excerpts from ‘the fire within’

by Chiara Maxia

The Fire Within

Throughout The Fire Within, Chiara Maxia’s searing debut collection of poems, the reader is invited to engage with a range of feelings and emotions they might not otherwise be able to tap into were it not for this poet’s deft artistry. Her masterful acumen when it comes to appraising and describing the human condition. In this fiery world, events both mundane and cataclysmic are given the same razor-sharp treatment, with Maxia cutting to the core of our strange existence. 

[molotov] by Chiara Maxia

[sad girl pop] by Chiara Maxia

[polaroid] by Chiara Maxia

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BIO: Chiara Maxia is an actress and writer originally from Sardinia. She has lived in different places, including England, Moscow and Paris, where she graduated in Film Acting. She now lives between France and Italy. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Opiate, Tint Journal, The Argyle, Paris Lit Up, OpenDoor and Our Verse.