Josep Piella Vila (Spain)

Josep Piella Vila was born in Barcelona (Spain) in 1970. He is a very talent poet. He has been awarded the first prize for the short story «Joan Mercader» in Castellterçol, also he is finalist in the 1st «Jaume Roig» Micropoetry Contest in Callosa d’en Sarrià.

He is the author of the collection of poems “Dioses de Agosto”, his first work was published in “the Poesía eres tú” publishing editor.

He was the winner of the 1st Ákaba Beach Poetry Prize with the collection of poems “El Caminante de Hojalata”

In May 2016, he published the collection of poems “All the corners of the world” with the publisher Playa de Ákaba.

He was the winner of the first prize in the solidarity anthology for the protection and defense of the Environment “Forest seeds” with the poem entitled “Arañazos”.

His latest publication has been “Permission to live” a book of poems and stories written by him and the writer Teresa Oteo.

She lives in the eastern part of the

city. He lives in the western.

Stones are thrown through the wall

with messages of love.

During the tour

At what moment become the stones

communists or capitalists?

Upon arrival at customs, a policeman opens

my luggage and starts confiscating things:

scissors,

he says they can be used as a weapon;

perfume,

he says it can be used as an explosive;

montblanc pen,

he says that with it I can slaughter even

a fly.

“I’m a writer,” I tell him.

-Then give me your notebook too-

He says that with it I can overthrow governments.

The siren sounds to get out

at playtime, It´s different from

the air raids

in its duration and in the punch

of the balls in the corridors.

A girl draws with chalk her

mother behind the goal

she died in the bombing of the

last week.

The little one is placed on her belly

in fetal form and close her eyes.

The duty of chalk is not only

calculating equations and conjugating

verbs but allow one to be born

several times.