Three Micropoems by Dr. Vineet Kashyap Tripathi

Futile Love 

what's love

that knows no pain

maybe flooded in blood

life ends in vain.

□

Peace

If you 

fall in love,

you rise 

as a dove!

□

Sweet Silence 

silence whispers 

through empty roads

vacant houses

solitude or solace.

□

© Dr. Vineet Kashyap Tripathi

Lucknow, UP, India 

Eight Modern Haiku by Maria Teresa Liuzzo (In Two Languages:- English & Italian)

Mouth of stars

Divine breath

Drink the eternal fire

*

Bocca di stelle               

Soffio Divino                

Bevi l'eterno fuoco     

□

Opened book 

Snow on the page       

Stem of march

*

Libro aperto                   

Neve sulla pagina       

Stelo di marzo     

□

Night Rose

On the lips at night 

Sparge le stelle 

*

Rosa notturna                  

Sulle labbra la notte         

Sparge le stelle              

□

 

Flowers feathers

Dancing shoes

It’s spring

*

Piume di fiori             

Scarpette che danzano 

E' primavera                  

□ 

 

Breath of the sea

Fisherman of moons

In my veins

*

Soffio di mare                 

Pescatore di lune                

nelle mie vene

□               

 

Mouth of violet

Earrings of moons 

On windowstill

*

Bocche di viole                

Orecchini di lune                 

sul davanzale

□                     

 

Lull me forever

in the triunph of the wind

Let me be word  

*

Cullami sempre                    

Nel tripudio del vento            

Fammi parola                         

□

Night rose

In the mouth

The spring blooms

*

Rosa notturna                        

Nella bocca fiorisce               

la primavera                          

□

© Maria Teresa Liuzzo

Reggio di Calabria, Italy 

anto.d.2015@gmail.com

Maria Teresa Liuzzo, born in Saline di Montebello Jonico and lives in Reggio di Calabria (Italia).  She is President of  (P.Benintende Lyric and dramatic Association)-'. Journalist and publisher. Chief  Director of  Literary Review ''LE MUSE''. Writer .Psycholic Doctot at   -Leibniz University Santa Fe, New Messico, USA. Modern  Literature and Philosophy Prof.  - USA. – Correspondent of  de ''Italy American bridge IL PONTE ITALO - '' -USA -  -New Meagre EUROPA (Hunedoara)-Romania

Collaborator of   ''ALB-SPIRIT'' TIRANA (ALBANIA) -''PERQASJE''(home) (TIRANA - ALBANIA) -''ALBANIA PRESS'' e ''DRITARE'' (window-ALBANIA) -''ATUNIS'' (BELGIUM - BRUXELLES); ''GAZETA DESTINACIONI'' Destination newpaper(VALONA - ALBANIA);  '' THE NAUSEA -(ARGENTINA); ''GAZETA NATIONAL (TIRANA NATIONAL(NATIONAL NEWSPAPER- ALBANIA); MAGAZINE ALESSANDRIA TODAY (ITALY); ''ORFEU'' (ALBANIA); ''CAFETALK'' (JAPAN).

PUBLISHE WORKS:

''ROOTS'' Jason Ed. (1992);

 ''PSYCHE'' Jason Ed. (1993);

''APEIRON'' Jason ed. (1995);

 ''UTOPIAN  EUTHANASIA '' Jason ed. (1997);

  -WATER  IS A SLOW BEAT'' Lineacultura Ed. (2001);

''  IMAGE AUTOPSY Agar ed. (2002);

'' BUT A RESTLESS WAVE STIRS THE VEINS Agar ed. (2003);

 '' - SHADOW DOEN’T EXCEED THE LIGHT Agar ed. (2006);

''GENESIS'' Agar ed. (2008); 

 '' –FORGET- ME-NOT Agar ed. (2009);

 ''I AM TALKING, NOW!'' Agar ed (2020); 

 -DON’T ME I LOVED THE WIND Agar ed. (2021);

'' –THE HUNGRY SHADOW OF THE MOTHER Agar ed. (2022); 

'' THE LIGHT OF THE RETURN Agar ed. (2022)

THE NIGHT IS DANCING IN YOUR PUPILS (April 2022); 

'' IN VIGIL OF WEAPONS AND WORDS Agar Ed. (2023);

'DANCE TO THE RHYTHM OT THE RHYMES  '' – IN ARABIAN LANGUAGE I – MOROCCAN  UNIVERSIY EDITION (AUGUST  2023 ); 

''TARMURI DE LUNA ''SHORES OF THE MOON - IN ITALIAN & / RUMENIAN LANGUAGE - Cosmopoli Ed. (OCTOBER  2023); 

'' ITALIAN BOOK -ANTHOLOGY – TRANSLATED  INTO RUSSIAN LANGUAGE  BY ELDAR AKHADOV (RUSSIA – OCTOBER  2023).

Lots of articles and Publications in Italy and  Abroad.

Eight Modern Haiku by Jennifer Gurney

gazing at the moon
in perfect balance
between Earth and sky
□

I still can't believe
you are gone-
each day I let go anew
□

books 
at my bedside-
a lengthy queue
□

my next tattoo 
will be over my heart -
Picasso's dove
□

shining stars
dancing in the moonlight
against the night sky
□

my mom’s handwriting
brings memories to light of
words unspoken
□

green to yellow 
to red to ground-
the life of a leaf
□

when my reach 
outstretches my grasp-
I touch possibility
□

© Jennifer Gurney
Broomfield, Colorado, US
jennifer.gurney@bvsd.org

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including Micropoetry Cosmos Blog, The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Haiku Corner, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation.

Five Micropoems by Parvinder Nagi

Exactly 

My love needs no validations

As you’ll find me waiting for you exactly where once you’d left me!

□

Narrow Paths 

Walking along with you 

on the lonely roads

Through the narrow paths of life 

Makes the destinations closer!

□

Over the Seas 

Your silence can be heard 

Over the seas so blue 

For your love resides 

In the abyss of my heart!

□

Mist of Nights 

I crave for the lust of hug 

To perish in your arms so warm 

In the mist of nights 

Lying under the stars forever!

□

Sweet Pain

If only you knew 

The depth of your love 

Is a depth of my wounds today 

Penetrating through my skin 

Is the sweet pain!

□

© Parvinder Nagi

India

pamie.nagi@gmail.com

Poetess Parvinder Nagi (aka Pamie) is a principal from distinguished senior secondary schools, India. She is a national award winner from NCERT New Delhi, for making teaching easier for students and teachers through the teaching aids. She is a passionate poetess, having penned number of poems, each exploring various facets of life. Bestowed accolades among a gathering of over 2000 poets from across India on the national level. Parvinder is recipient of many poetic awards across the globe. Her poems are translated in various languages and are the music of the heart that express different aspects of life, conjure up emotions from happiness to sadness using different styles and themes giving pleasure to the readers.

Two Micropoems by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

War

Smile not exist

Happiness is stopped

Hungry stomach

Hungry soul!

□

Enough

Tired from the bodies

That are affraid of their shadows,

I would like to have a man 

who speaks truth

Who act

Who believes

In power of love!

□

© Eva Petropoulou Lianou 

Athens, Greece 

eviepara@yahoo.fr

Eminent poetess Eva 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.

Four Micropoems by Neha Bhandarkar

Love-tune

The dawn, dreaming of Sunrise

The Sun dancing on a love-tune

Fresh rays of hope

is kissing the sand-dunes!

□

Que of Gratitude 

Shut the window of complaints

Try to shift you in que of Gratitude

Now a days human needs virtue!

□

Still 

The lightly dangling 

of the fringe of air

seems dwelling  

still in the sky, there!

□

Hide and Seek 

In the universe 

Slumber is playing hide and seek

taking shapes of dreams 

with hushed steps 

In the night.

□

© Neha Bhandarkar 

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India 

Neha Bhandarkar is a widely published Iconic Marathi Poet, embellished with numerous national and international awards for her consummate literary skill mused about in her writings. She is a published author of 16 books in various languages. She is a trilingual author writing in Marathi, Hindi and English and also a genuine translator. Many of her poems and stories are being published in many international anthologies, magazines and E Zines. Some of her poems and stories have been translated into French, Albanian, Russian , Italian, Phillipino, Nepali, Greece, Odia, Bengali, Sanskrit Assamese and Brail script etc. She is the winner of Central  and State government awards from the Government of India . She has bagged the Hindi state Sahithya Academy Award twice. Her poems have been broadcast on Quichotte Radio, France, Hindi Radio, Chicago (USA). She is a International PEACE Ambassador of Global Nation, Bangladesh. Moreover, she is a cultural ambassador appointed by the International Forum of Creativity and Humanity, Morocco. As well as ambassador of Peace and Humanity for IFCH, Kingdom of Morocco.

Six Micropoems by Taghrid Bou Merhi

Like a Cloud 

A question jumps over a question

Like a cloud 

flapping their shadow across me

My alter ego 

in the heights of places!

□

The Rose

Even in her illness

It smile

The rose of the heart!

□

Waiting 

The time It has turned upsid down

Laughs dreamy

Waiting for his to get back!

□

He Knows 

The wait

He complains about loneliness

And knows how much I love you!

□

Fragrance 

Whatever

fragrance your smile might be

You won't bloom her flowers

Kiss details!

□

Imagination 

In the imagination of the poets

A love embracing another love

Mooning poem!

□

© Taghrid Bou Merhi 

Lebanon/Brasil

Taghrid Bou Merhi, a Lebanese multilingual poet, writer, journalist and translator living in Brasil. She has authored 18 books and three encyclopedias, a translator of 23 books to date, an author of 56 articles, a presenter of 18 books (10 Arabic books and 8 internacional books), and she participated in more than 60 Arabic books and more than 75 anthology internacional. She is an active member of various literary and creative platforms and editor of 10 Magazine Arabic. She is an advisory member among ten internacional poetry consultants chosen by Chinese media giant CCTV. She is advisor to the International Union of Arab Intellectuals, in the Media Authority for Translation Affairs and advisor to the countries Al-Sham literary platform for literary translation. She is internacional embassador for the organization of creativity for peace London. She teaches Arabic to non-speakers, holds a degree in law.

She has received numerous international awards, including the Nizar Sartawi International Creativity Award in 2021, Naji Numan Award in literature in 2023, and the SahityaPata Kazi Nazrul Islam Memorial Award in 2022. Taghrid has been honored for her journalistic excellence and has won primer place prize such as the "Zheng Nian Cup" 2023. International Peace Medal Award, Peace Award, certificate for Hyperpoem Book (a poetry book publishing 2000 poets), and an honorary prize from the Global Poetic Brotherhood in Texas, USA, for translating global poetry into Arabic, French, and Italian. Taghrid has been honored with the International Poet Zhen Xin Award for 2022 and 2023, and was honored with the "World Leaders Award" among 140 global personalities by WORLD GALA, and SAHITO INTERNACIONAL AWARD FOR LITERATURE "WINNERS OF JURY AWARD FOR LITERATURE 2023". She received the Journalistic Excellence Shield from the Nile and Euphrates Paper Magazine in 2022 and 2023. Taghrid has also been recognized with honorary certificates as a journalist from Mubadara Magazine, Mirror of International Life Agency, and Innovators Magazine. Her writings are part of several national and international magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. Her poems have been translated into 47 languages, studied by literary critics, and featured on international radio stations. She speaks five languages.

Two Sheets of Wind, a Micropoem by Mujë Buçpapaj

Forest from window

In April resurrection

On desk’s map

In Book’s halves

Fallen tree

And rain on window

Two sheets of wind

Constitute the world!

© Mujë Buçpapaj

Albania 

Email: bucpapaj@yahoo.com

Mob: +355 6820 74 31

Poet Mujë Buçpapaj was born in Tropoja, Albania (1962). He graduated from the branch of Albanian Language and Literature, University of Tirana (1986). In the years 1991-1992, he studied for two years for feature film script at Kinostudio "Alshqiperia e Re", Tirana, today "Albafilmi" (considered as post-master's studies), as well as completed many other qualifications of the cultural spectrum in country and abroad. Mujë Buçpapaj is a doctor of literary sciences with a thesis on the survival of Albanian poetry during the communist censorship, defended at the Institute of Linguistics and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Albania. He is one of the founders of political pluralism and the free press in Albania (1990) and a journalist for many years in the most popular newspapers in Tirana. He is the head of the literary and cultural newspaper "Nacional", the "Nacional" Publishing House and the Studies and National Projects. In the years 1991-2005 he was co-founder and journalist of the first opposition newspaper in the country after 50 years of communist dictatorship "Rilindja Demokratike" and founder of the newspaper "Tribuna Demokratike." In the years 2005-2009 he was the director of the International Cultural Center in Tirana, while in the years 2010-2014 he was the Director of the Albanian Copyright Office in Tirana. After the year 2014 and onwards, he took charge of the "Nacional" Publications and the "Nacional" newspaper. Currently, he is also a lecturer at "Luarasi" University in Tirana, where he teaches the subject of Academic Writing. Buçpapaj is one of the most prominent exponents of contemporary Albanian poetry with the greatest national and international success, respectively published in several foreign languages and honored with several prestigious international awards from Greece to the USA and one of the most prominent managers of culture in the country. Drafter of cultural policies. He is the organizer and leader of many international conferences held in Tirana on the problems of art, literature and copyright. He is the author of many study books on literature and poetics, but also of hundreds of journalistic writings, criticisms, essays, studies including those on regional problems, national security as well as on the management of art in market conditions, cultural policies and national strategy. of culture. He is known as one of the strongest public debaters on the problems of the Albanian transition, regional political developments, and democracy as a whole. He is the founder of the newspaper/magazine "Nacional" and its director. He lives, works and creates in Tirana, together with his wife and two daughters.

Faith, a Micropoem by Dr. Chandresh Kumar Chhatlani

Faith is just a mirror,

Nothing is visible except image

And the one who broke once,

The piece is not sold 

in any market!

© Dr. Chandresh Kumar Chhatlani

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India 

Mobile- +91 9928544749

writerchandresh@gmail.com

Dr. Chandresh Kumar Chhatlani has over 25 years of rich experience in Training, Research, Academics, Writing, Software Development, Website Development and Design Developed more than 140 software & websites independently). He is a record holder for earning highest academic certificates from two organizations World's Greatest Records and Tribune International World Records. His one record of maximum English Laghukathas is approved by India Book of Records and World’s Greatest Records has accepted his record of first book of English Laghukathas. Dr. Chhatlani has adequate experience of all types of documentation and dealing with NAAC Assessment, UGC, AICTE, MHRD, NIRF, Distance Education, AISHE, Supreme Court, PCI, CCH etc. along with organizing conferences, seminars and workshops. Dr. Chandresh has authored 12 Books, edited 10 books and has written 32+ research papers. He has received 35+ national/international awards.

Two Micropoems by Kelly Moyer

The Empty Cupboard 

Pardon the leaf litter.

We’re doing renovations

on the mushroom house.

I’d offer you honeyed milk 

or a bun of some sort,

but my husband 

brought them to the queen

with a giggle and a snort.

□

Book Covers 

The mouse told me

the mochi were tainted, 

so he traded a smoke 

for the entire lot.

I should have known

it was just his racket,

tho’ you gotta wonder

whether I, myself,

am a bit of a troll or not.

□

© Kelly Moyer

North Carolina, USA 

unfazedmoon@gmail.com

Two Micropoems by Kuma Raj Subedi

Moment in Nature  

basking in the sun

a cold croc

pounces on a lizard,

bright sunlight

passing through clouds

dries up puddles

□

Lemon

If 

you squeeze me 

too much, 

I will 

ruin your juice 

cravings with 

my seeds!

□

© Kuma Raj Subedi 

Australia 

subedi.kamal@gmail.com

Kuma Raj Subedi was born in the Parbat district in Nepal. He has got two postgraduate degrees :MA in British & American literature, and Master of Teaching in TESOL. As a poet and translator his numerous creations have been published on various print and online platforms such as Misty Mountain Review, Spill words, Indian Review, Muse India, Polis Magazino, Kavya Kishor, Aksharang, Sipay, The Gorkha Times, Of Nepalese Clay, Sindh Courier,  Newsn Jeju, Ink Pantry, The Indian Periodical, Nepalnamcha, Poetishes, The Offline Thinker, Setopati, Poeticia, The Rising Junkiri, Sahitya Sangraha, Modern Poets Anthology (Ukiyoto Publishing), The Writer’s Cafe etc.Recently he participated in KM100NZ haiku competition in New Zealand and Joy to the world poetry festival. He is anctiv involved to TramsEnd Poets, a group of prominent poets and critics in Adelaide. He often writes about issues such as women’s suffering, memories, religion, nature, migration, love and culture. Currently, Mr. Subedi is residing in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia with his two daughters and wife and works as an accomplished lecturer at TafeSA. He has been awarded as the Best Poet of the Event in the International Nazarul Poetry Festival 2023 in Bangladesh. He has been exclusively interviewed in MTV in Nepal. He has also been interviewed in a literary program by Kalika FM and Vijaya FM about his creative writings and current literary trends and styles. He has been interviewed and got published in Kayakairan Daily. Three book reviews on his debut anthology of poetry have been published in The Rising Nepal, a leading and the oldest English newspaper in Nepal and in Sahitya Post, a full time literary digital magazine in Nepal. 

Two Micropoems by Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer in Chinese Language & Translated From English by Ma Yongbo

沙伊莱什·古普塔·维尔诗3首
译者 (Translator)：马永波 (Mayongbo)

沙伊莱什·古普塔·维尔博士（Shailesh Gupta Veer），印度诗人、评论家、编辑和多个奖项得主，用英语和印地语写作。他的作品具有高度的原创性和真实性。他编辑了二十几种文学书籍和数本杂志。他的诗歌发表在国内外各种文学杂志、期刊、选集和网站上，被翻译成汉语、希腊语、德语、法语、西班牙语、阿塞拜疆语、阿拉伯语、意大利语、塞尔维亚语、克罗地亚语、葡萄牙语、尼泊尔语、旁遮普语等多种语言。他是《微诗宇宙》的主编和《创意研究之声》的副主编。2018年12月，尼日利亚电视节目《你和今日文学》宣布他为文学偶像。他的诗歌在英格兰沃灵顿“亲爱的约翰秀”上朗读。他是初出茅庐诗人的灵感来源。他拥有考古学博士学位，目前在公立学校任教。

欲望
 她
在
我的心中，
而
我的心
在她的拳头里，
我想
永远牵着
她的手！
 □

缓解痛苦
心灵
不得安宁，
思维的奔流
无穷无尽，
为了试图
减轻痛苦，
我与自然
为友！
□

[Poet : Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer]

[Translator : Ma Yongbo]

Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer is a poet, critic, reviewer, editor and multi-prize winner. He is bilingual and writes in English & Hindi. His literary works are characterized by a high degree of creativity and authenticity. He has edited about two dozen literary books and several magazines. His poetry has been published in various literary national and international magazines, journals, anthologies and websites. He has won many awards in the field of poetry and literature. His poems have been translated into Chinese, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Italian, Serbian, Croatian, Portuguese, Nepali, Punjabi & some other languages. He is the editor of Micropoetry Cosmos and the associate editor of The Voice of Creative Research. He was declared a Literary Icon in December 2018 by the TV program 'You and Literature Today' from Nigeria. His poems were read on The Dear John Show of Warrington, England. He is an inspiration for budding poets. He is a Ph.D. in Archaeology and is currently working as a Government Educator.

 
Desire
She is
in
my heart,
and
my heart is
in
her fist,
I want
to hold
her hand
forever!
 □

To Ease the Pain
Mind is
restless,
stream of ideas is
endless,
in an attempt
to ease the pain,
I have
befriended
nature!
□

Poet:-
Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer
Fatehpur, UP, India
veershailesh@gmail.com

Translator:-
Ma Yongbo 
Nanjing, China 
myb22254188@gmail.com

Five Modern Haiku by Jahnavi Gogoi

a whiff of summer

that scent of Patchouli

on his collar!

□

jungle safari

a startled Rhino

takes cover in the Ravenna grass!

□

reunion

stirring sugar vigorously

in the awkward silence

□

 

hiraeth

wet eyes as I thumb through

the family album

□

carpe diem

relishing sour Pomelo

on a winter afternoon

□

© Jahnavi Gogoi

Ontario, Canada

jahnavigogoi@gmail.com

Jahnavi Gogoi’s poetry has been published in Haiku Corner by The Japan Society, Shadow Pond Journal, The Leaf Journal, haikuNetra, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Cold Moon Journal, The Usawa Literary review, Borderless Journal, The Chakkar, Poems India, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Inssaei International journal, Academy of the Heart And Mind, Spillwords, Indian Periodical, Synchronized Chaos, Soul Connection, Reflections, and others. She won the first prize in the poetry writing competition organized by the Chandigarh Literary Society in the year 2022 for her poem ‘If this isn’t love’. She writes a lot about her native state of Assam, India, having spent her early childhood years in the shadow of the Patkai hills in northeast India. Jahnavi now lives in the beautiful town of Ajax in Ontario, Canada with her husband and daughter.

Three Modern Haiku by Rayees Ahmad Kumar

biting cold

due to winter's chill

shivers me from inside!

□

except one omnipotent

everyone in this mortal world

is only your temporary companion!

□

colourful birds

on the tall trees of garden

sing some melodies to please me!

□

© Rayees Ahmad Kumar

Kashmir, India

rayeeskumar31@gmail.com

Rayees Ahmad Kumar is a columnist hailing from Qazigund, Kashmir, India. He is also a fiction writer and his columns are regularly featured in high-impact dailies and weeklies of valley.

Six Micropoems by Donna McCabe

Alone Now

Once so close

Now separate, apart

Life plays twisted, cruel tricks.

□

Bonsai

Beautifully shaped

Older than appearance

Neatly pruned

Structured

And styled

Intricately.

□

Books

I am addicted to your pages

Enamoured by your words

When held in my hands

Eagerly devouring another chapter.

□

Calmness

Invoking calmness

When multitude emotions

Want to wash over, invade

Knowing they will only disrupt

Toy with the mind

To be calm is logic, safe.

□

 

Healing

Poetry and petals

The cure to soothe

A tired soul.

□

Mosaic

Many tiny fragments

Organised and structured

Strategically placed

Assortments of colours and shapes

Intricate designs and patterns

Culmination of seeing the bigger picture.  

□

© Donna McCabe

South Wales, UK

donna_salisbury@sky.com

 

Donna McCabe is an established poet from South Wales, UK, with over twenty years experience. Her work has gained her multiple accolades within her field of literature. From being published in journals, magazines and anthologies both nationally and internationally, she is also a respected admin on many social media pages as well as having her own Instagram page.

Instagram- @donnamccabe_

Facebook- Poemsbydonnamccabe

Eight Modern Haiku by Jennifer Gurney

that first snowflake–

magic as it melts

upon my tongue

□

when it's cold

I can always find you

by the space heater

□

"ignight"

to light a fire at dark

to ward the cold

□

hard to get warm

when the cold is from

the inside

□

the cold is lovely

soft and deep-

from my haven inside

□

the cold stole

my beautiful golden tree-

with one big breath

□

strange brew of laundry--

shorts from last weekend with

today's winter coat

□

just a wink of winter

snow mixed with fallen leaves

before fall returns

□

© Jennifer Gurney

Broomfield, Colorado, US

jennifer.gurney@bvsd.org

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including Micropoetry Cosmos, The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Haiku Corner, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation.

A Tear, a Micropoem by Irma Kurti

You were not

the person I searched for.

You were hasty, indifferent, cold… 

I needed patience and warmth. 

I was ready to escape,

but I saw a tear in your eyes.

I relented—didn’t take another step— 

I couldn’t abandon you. 

□

© Irma Kurti

Bergamo, Italy

kurtial@yahoo.com

IRMA KURTI is an Albanian poet, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator and has been writing since she was a child. She is a naturalized Italian and lives in Bergamo, Italy. All her books are dedicated to the memory of her beloved parents, Hasan Kurti and Sherife Mezini, who have supported and encouraged every step of her literary path. Kurti has also won numerous literary prizes and awards in Italy and Italian Switzerland. She was awarded the Universum Donna International Prize IX Edition 2013 for Literature and received a lifetime nomination as an Ambassador of Peace by the University of Peace, Italian Switzerland. In 2020, she became the honorary president of WikiPoesia, the encyclopedia of poetry. In 2021, she was awarded the title of Liria (Freedom) by the Italian-Albanian community in Italy. In 2022, she was also nominated as the Albanian ambassador to the International Academic Award of Contemporary Literature Seneca of the Academy of Philosophical Arts and Sciences, Bari. She also won the prestigious 2023 Naji Naaman's literary prize for complete work. Irma Kurti has published 28 books in Albanian, 24 in Italian, 15 in English, and two in French. She has written approximately 150 lyrics for adults and children. She has also translated 17 books by different authors, and all of her own books into Italian and English. Her books have been translated and published in 14 countries.