Love, a Micropoem by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

We talk

We laugh

We eat

We drink

We are mothers

We are fathers

We pray to God

We Love!

- Eva Petropoulou Lianou 🇬🇷

WE, a Micropoem by Debajani Das

Besides the two sides 
Of seven chromal path
Lies the hut of our hearts
Where our breath transmits ever.....

Sometimes that rainbow 
Turns into a river,
And touches 
The wavy eternal love 
Of ours.

- Debajani Das
Balasore, Odisha, India 

THE SEAL OF LIFE - A MICROPOEM BY IRIS CALIF

King of the Angels of the World

Our Father in Heaven

In the spirit of the night string

I'm dancing the halo of my human flower iris heart

My wounded body is bleeding

My soul is gathered

To the seal of life!

"All rights reserved to the poet Iris Calif" ©️

Biography of Iris Calif - Israel:

Iris Calif from Israel is a multifaceted literary figure, renowned internationally as a writer, poet, dancer, editor, and translator of poetry into Hebrew. Her contributions to the world of literature are vast and varied, reflecting her deep passion for language, culture, and spirituality.

As a key figure in the online culture, literature, art, and poetry magazine "The Direction of the Holy Spirit Wind" ("Bekiovn Hroh"), Iris oversees foreign relations and serves as a translator and editor of worldwide poetry for the magazine. She also edits international anthologies for this publication, as well as for the culture and lifestyle magazine "Mokasini" and the "World Poetry" section on the literature website "Rooms" ("Hadarim"). Her editorial expertise and linguistic skills have been instrumental in showcasing diverse voices from around the globe.

Iris's achievements have been recognized globally. She is the recipient of the prestigious International Prize for Literature in Italy (Milan, 2024), specifically the 'CITY OF GALATEO' Special Award for Excellence, for her poem "Angel of Life". This accolade underscores her talent and dedication to her craft. Additionally, she received the 2023 award for International Best Poets from the IPTRC (International Poetry Translation and Research Centre) in China.

Her professional affiliations include membership in the Composers' Association of Hebrew authors and publishers in Israel, known as "ACUM". Iris also holds a diploma from the Russian Professional Writers Union and the international magazine "Arina NN", acknowledging her significant contribution to the cultural world and the International Poetic Community (2022).

Iris serves as the head of the Israeli liaison department for the Hong Kong Literature and Arts Magazine and is a member of the Association of Artists and Writers of the World SAPS. She is also part of the editorial board for the World Poetry Yearbook 2024 (English edition) and holds an honorary doctorate from the International Forum for Creativity, Humanity, and Coexistence in the Kingdom of Morocco.

Her literary works are deeply influenced by her Kabbalistic heritage and her experiences with spirituality. Iris's poetry reflects her inner journey, exploring themes of love, life, and the mystical connections between the material and spiritual worlds. Her writing is characterized by its spiritual depth and its ability to convey the essence of her Jewish roots and her connection to the divine.

Three of Iris's books have been published to date: "In a Mysterious Magical Path Lolita Breathes" (2001), "A Pure Wild Moon" (2017), and "The Daughter of God" (2020). She is currently working on her fourth book, continuing to inspire readers with her unique voice and perspective.

Iris's poems have been widely published and broadcast in various media outlets, including radio, television, and the internet, as well as in national and international magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. Her work has been translated into numerous languages, such as Spanish, Bengali, Nepali, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, Assamese, Russian, Albanian, and Italian, testament to her global appeal and the universal themes she explores.

Her poetry has been featured in several prestigious international exhibitions in Israel, including "Crowns of Winter" (January 2023) and "Black-Red-White". Most recently, her poems were showcased in the universal exhibition "Butterflies of Peace", which highlighted the work of 21 poets from around the world, with Iris's translations into Hebrew adding another layer of depth to the exhibition.

Through her poetry, Iris Calif shares her vision of love, hope, and spiritual connection, inspiring readers and audiences worldwide with her profound and beautiful work.

Three Micropoems by Zdenka Mlinar

HOPE

February and March
with the face of a woman...
Spring awakens,
giving birth to light,
new life, and HOPE.

BELIEF

With a carnival celebration,
we send winter off
and drive away the evil from the town.
A tradition of belief,
for healing and comfort.

PRAYER

Forest nymphs
call for spring,
folding their hands
and praying for health
for Mother Earth.
They seek faith in disbelief.

- Zdenka Mlinar
Zagreb, Croatia 

Zdenka Mlinar lives and creates in Velika Gorica and Zagreb, writing poetry, prose, reviews, and short texts (miniature lyrics, aphorisms, haiku, etc.). She has published eleven solo poetry collections and is a member of several literary societies and associations. She writes in the Croatian standard language, English, and occasionally ventures into writing in Croatian dialects. Her work is included in the Lexicon of Contemporary Writers from Velika Gorica (2006) and the Turopolje Lexicon (2021). Her works have been published in more than 200 domestic and international anthologies, collections, and journals. For her work, she has received numerous awards, recognitions, commendations, acknowledgments, trophies, and medals.

Her haiku poems are featured in the bilingual anthology of Croatian haiku poetry "Unmown Sky 2" (2008–2018), in the New Anthology "Contemporary Croatian Haiku" (2023), in "Kajkavski Haiku," an anthology of Croatian haiku poetry in the Kajkavian dialect (1977–2023), as well as in two World Gogyoshi anthologies. She is listed in the world register of The Haiku Foundation and has been among the TOP 100 haiku poets in Europe for six consecutive years.

She is proud of her appointments as an ambassador of peace by the Italian Cultural Association "VerbumlandiArt" and the European Institute for Roma Studies and Research, as well as the Association of Roma Writers in Belgrade.
Her three trilingual haiku poetry books are housed in the Croatian Language Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, the Croatian Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Croatia. She has also participated in projects such as the creation of the "Hyperpoem," which is included in the Guinness Book of Records, and the Anthem of World Poetry. She is a literary editor and founder of the Zagreb Literary Club "Ilija Kozić Ladin" and the Facebook group of the same name, through which, in honor of the great Croatian and Bosnian poet, she organizes poetry events with her members. Her poems have been translated into several foreign languages, and some have even been set to music. She is also an active participant in many art colonies and other humanitarian engagements.

EPIMILLIGRAMME, a Micropoem by Ivan Pozzoni

You don't have to put yourself in color if you look at your name,
you know, I'll make you immortal in "portrait d'anonyme".
My ink cuts better than a bowl of hemlock:
without anyone knowing your fame has evolved.
- Ivan Pozzoni 
Italy 

Ivan Pozzoni was born in Monza in 1976. He introduced Law and Literature in Italy and the publication of essays on Italian philosophers and on the ethics and juridical theory of the ancient world; He collaborated with several Italian and international magazines. Between 2007 and 2018, different versions of the books were published: Underground and Riserva Indiana, with A&B Editrice, Versi Introversi, Mostri, Galata morente, Carmina non dant damen, Scarti di magazzino, Here the Austrians are more severe than the Bourbons, Cherchez the troika. et The Invective Disease with Limina Mentis,Lame da rasoi, with Joker, Il Guastatore, with Cleup, Patroclo non deve morire, with deComporre Edizioni and Kolektivne NSEAE, with Divinafollia. He was the founder and director of the literary magazine Il Guastatore – «neon»-avant-garde notebooks; he was the founder and director of the literary magazine L'Arrivista; he is the editor and chef of the international philosophical magazine Información Filosófica; he is, or has been, creator of the series Esprit (Limina Mentis), Nidaba (Gilgamesh Edizioni) and Fuzzy (deComporre). It contains a fortnight of autogérées socialistes edition houses. He wrote 150 volumes, wrote 1000 essays, founded an avant-garde movement (NéoN-avant-gardisme, approved by Zygmunt Bauman), with a millier of movements, and wrote an Anti-manifesto NéoN-Avant-gardiste. This is mentioned in the main university manuals of literature history, philosophical history and in the main volumes of literary criticism. His book La malattia invettiva wins Raduga, mention of the critique of Montano et Strega. He is included in the Atlas of contemporary Italian poets of the University of Bologne and figures à plusieurs reprized in the great international literature review of Gradiva. His verses are translated into 25 languages. In 2024, after six years of total retrait of academic studies, he return to the Italian artistic world and melts the NSEAE Kolektivne (New socio/ethno/aesthetic anthropology) [https://kolektivnenseae.wordpress.com/]

Time, a Micropoem by Farzaneh Dorri

Time is now
comes and goes
through the years of the future
The spirals of the years run
I embrace the day today
Tomorrow is another day!

- Farzaneh Dorri
Iran/Denmark

Farzaneh Dorri was born in Iran, and lives in Copenhagen. She has worked as employment advisor and case manager in municipalities of Vestegn county in the last 17 years. Her poetry has appeared in Italian, American, Albanian, and Arabic Magazines. She considers poetry as a fine art and creative process, that contribute to the community of humanity. She translates poetry into Persian and Danish.

Three Micropoems by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

Love,
Every day we celebrate
Love is energy
Love you
Love me
Love all the world!
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Love
We need to understand ourselves
Educate ourselves
What is love
Air
Fire
Woman
Passion
A hand to hand
A hug
Two people looking the sky
With same dream!
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Love 
Everyday
We are grateful
God is love
God is his gift
Open your hearts and receive!

© Eva Petropoulou Lianou 
Athens, Greece 
eviepara@yahoo.fr

Three Micropoems by Laskiaf Amortegui

LOVES
Strawberry Loves, Lemon Loves
Fleeting loves, Eternal loves
Beloved star of the south...
Tell me where my heart must go.
□

BREEZE
Your kisses taste like a cool summer breeze
And my hair dances as it brushes your cheeks.
Kiss after kiss, the summer breeze ruffles our hair.

COMPLICES
My eyes are lost in the poppy.
Your eyes in mine.
My hands caress it.
Your hands desire accomplices, they don't resist.

- LASKIAF AMORTEGUI
COLOMBIA



Laskiaf Amortegui: is a poet, narrative writer, radio broadcaster, translator and editor of poetry, voice-over poetry and booktrailers. Author of the novel ‘La Jaula De Las Mariposas’, which tells the story of five women and their environment. It is one of the best-selling works of its genre on Amazon. When it comes to writing, she faces her rival: dyslexia. It was her mentor who encouraged her to publish her lyrics, which have brought her many accolades, several awards and prizes at international level in poetry, narrative and presentation. Most of her writings have been translated and published in other languages. Literature and her family are her great loves. You can find her on social networks as: Laskiaf Amortegui on Facebook and Laskiaf_escritora on Instagram.

RARE FLOWER, a Micropoem by Angela Kosta

Lost
In vain I searched for a flower
That it had your sweet scent i came back empty-handed
And while I've seen you sleep
Spellbound
I understood that nothing and no one
Not even a rare flower, it would compare to your beauty
To your irresistible freshness.

- Angela Kosta 
Albania & Italy
(Executive Director of the Magazines: MIRIADE, NUANCES ON THE PANORAMIC CANVAS, BRIDGES OF LITERATURE, journalist, poet, essayist, publisher, literary critic, editor, translator, promoter)

Angela Kosta was born in Albania but has lived in Italy since 1995. She is Executive Director of the Magazines: MIRIADE, NUANCES ON THE PANORAMIC CANVAS, BRIDGES OF LITERATURE, journalist, poet, essayist, publisher, literary critic, editor, translator, promoter. He has published 26 books and received many awards. His poems have been translated into 40 languages and published all over the world.

Love, a Poem by Debajani Das

You are smiling to my face
Tenders me enormous solace
Never leave me till taking last breath.
My life is sheer meant for you
My heart is locked with your love key
Open and see how much I love you.

- Debajani Das
Balasore, Odisha, India

Two Micropoems by Nasir Aijaz

In Search of Existence

When we met after quite a time
She asked: Where were you, I haven’t seen you for a long time
‘Am I not with you?’
‘Nowhere do I live, if you do not feel me living in your heart’, I said
And, since then I am in search of my ‘self’
The search of my existence continues.
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Fear of Losing You

One day there was talk of death.
She immediately stopped and said ‘Don't talk like that’.
‘Are you scared of death?’ I asked.
Everyone has to demise
Death is inevitable
It’s reality of life
And I do not fear of dying.
‘I am not afraid of death either, I am afraid only of losing you, she said.
Nothing but losing you…!
□
- Nasir Aijaz
Pakistan

Nasir Aijaz, based in Karachi city of Sindh province of Pakistan, is a senior gold medalist journalist, researcher, poet, translator and author having published ten books and one thousand articles on literature, languages, culture, history, travelogue and other subjects. He also worked as a TV Anchor for over a decade and conducted some 400 programs. One of his books ‘Hur – The Freedom Fighter’, a research work on war against the British colonial forces, also won a prize. His articles have been published in India, Malaysia, South Korea, Egypt and Nigeria. Many of his articles were translated in Arabic, Korean and Chinese language. His poetry has been published in over a dozen countries including India, along with translations. Recently he was declared one of the Top Twenty Journalists by a Manila-based organization.

Two Micropoems by Bharati Nayak

On Your Brows

On your brows
Wear a piece of my breath
Of my life
Take the days, months and years
Take the seconds, minutes and hours
And decorate your house
Oh dear, I will love to eternity.
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Say Nothing

When you say
You do not say
When you do not say
You say
What I want to hear
The words come flying 
And take me
In their embrace
I become your words
That I want to hear.
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- Bharati Nayak
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bharati Nayak, born in the year 1962, is a bilingual poet, critic and translator from Odisha,Her poems have been published in nearly two hundred books such as The Tranquill Muse, Rock Pebbles, Orissa Review, Utkal Prasang, Creation and Criticism, Circular Whispers, Nova Literature-Poesis, PoetryAgainst Terror, 56 Female Voices of Poetry, The Four Seasons Poetry Concerto, Tunes From the Subcontinent, Amaravati Poetic Prism, Glomag ,OPA Anthology ,Different Truth ,,Pangolin Review ,Poets and Poetry,Muse of Now Paradigm, Different Truth and the like.
Her published works are
1-Padma Paada (A poetry book in Odia language) 2-Words Are Such Perfect Traitors 3-A Day for Myself. She has co-authored four books namely Radical Rhythm ,vol-1,Vol-2 ,Vol-4 and worked as the Editor for Radical Rhythm Vol-3.She has co-authored a poetry collection ‘In the Realms of Love & Divinity’ with the German poet Dr.Antony Theodore and a poetry collection 'Poetry and Friendship' with an American poet Daniel Brick.

She has been conferred with Sahitya Lahari award by International Cosmos Society,India in 2018 and Star Ambassador of World Poetry And Art Philosophique Poetica International Award in Literature by the World Poetry Conference in Bhatinda,Punjab .India in 2019.She has been felicitated by Literary Groups ,Asha Srotaswini Magazine ,Ashapradeep Newspaper ,Criticspace Journal,Odia Sahitya Jagata ,Realm of Poems ,Poemarium and Eternal Flames.

Four Micropoems by Donna McCabe

Only You...
Have the charm that ensnares me
That can stir the passions so deep
Lift me up when I'm so low
Be the solid ground beneath my feet
And love me the way you do.
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Love's Whispers
The shadows of love still reside here
The place where romance was shared
Kisses and sweet nothings whispered
Endearing tokens of love received
Two hearts that truly cared.
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Love
Lost in the moment
Overcome with emotions
Veritable pleasures of affections
Everyone experiences with loved ones.
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Glowing
You make my heart pound
And my soul glow
Spark passions of delicious delight
My spirit ascends
In the most intimate of embraces.
- Donna McCabe ©

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 and poetry page.
Instagram- @donnamccabe_
Facebook- Poemsbydonnamccabe

Four Micropoems by Vatsala Radhakeesoon

My First Love

We played with letters
Abundant
in some deep ways
You, with your midnight facts
Me, with creative lines
A bridge of love- intellect
sharpened the moon
of endless hearts.
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Attraction-swift

Too good to be true,
the mirror changed its reflection
We cherished fragments
of magnetism
in memories- locked
of sheer passion
Un-tabooed in fantasies.
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The Balance

In your eyes
I sail endless times
When I fear the insane drown
You lift me
kissing my soul
with calmness
of healing love - you.
□

Wholesomeness

Swirls of lavender blue fumes
Dream or real
I wake up
upon souls of twinflameship
Lost
Recognized
Found
We heal day by day.
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- Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Mauritius

Biography:-
Vatsala Radhakeesoon has been writing poems for 30 years and she is the author of numerous poetry books. She is also an abstract artist and likes to experiment various possibilities that bless Art. Vatsala is a literary translator and currently lives at Rose-Hill, Mauritius.

Eight Micropoems by Jennifer Gurney

here a brief moment
wound your heart around mine
then gone
I am
unraveled
***

the song’s end
hung in silent air
connected to our heartstrings
tether only broken
by erupting applause
***

a poem softly lands
on my open heart
gentle, in the moonlight
***

walking beside you
the sound of your voice
streaming in my heart
***

your light shines bright
trailing love glitter
wherever you go
***

you leave
a constant stream of love
in your wake
***

even after 
divorce papers are signed
my heart claims you.
***

that moment
of push-me-pull-you ness
knowing I need to
finding it impossible
to let you go
***

Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry has appeared internationally in a wide variety of journals, two of her poems have won international contests and one was recently turned into a choral piece for a concert. Jennifer’s first book of poetry, My Eyes Adjusting, was published in 2024. Her second book, Liquid Sky, will be out early this year. To-date, nearly 4000 of her poems have been published in just over two years.

Two Micropoems by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

I Wish Many Times 
Sky above my head
Birds are flying
I believe birds don't have to fight for their country
If they want to travel
They travel freely
Trees are everywhere
Water they can find
How beautiful is nature
Peace exists
I wish many times to be a bird.
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Love
We are not remember our selves
We looked eachother and
A sparkle begins
I knew
You knew
Our new selves are ready to fall in love
With no expectations.

- Eva Petropoulou Lianou 🇬🇷

Four Micropoems by Nolcha Fox

Frosted
I fill in what I cannot see
with my dark imagination.
Back light lets me guess the tale
behind your hidden features.
If only I could see you whole,
I’d probably be quite bored.
Daylight takes the mystery,
and leaves the moles
and pimples.
***

Mona Lisa
She sits so still and watches all
the people in the room.
Some distracted, some agog
at her eternal beauty.
She is preserved with gas
and glass to keep her ever lovely.
Her smile is no mystery.
She knows it’s almost closing.
***

That Second One
Of all the boats lined up to float
upon the tiny river,
I’d love that second one 
to let me bob in end of summer.
Soon the winds will blow, and all
the boats will drift to cover.
They’ll reappear when spring
begins parades of boats
through water.
***

Follow the Trail
If you want me, 
follow the mascara tears,
pumps filled with 
blisters and calluses,
fake diamond rings, 
cheap drugstore perfume,
and a misplaced wallet.
Do you like what you see
when I’m ordinary me?
***
© Nolcha Fox 
Buffalo, WY, USA
nolchafox@yahoo.com

Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. Visual Editor for Chewers by Masticadores.
Website: https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/blog 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolchafox/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/ 
Medium: @nolchafox_14571

Three Micropoems by Maria Teresa Liuzzo

On the Open Eyelashes Shadow

Fire flies into the blood go of a distant time.

Your words lying at my thoughts top I hear

It’s you to cover me making me dawn.

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Sink the Emotion 

In the boiling blood, more than the must  

Less raw than the life blood 

But if you caress me like a daisy 

investigating petal by petal  

his yellow ochre heart to be reached 

staring me in the lilac tattoo of the violet  

I still undo my shadow dress 

come into me, don’t disappoint the wait

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If You're Poetry 

My secret lover 

Reach me in breeze or fire 

In calm never 

Let love be between torment and ecstasy  

Let it be hug between waiting and arrival

What a sweeter embrace 

than in hope,  

never again hoped 

my love?

□

© Maria Teresa Liuzzo

Italy 

anto.d.2015@gmail.com

Two Micropoems by Eva Petropoulou Lianou

Strange Days

Strange days
Strange behaviour
People are not going to correct direction
Like birds or whales
They lost their orientation
They are killing eachother
THey are jealous
They don't want the best of the neighbor
Earth is tired of humans.

War

The first word
Babies said before they walk in
Palestine
Shame to this humanity
How can you be happy
When in the other side
THey are sacrifing babies
Thousands babies
Pray for the souls of the innocents.

© Eva Petropoulou Lianou
Athens, Greece 
eviepara@yahoo.fr

Two Micropoems by Nishat Jabeen

Eclipse

A thin line of eclipse

An impressive speck

Or a complete skew

This is how it threatens

My half-dozed mind

Shall ponder over

On the looming large rumination

Intertwines mind and heart

With a stark contrast

Let the battle decide

Whether the shadow fades or truth abides.

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Alert!!

I wish

Our promises 

Should have a track 

Of long-lasting bring-off

Our shabby desires

In the backwoods of mind

Often goes off-track

Yet our senses

Call aloud

For a sense of self 

Altering...

Be serious!

□

© Nishat Jabeen

All Rights Reserved

Nishat Jabeen is an Indian poet. At present she works and lives in the heart of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. She is a language teacher. Apart from English poetry she is an acclaimed urdu poet. She works as Admin in three poetry groups namely Konect E-Zine, Zoq e shayeri and Urdu Adab ki duniya. She has authored two English Poetry books i. e. Cicatrix and Micro Beads. Her writing is centered around the metaphysical realm yet she admires each piece poetry from another genre as well. She is an accomplished writer as she has been published in both national and international anthologies all across the globe.