Dawn il-poeżiji jgħoddsuna fil-mewġ perikoluż u jiġbduna
lejn il-passjoni u t-telf, id-diqa u s-senswalità.

These poems plunge us in the perilously seductive waves of passion
and loss, sadness and sensuality.

Gianna Patriarca

Il-poeżiji ta’ Portelli huma paradossali fis-sempliċità tagħhom, jinsġu dinjiet differenti, profondi u fraġli, daqskemm jiddjalogaw flimkien.

Portelli’s poems are paradoxical in their simplicity,
as they weave profound and fragile worlds in dialogue.

Elena Stefoi