Poems by Maria Dulce Leitao Reis     Dreams are hymns   If there is anyone in whom I fully trust, It’s on me. I survived plots, traps and congeners. I built my defences, I defended myself, Whatever happens, come what may, I’m not afraid, life has hardened me against evil, only against evil. […]

 Poems by Maria Dulce Leitao Reis

A Poetry Collaboration of Shahid Abbas and Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo     Verses of Meraki   Elizabeth:   Verses are not just mere words, When their meanings shape the essence of being Written lyrics on the face of the sky, Like a doting mother singing a lullabye.   Shahid:   The sublime secret has been […]

Verses of Meraki / A Poetry Collaboration of Shahid Abbas and Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo

Robert Graves   Kalendari poetik: Robert Graves (1895-1985)   Poet, shkrimtar dhe eseist i njohur britanik, ka datën e lindjes më 24 korrik; babai i tij qe irlandez, nëna gjermane, emri i plotë është Robert von Ranke Graves. Qe një ndër shkrimtarët britanikë më në zë të shekullit XX. Ja përzgjedhja ime sot:   […]

Kalendari poetik: Robert Graves (1895-1985) / Përgatiti materialin Maksim Rakipaj

Juan Octavio Prenz   Kalendari poetik: Juan Octavio Prenz (1932-2019)   Juan Octavio Prenz, shkrimtar, poet dhe gjuhëtar argjentinas, me prejardhje nga Kroacia dhe Istria. Ka dhënë gjuhësi spanjolle në Universitetin e Beogradit, Triestes, Lublianës dhe Venecias. Gjatë jetës së tij botoi tetë përmbledhje poetike, tregime, romane, ese mbi letërsinë spanjolle, si dhe përkthime […]

Kalendari poetik: Juan Octavio Prenz (1932-2019) / Përgatiti materialin Maksim Rakipaj

Poezi nga Teuta Sadiku     ***   Doja të më doje siç do ajrin ajo fara e vogël në dhe groposur filizat e mi të çajnë cipën e tokës e frutat e mi trupin tënd të mbulojnë.   Doja afshin tim përvëlues të provoje para se Dielli ngrohtësinë të zvogëlojë oksigjenin tim nga […]

Poezi nga Teuta Sadiku

Hello, Friends – – – I’d like to read you a poem called “If ever I write a book.” It’s from my new collection of poems and drawings, Plumstuff: https://rollistuff.com/2022/03/16/presenting-plumstuff/ I’ll be seeing you… Cheers – – –

VIDEO POEM: If Ever I Write a Book

Poem by Hannie Rouweler     The ditches of my childhood   Ditches everywhere. The narrow ditches from my childhood keep all the moments of seasons. Frozen quickly in winter, skating after school, a sleigh on the ice and everyone wanted to pull the rope or rather sit on it. You were left with […]

The ditches of my childhood (De sloten van mijn kinderjaren) / Poem by Hannie Rouweler

Statue of Larbi Ben M’hidi     লারবি বেন মাহিদি *   স্বাধীনতা দিবস   স্মরণে   একটি উজ্জ্বল হাসি খেলে গেল তার মুখে । সে যে ছিল বিদ্রোহী, তার মত নেই কেউ আর ।   সে কি ঈশ্বরের নীরবতায় করেছিলেন অবজ্ঞা যখন বেজে ছিল যুদ্ধের ডামাডোল? “কেউ জানে না ।”   বর্তমানের মতো […]

Ithaka 742: ABDEL KADER MESAOUD, ALGERIA / Bangla Translation: Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein & into English by Germain Droogenbroodt

Fethi Sassi (Tunisia)   A poet, translator, and haiku writer from Tunisia in the north of Africa of international renown , born in the 01-06-1962 in Nabul . He is a member of the union of the Tunisian poet He published his first book entitled ( seed of love ) in 2010. the second […]

Fethi Sassi (Tunisia)

Pushmaotee Subrun (Mauritius)   Pushmaotee Subrun studied in Delhi University, worked in Zimbabwe and Mauritius, was later a member of the Council of the University of Mauritius and is currently an editor in the Ministry. She is the author of: ‘Ella’, ‘Who is Your Best Friend?’, ‘Short Stories and Fables’, ‘A lyrical bouquet of […]

 Pushmaotee Subrun (Mauritius)