Massimo Maddes

Massimo Maddes is a poet and musician who lives in Roseto degli Abruzzi, a splendid seaside resort on the Adriatic Sea. Passionate about beauty, life and sport, he has deepened his musical studies and his knowledge of human nature, and practices various sports. His poetry is a meditation on existence and its mysteries.

In 2023, his works were selected as finalists in several prestigious poetry competitions, including
the Alda Merini Prize for Poetry XI Edition 2023,
the International Competition of Unpublished Poetry Island of Stromboli,
the XVIII INTERNATIONAL UNPUBLISHED POETRY COMPETITION "DEDICATED TO ..." - Poems to remember
the XX INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF UNPUBLISHED POETRY WILL COME IN THE MORNING AND WILL HAVE YOUR VERSE - Love poems.
Il Federiciano International Award, Fifteenth edition

To follow his activities and publications, it is possible to visit his social profiles on Facebook and Instagram, at the following addresses

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK

The author questions the meaning and destiny of love in the contemporary world, where it seems increasingly difficult to find true communion with each other. The author wonders if love is possible or if it's just an illusion, a pipe dream. Why is love often linked to death, suffering, renunciation? What is the relationship between love and freedom, between love and truth, between love and happiness? These are some of the questions that animate the poems in this collection, which arise from personal experiences, philosophical reflections and psychological insights. The work wants to be an invitation to seek authentic love, the one that is not satisfied with appearances and compromises, but which aspires to meet the other in its entirety and in its uniqueness

Love and Destiny. Poems on the meaning of love in the contemporary world.
The author of this collection of poems is interested in the themes of love, life and death. In these pages he wanted to explore the meaning and destiny of love in the contemporary world, where it seems increasingly difficult to find true communion with each other. He wondered if love is possible or if it's just an illusion, a pipe dream. Why is love often linked to death, suffering, renunciation? What is the relationship between love and freedom, between love and truth, between love and happiness? These are some of the questions that animate his poems, which arise from personal experiences, philosophical reflections and psychological insights. His work is meant to be an invitation to seek authentic love, the one that is not satisfied with appearances and compromises, but which aspires to meet the other in its entirety and in its uniqueness. We hope that his words can touch the hearts of readers and make them reflect on the beauty and difficulty of loving.