Alfred Massa (1938 - )

Membru Tal-Għaqda Poeti Maltin

Alfred Massa twieled Hal Tarxien. Ex-ghalliem tal-Malti f'Liceo tal-Bniet. Beda jikteb fis-sittinijiet u kiteb drammi, novelli, saggi, artikli ta' kull tip, rumanzi u poeziji. Rabah diversi premjijiet f'Malta u barra. Xoghliet tieghu kienu ppubblikati anki barra minn Malta. Jikteb bil-Malti, bl-Ingliz u bit-Taljan.

Kwazi ko-fundatur tal-Ghaqda Poeti Maltin ma' Mons. Dr. Amante Buontempo u President attwali ta' l-istess ghaqda mis-sena 2000. Membru Akkademiku sa mill-1976. Imsieheb ukoll fl-Ghaqda tal-Malti (univ.) u fl-Ghaqda Letterarja Maltija. Imsieheb ukoll f'Ghaqdiet ohra kulturali fl-Italja.

Fl-1985 kien nominat Cavalliere d'Onore mill-Accademia Fraterna Unione Culturale della Svizzera Italiana ta' Ponte Tresa. Membru Honoris Causa a vita tac-Centro Divulgazione Arte e Poesia ta' Sutri (VT), l-Italja. Din l-istess Associjazjoni hatritu Pioniere della Cultura Europea ghas-sehem tieghu fil-qasam poetiku fl-1993.


CATS ART EXHIBITION

Once in Spain

I visited a Cats Art Exhibition.

There were hundreds of cats

hanging on the wall.

There were black cats,

white cats,

ginger cats,

and more….

There were males and females,

young and old,

all posing smartly to steal

the viewer’s eye

and help him reach a deal.

One thing struck me most

- and still holds my mind -

every cat looked smiling

and so will stay

for ever more.



But man,

one day smiles

another day cries.

His look changes with the seasons

as his fate

comes not from the artist’s brush

but from Him - giver of life -

who sends people on this planet

made up of ups and downs

of sorrows and of joys

of laughing and of moans;

a arena

with a reward to be won’

an open challenge to everyone.


Alfred Massa