Divine

Divine is a collection of poems that transcends the ordinary, a sacred yet godless hymn to the suffering, the beauty, and the unbearable weight of existence. In this book, Marcella Boccia explores the divinity of the poet—not as an omnipotent creator, but as a being condemned to feel too deeply, to bear witness to the world's agony while carrying their own.Blending the visionary mysticism of Yeats with the raw, unflinching confessionalism of Sylvia Plath, Boccia crafts verses that burn and haunt. These poems traverse the ruins of Italy, from the blackened shores of Naples to the silent canals of Venice, from the marble sorrow of La Pietà to the echoes of war that stain the poet’s soul. With a voice both fragile and furious, she writes of a life suspended between the unbearable need to exist and the quiet seduction of oblivion.Here, poetry becomes prophecy, and suffering turns into a benediction. Divine is not just a collection of words—it is a requiem, a gospel of the godless, a testament to the poet as both martyr and oracle. It is a book for those who have lived on the edge of darkness and still dare to call themselves alive.