Eight Micropoems by Jennifer Gurney

here a brief moment
wound your heart around mine
then gone
I am
unraveled
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the song’s end
hung in silent air
connected to our heartstrings
tether only broken
by erupting applause
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a poem softly lands
on my open heart
gentle, in the moonlight
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walking beside you
the sound of your voice
streaming in my heart
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your light shines bright
trailing love glitter
wherever you go
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you leave
a constant stream of love
in your wake
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even after 
divorce papers are signed
my heart claims you.
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that moment
of push-me-pull-you ness
knowing I need to
finding it impossible
to let you go
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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.

Three Modern Haiku by Kujtim Hajdari

There are some people

They do not wait the death 

Are dead even live!

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I want much the love

But first I want the freedom 

Freedom begets love!

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Friendship is window

Where you can look deeper

The soul human!

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- KUJTIM HAJDARI

ALBANIA/USA

Kujtim Hajdari was born in Hajdaraj, on April 10, 1956, in the city of Lushnjë, Albania. He completed high school, mechanical studies, and later pursued university studies in language and literature in Albania. He initially worked as a mechanic, and after graduating from university, he became a teacher of language and literature in High Schools.

He started writing at a young age, but his works did not see the light of publication due to political reasons. He writes in Albanian, Italian and English. He has lived in Albania, Italy and now in USA. His published creativity began since 2017. So far he has published 17 poetry volumes, has translated 5 books in English and has participated in 97 anthologies (17 national and 80 international anthologies)

He is editor and publisher of serial anthology "All together" on Amazon. He has participated in up to 40 competitions, national and international, up to now. He has warns many appreciations and awards, in August 2024 was winner of International Impact Book Awards in USA. The publications of his poems will take on considerable geographical space. You will find them published in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Italy, the USA, Romania, Morocco, Egypt, Denmark, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, Spain, Germany, China , etc.  

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.
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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.
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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?

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© 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!

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© 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.