precise, meaningful details - gestures, shared spaces, fragments of conversation - through which love is both expressed and examined.
There is also a subtle but important reorientation of perspective. By narrating love within marriage, the collection challenges a long-standing poetic tendency to focus on beginnings, longing, or loss. Here, love is neither fleeting nor nostalgic, but sustained — an ongoing negotiation between presence and change.
Afternoons of Suspended Love is an elegant and necessary contribution to contemporary poetry. It expands the boundaries of how love can be written, offering a nuanced and deeply felt exploration of passion within enduring commitment, and it is genuinely a pleasure to read.
What makes this work particularly compelling is its ability to approach long-term love without idealization or clichè. Instead, it presents marriage as a living, evolving space where passion, memory, habit, and rediscovery coexist. The poems explore intimacy not as something that fades, but as something that changes form: deepening, resisting, and renewing itself over time.
Stylistically, the collection draws on a lyrical and classical sensibility, yet remains grounded in lived experience. The language is refined without becoming distant, allowing the emotional core of the work to remain accessible and immediate. This balance gives the poems a rare clarity: they are elevated in form, yet anchored in recognizably human moments.
The metaphors are carefully shaped and purposeful, often emerging from the textures of everyday life. Rather than grand abstractions, the collection finds its strength in precise, meaningful details - gestures, shared spaces, fragments of conversation - through which love is both expressed and examined.
There is also a subtle but important reorientation of perspective. By narrating love within marriage, the collection challenges a long-standing poetic tendency to focus on beginnings, longing, or loss. Here, love is neither fleeting nor nostalgic, but sustained — an ongoing negotiation between presence and change.
Afternoons of Suspended Love is an elegant and necessary contribution to contemporary poetry. It expands the boundaries of how love can be written, offering a nuanced and deeply felt exploration of passion within enduring commitment, and it is genuinely a pleasure to read.
October 17, 2025
Oggi voglio consigliarvi una raccolta di poesie che mi ha davvero colpita: era da tempo che non leggevo versi così delicati.
“Pomeriggi di amore sospeso” di Stefania Lucchetti è un viaggio poetico nell’amore, quello fatto di gesti semplici, di silenzi condivisi e di momenti che sembrano sospesi nel tempo.
Ogni poesia è come una piccola storia, capace di toccare il cuore e far riflettere sulla bellezza dell’amore che si rinnova ogni giorno.
Leggendo questa raccolta ci si ritrova in ogni pagina a riflettere, nei desideri mai detti ed alle verità, talvolta scomodo ma sincere.
L’autrice ci invita a rallentare, a fermarci e a dare spazio ai sentimenti, a riconoscere quanto sia prezioso continuare a scegliersi ogni giorno nonostante le avversità.
“Pomeriggi di amore sospeso” di Stefania Lucchetti è un viaggio poetico nell’amore, quello fatto di gesti semplici, di silenzi condivisi e di momenti che sembrano sospesi nel tempo.
Ogni poesia è come una piccola storia, capace di toccare il cuore e far riflettere sulla bellezza dell’amore che si rinnova ogni giorno.
Leggendo questa raccolta ci si ritrova in ogni pagina a riflettere, nei desideri mai detti ed alle verità, talvolta scomodo ma sincere.
L’autrice ci invita a rallentare, a fermarci e a dare spazio ai sentimenti, a riconoscere quanto sia prezioso continuare a scegliersi ogni giorno nonostante le avversità.
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December 17, 2025Wow. Beautiful words for something so sacred: love within a marriage. I resonated with many poems.
April 19, 2026
Thank you NetGalley and Alchemia for the review copy of Stefania Lucchetti's collection "Afternoon of Suspended Love;" it is greatly appreciated.
"Afternoons of Suspended Love" is the second book by Stefania Lucchetti I have had the pleasure of reading, and just like "Coffee Stains on My Books," I was captivated. Reading Lucchetti's writing is like reading one's own diary entries: truthful, sensitive, hopeful, sad, and joyful. The title poem makes me think of a couple settled into comfortable companionship. There isn't excitement every day, but there is the warm knowledge of each other, and that is everything. In "Love Language" she says: "[...] In small things, I find your affection/ in everyday gestures, your direction. / As I sip my coffee, / I feel your presence beside me."
"Recycling" is a poem that is reflected by many couples, I think. No relationship is ever perfect; we have to keep trying so we don't waste what we have; and in "Constant Mystery," I feel Lucchetti has perfectly presented the true definition of what love is: "[...] Love requires presence, / and sometimes space, / steadfastness, listening, / and patient grace."
My favorite in this collection is "Love Me." It is a beautiful poem, saying "love me, just because": "[...] Love me for no reason, /or for every ancient rhyme, /to hear the echo of forever, /and forget the fleeting touch of time."
"Afternoons of Suspended Love" is the second book by Stefania Lucchetti I have had the pleasure of reading, and just like "Coffee Stains on My Books," I was captivated. Reading Lucchetti's writing is like reading one's own diary entries: truthful, sensitive, hopeful, sad, and joyful. The title poem makes me think of a couple settled into comfortable companionship. There isn't excitement every day, but there is the warm knowledge of each other, and that is everything. In "Love Language" she says: "[...] In small things, I find your affection/ in everyday gestures, your direction. / As I sip my coffee, / I feel your presence beside me."
"Recycling" is a poem that is reflected by many couples, I think. No relationship is ever perfect; we have to keep trying so we don't waste what we have; and in "Constant Mystery," I feel Lucchetti has perfectly presented the true definition of what love is: "[...] Love requires presence, / and sometimes space, / steadfastness, listening, / and patient grace."
My favorite in this collection is "Love Me." It is a beautiful poem, saying "love me, just because": "[...] Love me for no reason, /or for every ancient rhyme, /to hear the echo of forever, /and forget the fleeting touch of time."
May 5, 2026
A huge thank you to Stefania and NetGalley for the early acess to this book.
Single, childless and not even going through that route. But some of these poems just hit home, I guess situationships and love through the years bear some similarities, which is an odd thing to say. Maybe it's all the moments of uncertainty that link both ways of life. Maybe it's me projecting some other things along the lines.
I wish I knew Italian as intimately as I know English because I think a lack of closeness in some poems that the writer must have done the best of her job while writing them in her native language.
Even though I don't know much about love besides reading about it, I understand better that ups and downs will always be present in whatever we choose and how to love.
Single, childless and not even going through that route. But some of these poems just hit home, I guess situationships and love through the years bear some similarities, which is an odd thing to say. Maybe it's all the moments of uncertainty that link both ways of life. Maybe it's me projecting some other things along the lines.
I wish I knew Italian as intimately as I know English because I think a lack of closeness in some poems that the writer must have done the best of her job while writing them in her native language.
Even though I don't know much about love besides reading about it, I understand better that ups and downs will always be present in whatever we choose and how to love.
May 5, 2026
Not only is this collection filled with beautiful poetry, but it also has incredible depth and meaning.
I enjoyed reading the ease and simplicity of this collection and how it was intertwined with such strong emotions. I liked how love was portrayed as a refuge despite anger or emotions. Also, Lucchetti does an amazing job of embedding the irritations and struggles of daily life with love and adoration. Overall, amazing collection!
Thank you to Stefania Lucchetti and NetGalley for providing me with a free e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I enjoyed reading the ease and simplicity of this collection and how it was intertwined with such strong emotions. I liked how love was portrayed as a refuge despite anger or emotions. Also, Lucchetti does an amazing job of embedding the irritations and struggles of daily life with love and adoration. Overall, amazing collection!
Thank you to Stefania Lucchetti and NetGalley for providing me with a free e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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April 30, 2026Thanks to NetGalley and the author for this title!
I was curious to read this because of the theme and the bilingual edition, which I really appreciated. The poems depict mundane moments of love, of desire, sometimes tension or sexuality. The book is shaped according to these themes which often repeat. The writing is neat, musical, but at times it flat-lines. The poetic style is straightforward building simple images. I think I am not the intended audience for the book ultimately.
I was curious to read this because of the theme and the bilingual edition, which I really appreciated. The poems depict mundane moments of love, of desire, sometimes tension or sexuality. The book is shaped according to these themes which often repeat. The writing is neat, musical, but at times it flat-lines. The poetic style is straightforward building simple images. I think I am not the intended audience for the book ultimately.
November 6, 2025
Continua il mio viaggio nella poesia di @stefania.lucchetti
❤️ "POMERIGGI DI AMORE SOSPESO"
(pag. 110) @gruppoalbatrosilfilo
💬 #cosanepensarita
Questa raccolta di poesie è arricchita dal testo a fronte in lingua inglese e attraversa l' amore coniugale in tutte le sue sfumature, attraversando tutte le stagioni di un matrimonio.
Nella quotidianità dell'amore duraturo, l' autrice descrive un sentimento in continua trasformazione, che si rigenera grazie alle cure ed alle attenzioni a lui dedicate.
Emergono dei pomeriggi sospesi, "attimi che si sottraggono al logorio del tempo per restituire agli amanti il segreto della loro origine".
L' amore maturo ha tanto da dire, tanto da raccontare, tanto da emozionare.
L' amore, ad ogni età, resta sempre una bellissima scoperta. Sapersi reinventare continuamente è forse il segreto dell' immortalità amorosa?
Il bilinguismo di Stefania ha reso questa raccolta unica: non si tratta di una semplice traduzione, bensì di versioni originali pensate in lingue diverse.
📌"VORAGINE"
Il mio corpo è un abisso
ti chiama con desiderio deciso
un baratro che grida il tuo nome.
Cerca te, in un momento da trovare
non importa come.
Vuole che tu lo venga a colmare
qualunque sia di oggi
la temperatura emozionale.
Tutte le poesie sono molto godibili. È un piacere leggerle. Questa lettura è un viaggio che ti sorprenderà per il caleidoscopio di emozioni che riesce a suscitare.
🗨️ È forse arrivato il momento di dare più spazio alla poesia?
#illibroeservito
#stefanialucchetti
#albatrosedizioni
❤️ "POMERIGGI DI AMORE SOSPESO"
(pag. 110) @gruppoalbatrosilfilo
💬 #cosanepensarita
Questa raccolta di poesie è arricchita dal testo a fronte in lingua inglese e attraversa l' amore coniugale in tutte le sue sfumature, attraversando tutte le stagioni di un matrimonio.
Nella quotidianità dell'amore duraturo, l' autrice descrive un sentimento in continua trasformazione, che si rigenera grazie alle cure ed alle attenzioni a lui dedicate.
Emergono dei pomeriggi sospesi, "attimi che si sottraggono al logorio del tempo per restituire agli amanti il segreto della loro origine".
L' amore maturo ha tanto da dire, tanto da raccontare, tanto da emozionare.
L' amore, ad ogni età, resta sempre una bellissima scoperta. Sapersi reinventare continuamente è forse il segreto dell' immortalità amorosa?
Il bilinguismo di Stefania ha reso questa raccolta unica: non si tratta di una semplice traduzione, bensì di versioni originali pensate in lingue diverse.
📌"VORAGINE"
Il mio corpo è un abisso
ti chiama con desiderio deciso
un baratro che grida il tuo nome.
Cerca te, in un momento da trovare
non importa come.
Vuole che tu lo venga a colmare
qualunque sia di oggi
la temperatura emozionale.
Tutte le poesie sono molto godibili. È un piacere leggerle. Questa lettura è un viaggio che ti sorprenderà per il caleidoscopio di emozioni che riesce a suscitare.
🗨️ È forse arrivato il momento di dare più spazio alla poesia?
#illibroeservito
#stefanialucchetti
#albatrosedizioni
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