Eight Modern Haiku by Jennifer Gurney

gazing at the moon
in perfect balance
between Earth and sky
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I still can't believe
you are gone-
each day I let go anew
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books 
at my bedside-
a lengthy queue
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my next tattoo 
will be over my heart -
Picasso's dove
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shining stars
dancing in the moonlight
against the night sky
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my mom’s handwriting
brings memories to light of
words unspoken
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green to yellow 
to red to ground-
the life of a leaf
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when my reach 
outstretches my grasp-
I touch possibility
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© 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!

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Narrow Paths 

Walking along with you 

on the lonely roads

Through the narrow paths of life 

Makes the destinations closer!

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Over the Seas 

Your silence can be heard 

Over the seas so blue 

For your love resides 

In the abyss of my heart!

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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!

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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!

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© 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!

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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!

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© 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!

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Que of Gratitude 

Shut the window of complaints

Try to shift you in que of Gratitude

Now a days human needs virtue!

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Still 

The lightly dangling 

of the fringe of air

seems dwelling  

still in the sky, there!

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Hide and Seek 

In the universe 

Slumber is playing hide and seek

taking shapes of dreams 

with hushed steps 

In the night.

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© 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!

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The Rose

Even in her illness

It smile

The rose of the heart!

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Waiting 

The time It has turned upsid down

Laughs dreamy

Waiting for his to get back!

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He Knows 

The wait

He complains about loneliness

And knows how much I love you!

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Fragrance 

Whatever

fragrance your smile might be

You won't bloom her flowers

Kiss details!

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Imagination 

In the imagination of the poets

A love embracing another love

Mooning poem!

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© 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.