Two Micropoems by Florencia Juson Dayao

Because
If I had to choose
the river or the sea
I only know 
how to swim in the river
It is difficult to risk
oneself in the sea
Because of its depth I can drown!
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Only You Understand
Not everything you hear is true
Especially and only from whom
Just let yourself go
Because only you understand  
What is bad and good!
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© Florencia Juson Dayao  
Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines

Florencia Juson Dayao is from Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines. She is a simple housewife with 3 children. Writing poems and collecting plants are her hobbies.She writes in different styles as spear against sickness and depression. Her aims to motivate and encourage young poets/poetess to build ourselves with the ability we are equipped with,to use and enhance our talents and skills.

Three Micropoems by Veronica Roma Pingol

Love 

Things may perfect 

When your heart is happy and fine

Love is not to untie 

Love is divine,

Every heart filled  with happiness

is the only reason for success!

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Blessing

A real heart is a blessing to someone 

In dim and agony

To those in pain or in sorrow,

A genuine love can walk pass through

With it, that well notice the emotions to release

You are blessed and a blessing to yourself

And to the world with grace...!

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Thank you 

Thank you for every time

Every memories that we need

Someone that we can feel

And stay beside us

Thankyou for the grateful things were able to pass,

An everyday life in God 

A promise not to be broken

An eternal life in peace

And a wonderful family

That stick through ups and down!

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© Veronica Roma Pingol

(Nightbutterfly)

Hongkong 

pingolveronica@gmail.com

Poetess Veronica Roma Pingol a.k.a Night butterfly is a 38 years old domestic helper in Hong Kong and an expressive love poetess/author. She is from Novalichez, Quezon City Phil. Blessed with one lovely daughter currently living with in her mom in the province. During the pandemic she excel herself from being a helper to be a poet for one year and half and learned different stages of poetry, in due time she established her own poetry group named "UNITED POETS @ HEART" an international poetry platform in Facebook. By this time she also satisfied herself after a year of having her 1st published book titled "Night butterfly" where she freely spread her emotions, thoughts and opinion about life, love and Soul. She is featured in various website, newspaper, magazine, TV, radio and book anthologies. Veronica believed that being optimistic is a great attitude towards a good life and a happy person with beautiful smile can gives motivation to her and to others to reach their goals in life in between of trials.

Three Micropoems by Anna Ferreiro

SKIN

Light

through the emerald gaze

Waves

through sound breathing

Rebirth

through the shell sweat

Kiss

shy flatterer

silky

his sweet touch

in a marine caress

deep

in painted velvet.

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A DREAM 

It's an enchanted place

between a fairy cloak

by creatures esteemed

and much appreciated!

It is a meadow in a desert

such a merry stream

that long-awaited heart

between flowers and lots of love

the Life that never dies!

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LEAVES 

The colors of Life

all in chorus towards the East

they tell stories

scents of laughter

waves of big kisses

immortalized shots

in the color of the leaves.

Leaves in love that feed on love

painting in elegance

the scent of eyes:

colors in love

shy and charming.

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© Anna Ferreiro 

Basel, Switzerland 

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 Chakradhar Shukla [India], Translated From Hindi by Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer [India]

Wish  we could   grow   
wheat   in pots
along with flowers,
Would be useful
for the birds!
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Convenience charge
is creating
dilemma,
The glacier of
honesty is
melting!
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Who cast
a spell in prayer,
My mind is
filled with
happiness!
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© Chakradhar Shukla
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mobile- +91 9455511337
chakradharshukla78@gmail.com
Translation : Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
veershailesh@gmail.com

[Poet  : Chakradhar Shukla]

[Translator : Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer]

चक्रधर शुक्ल की क्षणिकाएँ
(मूल हिन्दी भाषा में)
काश! 
हम
गमलों में 
फूलों के साथ-साथ 
गेहूँ भी उगाते,
परिन्दों के काम आते!
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सुविधा शुल्क 
दुविधा पैदा कर रहा,
ईमानदारी का
ग्लेशियर पिघल रहा!
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प्रार्थना में
कौन जादू कर गया,
मन
प्रसन्नता से भर गया।
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© चक्रधर शुक्ल 
एल.आई.जी.-1, सिंगल स्टोरी, 
बर्रा-6, कानपुर (उ. प्र.)
पिन कोड- 208027
मोबाइल- 9455511337

Five Micropoems by Donna McCabe

Regeneration 

New seeds of hope growing

Blooming and blossoming from within

Reshaping and reforming

Building stronger structures and roots

Within as without

The true essence of a woman.

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Rainy Days

A bright flash of colour

Grey rainy days brightened briefly

Small comforts of an umbrella.

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Mindful Insight

A veritable picture show

Of imaginary or recollected scenes

Ideas and epiphanies

All seen and felt

Deep within the minds eye.

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Rumours 

Those rumours stung deep

The grapevine

A harsh place to listen

I wish I hadn't

Truth or not in the whisperings...!

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Pluviophile

Outstretched hand

Cupping falling rain

The sound so soothing

Finding peace and joy

On the rainy evening...!

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© Donna McCabe

South Wales, UK

donna_salisbury@sky.com

Donna McCabe is an established poet 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 she is also a respected admin on social media pages as well as having her own Instagram page, @donnamccabe_

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Five Micropoems by Vatsala Radhakeesoon

Routine of Nights

In centuries of darkness

drowns, drowns the silence;

Moon, the heart

and Stars, the eyes

sing, sing the duet of nuances

dazzled by the known and the unknown.

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Who’s that?

No colour,

No shape,

Invisible

but energetic omnipresence;

Poetry reflects –

Muse or God!

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Where I Come from

My island – a dot on a map

sways the greyish storms

and the struggles of History,

then, settles amidst the bluish sea-poise

of Victory,

Just breathe it!

Just dive in!

Just live it!

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Prayer for the Ex-lover

May you burry the clichés:

It wasn’t meant to be

Let it go

That’s Fate!

May you be reborn, enlightened

with a heart all-new

May you rise deeper within the wisdom of Patience

May true love unlock your soul!

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Don’t Ask

Don’t ask me why I’m unmarried,

Don’t ask me my religion,

Don’t frame me in your obscure knowledge

of Nationality.

If you can’t possess me,

Don’t harass me,

I’m the daughter of another land, for sure!

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© Vatsala Radhakeesoon

Rose-Hill, Mauritius 

vatsfrankness@gmail.com

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

Two Micropoems by Zdenka Mlinar

I Ask

The time of the coronavirus and vaccines

Confusion, pain, tears and losses...

Is there an end to this plague and affairs?

I ask while new affairs wash over us,

While the evil sowers announce new plagues.

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Wars Are the Worst

Crystal glaciers are melting,

Emerald rivers are drying up,

Mountains and the strongest cliffs are crumling...

The Earth, wounded and sad, says:

My children, wars are the worst, the worst!

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© Zdenka Mlinar

Croatia

zdenka.mlinar@gmail.com

Zdenka Mlinar (lives and works in Zagreb and Velika Gorica, CROATIA). She writes poetry, prose, and miniatures (aphorisms, haiku...). She is a member of many cultural associations and societies and has published seven independent collections of poems. She normally writes in Croatian standard, but also takes a challenge of writing in Croatian dialects. Her poetry and haiku works have been published in many international collections and journals, and in several European anthologies, while her haiku works have been included in the Anthology of Croatian Haiku Poetry in 2018. In 2019, 2020 and 2021 she was selected in the European top 100 most creative haiku authors, and ishe is a member of the world register of the Haiku Foundation. Some of her poems have been translated into Italian and English, while a dozen of them have become lyrics for music songs. She is publishing her works in electronic media and various guest appearances and round tables, and for her work, she has received many letters of appreciation, praise, acknowledgments, diplomas and medals. She is enlisted in The Lexicon of Modern Writers of Velika Gorica in 2006 and 2020.