Summer, a Micropoem by Emmanuel Mettles

"I was scorching like a summer,

The birds burnt within,

Every pore, a dried tunnel

Ending day, bled,

And, at the last mo,

At the very latest mo,

The moon died,

Died....

The the last death.

And who paints it,

Who else paints it!

© Emmanuel Mettles

Kerala, India 

Poetess Emmanuel Mettles was born and brought up in  Kerala State, India. She is Post Graduate in English, Sanskrit and Human Psychology. Presently she is working in Telangana State, India, as a Psychological Counsellor. She is a multilingual poet  who writes in English, Telugu and Malayalam languages.Her poems are published in many prominent periodicals. She is a co-author in as many as 48 anthologies published in India and abroad. Her latest book,  in her mother tongue,  Malayalam( Veyil Varavukal - Beaming Sunlight) is on the way.

She was awarded the title  BLOSSOMING POET - 2019 at HYDERABAD POET CONFLUENCE in 2019. And the following are few more other awards and laurels she received in recent times.

1. KABI RABINDRSNATH TAGORE AWARD 2020.

(ARPITA FOUNDATION- BRINDAVAN)

2. MADUSOODAN DUTTA EXCELLENCE AWARD ( INDO UNIVERSAL VOICES OF POETRY)

3. Suryodaya Excellence Award ( S.L.F ODISHA)

4.EVERYCHILD CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE (Indo Universe Voices of Poetry, W.B)

5. Certificate of Excellence (Oxygen Pen)

6. International Ambassador of Peace Award(World Literary Forum for Peace and Human Rights)

7.Purnakumbha Award(Biswa Sahithya Samithy, Telengana,)

8. Telengana Sahitya Akademi Award ( Govt.of Telengana).

She is the Founder of  a global literary platform namely The HaVen International which run seperate platforms for uplift of literature in languages English, Malayalam and തെലുഗു. (HaVen Malayalam, HaVen Telugu, HaVen Furnace (poetry review) and The HaVen International) Furthermore, Ms Emmanuel Mettles is functioning as Advisor, Admin and Vo-ordinator in many literary platforms.

She is the advisory general of a global lietrary platform, Suryodaya Literary Foundation. (Odisha, India)

She is a vibrant and live wire activist of violations against children and women.

She is also a renowned translator, columnist, critic and orator too.

Books published are

1.The Solo Traveller( English)

2.Ummu Chinnu(English)

3.Veyil Varavukal( Malayalam)

4.Sthreetha( Malayalam- a regional language of India)

Three Micropoems by Dr. Vineet Kashyap Tripathi

Futile Love 

what's love

that knows no pain

maybe flooded in blood

life ends in vain.

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Peace

If you 

fall in love,

you rise 

as a dove!

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Sweet Silence 

silence whispers 

through empty roads

vacant houses

solitude or solace.

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© 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

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Bocca di stelle               

Soffio Divino                

Bevi l'eterno fuoco     

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Opened book 

Snow on the page       

Stem of march

*

Libro aperto                   

Neve sulla pagina       

Stelo di marzo     

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Night Rose

On the lips at night 

Sparge le stelle 

*

Rosa notturna                  

Sulle labbra la notte         

Sparge le stelle              

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Flowers feathers

Dancing shoes

It’s spring

*

Piume di fiori             

Scarpette che danzano 

E' primavera                  

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Breath of the sea

Fisherman of moons

In my veins

*

Soffio di mare                 

Pescatore di lune                

nelle mie vene

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Mouth of violet

Earrings of moons 

On windowstill

*

Bocche di viole                

Orecchini di lune                 

sul davanzale

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Lull me forever

in the triunph of the wind

Let me be word  

*

Cullami sempre                    

Nel tripudio del vento            

Fammi parola                         

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Night rose

In the mouth

The spring blooms

*

Rosa notturna                        

Nella bocca fiorisce               

la primavera                          

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© 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
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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.