Two Questionku Poems by Jyoti Nair

Unicorn wings

We are scattered stars

Where is our Orion? 

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Foxtrot loon-dance

Nights are onyx-screams

Have you found your rhythm? 

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© Jyoti Nair

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 

jyotinair2017@gmail.com

A Questionku Poem by Jaipreet Grover

Twinkling bright stars
Beautifies the sky
Then why wish for their fall?
© Jaipreet Grover
Maharashtra, India

Haiku Has Much More Diversity Than Before : Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer

When some people say that please be reminded that a 'Haiku' is not only 5/7/5 syllablic but also must be about nature, then becomes necessary to discuss it in modern contexts. The prevalence of the subject must be accepted in changing times. Currently, haiku are being written in many languages ​​of the world. In Hindi, haiku are being written on each & every subject/topic. There is always the possibility of experimentation in poetry. 

You may agree or disagree. Your concept may be different or the same. In this context, I am a bit liberal. You can argue with a disagreement that for example the sonnet has its format rules. Yet many break from the norm. The same happens in 'haiku' which is Japanese in origin. A haiku is a haiku...it has its rules. So I want to say that It is up to you how you accept it. What do we take from tradition and what we can do new. I have clarified my opinion. A haiku is a haiku, but now Haiku is much more powerful and has much more diversity than before. We should be progressive. I think, this is a must for modern poetry. 

Although the word Senryu is also used for haiku for subjects other than nature, but under the same format, In modern era there is no justification for different names on the basis of subject only, while other things are the same. Haiku is currently being written in several formats (on the basis of syllables count). Means It can be said that in modern poetry many types of relaxation have been taken in the format. This is the motion of time. We have to accept change with time. Modern poetry supports it. In such a situation, if the subject has expanded in the process of writing haiku, then we should accept it without hesitation. 

© Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer 

editorsgveer@gmail.com

Precious Pearls, A Gogyohka by Gurjeet Kour Ghuman

In love felt like

Falling rain drops

Scattered on the trembling leaf

Rolling off its tip 

Like cascade of precious pearls.

©️ Gurjeet Kour Ghuman

ghumangurjeetkour@gmail.com

[Eminent  poetess Gurjeet Kour Ghuman is social activist running an NGO, The Sara in UT J&K, author of two poetry books Elysian Petals and Deep Notion.]

Into an Abyss, A Micropoem by Miroslava Panayotova

Two mussels scorch and burn.

Two dark mussels burn me

with the sea in them.

They burn the palm,

The eyes and the soul

and turn me 

into an abyss.

© Miroslava Panayotova

Parvomay, Bulgaria

Micropoems in Hindi by Melina Papa [Greece], Translated From English by Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer [India]

मेलिना पापा की क्षणिकाएँ [अंग्रेज़ी से हिन्दी अनुवाद : डॉ. शैलेष गुप्त 'वीर']

मदद के लिए हाथ बढ़ाओ
अनाथों हेतु
तथा
बेघरों हेतु,
क्योंकि यह सुनिश्चित है
ईश्वर 
सदैव आपकी रक्षा करेंगे
और भला करेंगे!
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अग्नि-पीड़ित
अपने घर
छोड़कर जा रहे हैं,
और फूट-फूटकर
रो रहे हैं,
और अब
आंधी-तूफ़ान भी!
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जैसे-जैसे 
होती है रात,
चलने लगते हैं
मेरे ख़याल 
साथ तुम्हारे...!
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माफ़ कर दो
अपने सबसे बुरे 
दुश्मन को भी,
बेहतर बनाने के लिए 
एक बार हमारी पूरी
मानवता को!
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© मेलिना पापा
एग्रीनियो, ग्रीस
papamelina10@gmail.com
अनुवाद : डॉ. शैलेष गुप्त 'वीर'
फतेहपुर, उत्तर प्रदेश, भारत 
veershailesh@gmail.com 

[Poetess: Melina Papa, Agrinio, Greece]

[Translator : Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer, Fatehpur, UP, India]

Micropoems by Melina Papa
[Original in English]

Give a helping hand 
to orphans 
and
homeless,
Because -
for sure 
God will protect you
and forever
bless! 
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Fire victims 
are leaving
their homes,
Bursts in tears, 
even 
the Thunderstorm!
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As 
It is 
Falling the night,
My thoughts run
By your side…!
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Forgive even 
your worst 
Enemy,
To better once 
For all our
Humanity!
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© Melina Papa
Agrinio, Greece 
papamelina10@gmail.com

I Want Tonight, A Micropoem by Ljiljana Dobra

I want tonight
with tear of silence
to wash
plush carpet
and
in prints
of your existence
to I delete
the scar of time
which does no longer exists.
© Ljiljana Dobra
Šibenik, Republic of Croatia