Three Micropoems by Karmelina Angelika Kelenc

Odyssey of Hvar

You are a delicate flower

Generous and good

Noble in soul like a true king

You are an odyssey of the Croatian seas

Cili hvar has known you for a long time...!

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The Sea Embraces Me

Blue sea, you receive me

and embrace with his wave

to know you in depth

as I know you with sorrow

because I didn’t know why

where my gold resides

seventy-six times

lighted roads please!

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Love

My heart goes out to you when you walk

And when you invite me to your place

When you look at me with your eyes

And when you tell me a lip ric-

"L'Amour C'est Toi,

L'Amour C'est Moi,

My dearest love!"

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© Karmelina Angelika Kelenc

Zagreb Croatia

stojabojana8@gmail.com

Karmelina Angelika Kelenc was born in 1966. She is a painter and singer-songwriter. She writes and sings songs that are dedicated to God, her homeland and love.

Four Micropoems by Santosh Kumar Pokharel

I Am Not for Him
He was mine before
He was unaware of me.
And now I am not for him
He cried out loud 
His crying I will flaut
I won't him applaud. 
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Wait
He was very unhappy
As no one recognized him.
Wait for tomorrow morning 
I will tell you,
The sun knows everything.
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On the Mountain-Peak 
There was a light on the mountain-peak 
And another at the feet
Both were different qualities 
Got enlightened those
Who ventured climb up high
Were enlightened too, who didn’t.
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So
I was and was not
You were as your cause you got
I had no cause 
So, I was and was not.
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© Santosh Kumar Pokharel
Bhaktapur, Nepal
poetsantosh@gmail.com

Santosh Kumar Pokharel is a renowned multilingual poet and writer from Nepal. He has published five books of his original poetry collections, the latest being THE WAR AND OTHER POEMS. International awardee of Anton Chekhov International Award from Russia, N.Gogol International Award from Ukraine, People's Diplomacy International Award from Kazakhstan, the Best International Poet Award from China, the Golden Writer of the world Award from ten countries and many international recognitions, he writes in Nepali, English, Russian, Hindi, and Maithili and Tharu alongside. His poems range from soft lyrical to grave metaphysical, and most of his themes are peace, love, and human hunger.

Three Micropoems by Nishat Jabeen

My Fancy Prayers 

My fancy prayers 

Will be banished 

In the caprices of curse 

All my yellings will be ignored 

Once and for all!

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Essence 

At once 

You turned around

Like fleeting fluffy clouds 

For next terminus 

I scorched my essence 

In the furnace 

of fuming past!

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Come Back

O' master 

You're a real brainiac  

Mesmerized me by your mastery 

Of saying silent goodbyes 

Alas! How silly im 

Fails to learn every time,

Will you come back 

For a last while

I bet you

I'll repeat you accurately 

This time!

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© Nishat Jabeen

Riyad, Saudi Arabia 

Nishat Jabeen a poet from Hyderabad, India works in a reputed school in the capital city of Saudi Arabia. She weaves huesome emotions that are deeply felt. She portrays her imaginations in short and terse verses in a poetic trance. Her eagerness to capture the nerve of grief and vast language of pain can be observed in her compacted and condensed lines where words flux finely and well-tuned.

Three Haiku by Tohm Bakelas

blow smoke at the moon,  
hammer the sun in the sky,  
to live is to die!
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i want to live where  
the weather is a steady  
sixty-four degrees!
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pat’s cat has one eye—  
a bastard born for no one—  
now both are complete!  
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© Tohm Bakelas
New Jersey, USA 
tohm.bakelas@gmail.com

Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey and resides there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is the author of twenty-five chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including "Cleaning the Gutters of Hell" (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). He is the editor of Between Shadows Press.

Three Micropoems by Dr. Alok Kumar Ray

Sipping Tea

Teetotaler I turned not by choice rare

Sipping tea with you tested nightmare

Gap exists amidst lips and the cup; isn't fair and square!

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Glee

In a semi-nude night

Dews gather on broken tree bough;

Lone leaf glows in glee.

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Task

Task may be Herculean, I am an ordinary man

I can quieten the audacity of the Satan

Simply and cumbersome, just getting started I do yean.

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© Dr. Alok Kumar Ray 

Kendrapara, Odisha, India

alokray1966@gmail.com

Dr.Alok Kumar Ray is a bilingual poet (writes in both Odia and English) and  hails from Kendrapara district of Odisha. By profession he is a lecturer and teaches Political Science to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Books on Political Science written by him are being taught to students of Odisha and Assam. A great number of poems authored by him have been published in many national and international level anthologies, newspapers, tabloids and magazines. He has attended a number of regional, national and international poetry meets in recent past. Many organisations and online  poetry forums have awarded him merit certificates, citations and literary rewards. Till now he has authored two poetry anthologies (one in Odia and the other in English) and edited one international standard bilingual poetry anthology.

Three Micropoems by James Tian (Tian Yu)

Dream

No matter in dream or not,

Which is like the sound of spring,

Pretend that no one can solve it.

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The Night Road

Tonight, where there’s the moon,

There are no stars,

Gently, only the sound of leaves falling.

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The Story of the Autumn

The story of the autumn,

Lying in the palm of my hand,

Live in my dreams.

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© James Tian (Tian Yu)

Manila, Philippines 

tianjames17@gmail.com

Poet James Tian (Tian Yu), born in 1994 in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, now lives in the Philippines. He is editor-in-chief and exclusive interview poet in Serbian Alia Mundi magazine, Chinese edition. He is one of top ten new poets of the 2020 and 2021, Chinese Poetry Spring Festival Gala. The monograph "Flying the Sky" Tian Yu's Modern Poetry Selection and other books have been published and distributed by the International Cultural Publishing Company.

Three Micropoems by Umutkan Eralieva Polotovna

A Circle Turned Into the Moon 

Taking a compass in my hands, 

I drew a circle,

Painted it yellow, my friend.

My circle looks like the sun and the moon,

So beautiful, I won't change it.

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Two Bunnies 

Two bunnies are gluttons,

They compete with each other

And half a bag of carrots

They eat and don't worry.

Voracious heroes

And they wiggle their ears,

In winter, what will they eat?

They don't know themselves.

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Brother 

Top-top, my little brother,

My nice, my funny.

Steps, come on, we'll count

Top-top, now we'll find out everything.

A thousand steps at a time,

You will be happy and healthy.

You will become a hero, well done

We will be proud later.

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© Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna 

Kyrgyzstan

umutay.eralieva68@yahoo.com

Poetess Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna is a member of the National Union of Writers of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Union of Journalists of Kyrgyzstan, the Union of Writers of North America, the Eurasian Creative Guild (London). She is representative of the Barcelona International Organization of Writers and Artists CIESART in Kyrgyzstan,  Member of the International Literary Platform Eliasshagar World in Macedonia and Academician of the ALEGRO Academy in Brazil. She is also Literary editor of the English-language electronic magazine Kavya Kishore (Bangladesh). She is Director of the International online publication SKILARK Poetry International SPI (Bangladesh) in Kyrgyzstan. She is winner of more than 110 awards. She is a poet, writer, publicist. She is author of ten books and mother of four children.

Eggs, a Micropoem by Nolcha Fox

I am a womb of scrambled eggs,

a yolk beaten into a chick,

an empty nest denying 

I float on water,

roe swimming out of caviar,

a fish net over the moon,

a moon in the womb,

a womb of scrambled eggs.

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© Nolcha Fox 

Buffalo, Wyoming, USA

nolchafox@yahoo.com

Poetess Nolcha’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 Best of The Net. Editor for Open Arts Forum, Chewers & Masticadores, Garden of Neuro. Accidental interviewer. Fake news faker.

Website: https://bit.ly/3bT9tYu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoxNolcha

Medium: @nolchafox_14571

Two Micropoems by Laskiaf Amortegui

In That Summer

In that summer it was not hot, 

your warm hands did not accompany mine.

It was a strange summer, 

with desperate butterflies, 

fleeing to another season!

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You Say

You say that we are, 

sometimes that we are not.

Then, what are we?

If one day I am, 

and the next day I am not.

And if I am, 

it doesn't look like it.

Remember: I am safer, 

knowing what I am not!

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© Laskiaf Amortegui

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

laskiafamortegui72@outlook.es

Laskiaf Amortegui is Colombian llanera writer, student of Radio locution and Journalism. The letters together with her family are her loves and passions to face every existential challenge. Author of the novel "La Jaula De Las Mariposas", with a dramatic tone that tells the story of five women and their environment. Her main goal in writing is to move the reader, just as she enjoys writing stories, she longs for them to do so by reading her. When it comes to writing, she faces her greatest rival: her dyslexia, but in the end, if it weren't for her, she would not be a writer, and her mentor who encouraged her to publish her lyrics, which have generated her triumphs and recognition at a global level international. His writings have been published in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia. She also recites poetry on the radio: Sentires de España and is a cultural ambassador and belongs to CIESART.

Two Micropoems by Jasna Gugić

Do You Hear?

Do you hear

my song

blue and singing

sent into space

unlimited,

unconquered

and untouched

woven from our touches

and your gaze is bounded.

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Beside You

Your name is inscribed somewhere

ahead of all my scratches of

wanderings and all my prayers.

You are standing astonished

on the path of my life

and I am dancing in the

silence in a white gown with a

flower in my hair beside you.

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© Jasna Gugić

Vinkovci, Croatia

jasna.gugic@gmail.com

Eminent poetess Jasna Gugić was born in Vinkovci, Croatia. She is the Vice-President for public relations of the Association of Artists and Writers of the World SAPS; Global Ambassador of Literacy and Culture for the Asih Sasami Indonesia Global Writers, P.L.O.T.S USA the Creative Magazine Ambassador for Croatia; and a member of Angeena International, a non-profit organization for peace, humanity, literature, poetry, and culture. She is also co-editor of the anthology, Compassion—Save the World, one poem written by 130 world poets.The last important award with a single nomination for Croatia was awarded by UHE – Hispanic World Writers’ Union – César Vallejo 2020 World Award for Cultural Excellence.

Jasna is a multiple winner of many international awards for poetry and literature, and her work has been translated into several world languages. Her first independent collection of poetry was published in 2021, a bilingual English-Croatian edition, entitled Song of Silence. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. Many of her poems have been translated into several foreign languages and are represented in joint collections. Her poems have been published in magazines in the USA, Spain, Greece, Italy, Russia, India, Syria, Denmark, Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh, Serbia, Albania, Nigeria, Belgium, China, Chile, Nepal, Pakistan, Korea, Germany and etc.

Her poems are published in so many world-famous print and electronic magazines, journals, websites, blogs, and anthologies like Spillwords Press – USA, P.L.O.T.S. The Creative Magazine - USA, Mad Swirl – USA, Synchronized Chaos Magazine – USA, Cajun Mutt Press – USA, WordCity Literary Journal - USA, Medusa’s Kitchen - USA, Atunis Galaxy Poetry - Albania /Belgium, Lothlorien Poetry Journal - UK, Polis Magazino – Greece, Homouniversalis – Greece, Chinese Language Monthly – 中國語文月刊 – China, Eboquills – Nigeria, Azahar Revista Poetica – Spain, Sindh Courier – Pakistan, Magazine Humanity – Russia, Entre Parentesis - Chile, Daily Asia Bani - Bangladesh, Bharat Vision - Denmark, Litterateur Rw, Dritare E Re – Albania, Literary Yard – India, Gazeta Destinacioni - Albania, The Moment International News – Germany, Kavya Kishor English – Bangladesh, PETRUŠKA NASTAMBA, an e-magazine for language, literature, and culture – Serbia, Güncel Sanat magazine – Turkey, Cultural Reverence, a global digital journal of art and literature -India. A Too Powerful Word - Serbia, Magazine Ghorsowar - India, Al-Arabi Today Magazine, Magazine Rainbow, Humayuns Editorial - Bangladesh, Himalaya Diary – Nepal and Agarid br. 24 and 16, Online newspaper NewsNjeju, Korea, Willwash. wordpress blogzine - Nigeria.

Two Micropoems by Anna Ferreiro

Breath

Glance of glances

between enchanted waves

they breathe love

dreaming of laughter

touching the heart

the note of Adonis!

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In the Heart of the Sea

Sometimes, I think about you

among the foam of the sea

that without hesitation

flood my heart.

Sometimes, I reflect

between the strings of ink

I woo you in the silence

and with a shy look

I caress your breath

which sounds harmonious

between the waves of the Heart!

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© Anna Ferreiro 

Italy 

annaferriero71@yahoo.it

Anna Ferreiro is an Italian poet for peace and cultural contamination. She was appointed a member of the World Union of National Writers of Kazakhstan. She is an administrator of the poetry group Poetry of global vision. She is a member of the International Writers Association IWA Bogdani and a member of the poets of the Albanian magazine ATUNISPOETRY. She is a member of Voces y plumas de unamos al mundo con la poesía – Centro de México en Vision Universal Radio, and in March 2021 she has become an official member of the Indian magazine YogaYatra dealing with holistic section. She has published two poetry collections and two stories. She has won numerous national and international awards and was featured in numerous national and international magazines, radio, online newspapers, reviews. Her poetry has also been translated into many languages. In November 2020 she received the Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Institutional Alliance of Creativity, Humanity and International Culture from the Kingdom of Morocco to Mexico with international headquarters in the Mexican Republic, guaranteeing the highest degree of Doctor Causa Honoris in Creativity, Humanity and Culture.

Three Micropoems by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

Truth
One millions eyes can 
only see a version,
Reality is a fact 
that we will never discover!
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Key to Happiness
Energy we can have for free
But people they never pay attention
Everything is free in nature
Being thankful
This is the key to happiness!
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But
Bridges we create
We are different
But in pain
in war
In peace 
We are same
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© Eva Petropoulou Lianou
Paris, France 

Eminent poetess Petropoulou-Lianou was born in Xylokastro, Greece. Initially she loved journalism and in 1994 she worked as a journalist for the French newspaper "Le Libre Journal" but her love for Greece won her over and she returned in 2002. He has published books and eBooks: "Me and my other self, my shadow" Saita publications, "Geraldine and the Lake elf" in English - French, as well as "The Daughter of the Moon", in the 4th edition, in Greek - English, Oselotos publications. Her work has been included in the Greek Encyclopedia Haris Patsis, p. 300. Her books have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, for the Student and Teacher library. Her new books, “The Fairy of the Amazon. Myrtia "dedicated to Myrto with a disability, and" Lefkadios Hearn, Myths and Stories of the Far East ", illustrated by Sumi-e painter Dina Anastasiadou, are released in 2019. She recently published her book," The Adventures of Samurai Nogas san "in English by the publishing house OntimeBooks, based in England. Collaborates with the electronic literary magazine The poet magazine. She is his partner International Literary Union based in America. Collaborates for the promotion of literature and promotes the work of Greek poets. Eva is a member of the "Association Alia Mundi of Serbia", the "International Society of Writers and Artists of Greece" and the "Piraeus Society of Letters and Arts" as well as the Corinthian Writers Society.  She is President of GREECE association Mille Minds of Mexico and World Ambassador of international Academy of Ethics, India. She is also a member of Academy of Farsala, Greece. She is president for Greece of global UHE, Peru and Greece SAPS. She is also International Ambassador of e-magazine Namaste-India and Editor in chief Web magazin, Hubei, China and Advisor Member of editorial board Las Olas del Arte Magazine, Belgium.

Two Micropoems by Renette D'Souza

Diving Deep
I dove deep 
into the mysterious waters
found myself drowning
in your maelstrom of love
And yet within the turbulence
Somehow...
I learned to swim.
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Evening Skies
Your every word perched on velvety clouds, 
gently float through my evening skies, 
drizzling showers of tenderness
and I find myself getting drenched
...in your rain of love. 
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© Renette D'Souza
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Renette D'Souza - A writer, editor entrepreneur is a strong believer in the simple policy of  'Live and let live with love and peace' and with a passion for travelling, photography and writing poetry, her work has been published in many National as well International Anthologies on a broad  range of subjects. A recipient of many awards, her poems have also aired on  live shows and featured in various blogs and e-magazines.