Tag Archives: Miriam Calleja

Against the Graffiti.

Against the Graffiti,

she stood out like a Renaissance painting,

a heroine of the new Maltese dawn

and the hint of classical features

that delivered the final sermon of the day.

This heroine smiled broadly

as her words floated in the Valetta night

time breeze, hanging

in the air, as vibrant as the thunderstorm

clouds racing the mopeds round the

streets in time

to this Maltese songbird’s

thoughts and aspirations

of providing culture

in The Pub.

Against the physical Graffiti,

slang driven poetic phrases

Against the Graffiti. full post

(119 words, estimated 29 secs reading time)

Miriam Calleja, Pomegranate Heart. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It is an island that sits on the edge of many different ideologies, of history having forged its distinct and positive identity and one to whom the people who nestle and cling to its rock with patience, drive and a sense of peace in their hearts. Malta has almost everything you could wish for, in both a place of relaxation and the best of holidays but also it holds secrets that implore investigation and one of them is the local outstanding poet Miriam Calleja and her anthology of dual heritage writing, the beautiful and absorbing collection that entwines throughout each page, Pomegranate Heart.

Miriam Calleja, Pomegranate Heart. Book Review. full post

(426 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

The Maltese Songbird.

The songbird’s influence

when voiced in misty breath,

covered in soft lapping oceans

and the salt air that surrounds

the island, yellow stoned, steeped

in history, steep to trace the steps

that lead on high to a safe harbour

in a paradise, that voice, haunting,

exotic and beautifully feminine,

captures my soul

as I listen entranced, as I read

rapt and spellbound;

there is after all

a voice in the blue aquatic sea

that sounds a perfect pitch bell

of the divine and sultry

The Maltese Songbird. full post

(98 words, estimated 24 secs reading time)