When the eyes meet…

Look, right now, at this moment

In the harbor of love

Face to face with me

Eye to eye

In the ocean of my eyes

In the angle of the eyes

Looking at the future

In that little boat

In the arms of the waves

In the height of the sail

Looking for happiness

See how it composes

The joyful rhythm of love,

The song of the King of Love,

Oh my dream hero!

Let me declare to you

You are the first accent of my heart

With you I understood

The feeling of being loved

That love exists.

But I never knew

The thousand games of fate.

When I suddenly saw you

When those magical feelings

Wrapped my heart

Like a little bird

I would fly away from there…

I would drown in your gaze,

I would sleep late in the evenings,

I would count stars one by one

In the moonlight in the sky

I would find a double star

I would name us

Look, it would be you

Me next to you.

It would land on my face, hey

A constant pleasant smile

Yeah… It would get stuck

Stamped on a document

Like an official seal.

Now I look at you

In your eyes full of love

We stand face to face

From a memory book

The embroidery of patterns

It is solved like a puzzle

This moment is lived one by one

A life that has not been lived.

Elmaya Jabbarova was born in Azerbaijan. She is a poet, writer, and translator. Her poems from 2019 to date were published in the regional and foreign newspapers, magazines, books, websites, and anthologies. She has been awarded many certificates, diplomas, and medals. She is the department manager of Hekari newspaper of Azerbaijan. She is an honorary member of the Writers of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyzstan World Association of People’s Creators, Honorary member of the International Academy of Literature, Art, Culture and Social Sciences of Uzbekistan. She is an Academic Appointed Coordinator by the Secretary General of Azerbaijan, Argentina. She is presented in the book Famous Personalities MultiArt – 5, Argentina. She was a member World Poetic Fraternity. She was awarded the title of Global Poet of 2023; 2024. She was awarded the title of World Poet Laureate from Azerbaijan as one of 55 poets selected by Pentasi B Friendship Poetry for 2025.

Ethereal 

Love should feel like home 

Not a chaos of your peaceful heart,

Keep yourself away from that inconsistent place..

Where there is every chance to get hurt.

At the end of the day 

If your tender heart feel grey,

If we find ourself in an insecured orbit…

It’s not love, nothing much to say.

Love must not be clumsy, it’s a journey..

Through intensity and purity 

Why to walk by the uneven road where 

There is no  trust and  clarity!

Love  must not be playful or superficial 

The journey should be profound and ethereal.

Sumana Bhattacharjee 

09/07/2026

Author’s Bio 

Sumana Bhattacharjee is a bilingual poetry writer from India. She born and brought up in city Kolkata in a family of teachers. From her childhood she has had a keen interest in music, poetry and drama. She is a published poet, and her poems have been published in more than twenty national and international anthologies. She is a regular contributor of ezines like Glomag Raven-Cage Ezines, Spillword.com, and Cultural Reverence. She founded two online literature group, and she is working as an assistant executive editor at Global Nation Newspaper, Bangladesh. She is the peace ambassador of WHMP. She is passionate about poetry, and she thinks this is the only way she can spread her thought around the world.

The Piano

On a trail near a

river crossing

sits an abandoned

piano

Weathered by storms

aged by the sun

leaves crown the

piano

Squirrels scamper and

play and play on

the keys

As covered wagons

roll on past the

piano near the

river crossing

High above the trees

a hawk can be seen

The sounds of the

piano mixing with 

the music of the 

river.

July 26, 2026

Shannon Scoates is a Canadian poet and intuitive writer whose work is rooted in nature, mysticism, and channeled guidance. Influenced by childhood storytellers like Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, as well as poets such as Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, E.E. Cummings, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, and RR Token author Terry Brooks, she began writing at age ten as a way to express emotion and truth. Shannon is also an energy healer trained in Reiki, colour, sound, and vibrational therapy, and she is passionate about helping women find their voice through writing and spiritual connection. A devoted advocate for children’s literature and animal rights, she carries forward the encouragement of her Grampa and Grama, whose spirit continues to guide her creative path. Her first book is currently in development.

I AM GROWING OLD

I glide my fingertips over the wrinkles on my face, I am growing old…

Each one depicts something

from my life

but I don’t care.

Not a single artist

could arrange them like this,

shallow, deep, smiling

they look at me from my skin.

I frown in vain,

I didn’t do it,

It’s all God’s work…

The one next to the eye that laughs,

and the one next to the lips

that changes the whole face.

I was growing old

and you danced in my chest,

becoming the most beautiful part of me…

I smiled with my soul, eyes, lips

like an actress on stage.

My wrinkles were beautiful too,

there was more and more room for you

because my skin was getting bigger…

I am growing old, I am slowly forgetting,

I know it was happiness.

I am burning

because my heart is tingling and my thoughts are black,

I AM GROWING OLD!

BIOGRAPHY

MILKA J. ŠOLAJA, born in Korenica, Republic of Croatia. Lives and works in Belgrade. She has been writing poetry since her high school days.

So far, she has published 11 independent poetry collections: “If I Were a Bird”, “Dreams in the Mirror”, “Between Reality and Sleep”, “Traces Will Remain”, “Black and White World”, “I Think Your Hands Are Yours”, “A Tear from Stone”, “I Was Born Alone” and two co-authored poetry collections: “I Dream with Verses” and “My Dreams Written in Verses”, published by “Kulture Snova” from Zagreb. 

The eleventh poetry collection “I Am This I Am” is in preparation for publication, as well as the autobiographical novel “Walking on the Edge.” She writes love, homeland, descriptive, reflective, spiritual and poetry for children, translated into English, Hungarian, Bengali, Spanish, Greek, Odia, Arabic…

Award-winning, represented in many anthologies, monographs, collections and magazines, both domestic and international. Some poems are composed. Member of: Serbian Writers’ Association, Literary and Artistic Union “Vlaho Bukovac” from Split, “Culture of Dreams” from Zagreb, Institute for Children’s Literature in Belgrade. She is also a member of several International Groups, Forums and Academies for Poetry and Literature, where she has received a large number of awards. 

To You 

As the earth thirsts for rain,  

As the sunflower longs for the sun,  

So does my soul yearn for you. 

In every drop, in every ray,  

I see your image, your gentle smile.  

Just as night has its darkness,  

So do I seek the trace of you in my heart. 

As the earth awaits spring,  

As the flower dreams of azure heights,  

My heart, like a swallow, comes to you,  

To love you through the depths of affection. 

In every breeze, I hear your whisper,  

In every leaf, I feel your breath,  

For you are my unrest, from which I suffer,  

My everything, and my eternal fear. 

As the earth thirsts for rain,  

As the sunflower longs for the sun,  

So does my soul yearn for you,  

Dreaming of you, loving you, always listening to you.

Maja Milojković was born in Zaječar, Serbia. She is the deputy editor at “Sfairos” publishing house in Belgrade, Serbia.  She is the vice-president of the association “Rtanj and Mesečev poetski krug”.  She is the author of two books: “The Circle of the Moon” and “Trees of Desire” She is the editor of the International Anthology “Rtanjski stihopevi” One of the founders of the poetry club “Area Felix” from Zaječar, Serbia and the editor of an international e-magazine for creative literature and culture “Area Felix”.

LOVING YOU SO MUCH

How to decipher love, everything is a mystery, 

it must have a value. 

The hours by your side, 

your kisses and caresses, 

that empowered me. 

With a love that isn’t feigned, 

to live loving a beloved being, 

who is my delirium. 

It’s that you managed 

to erase the sadness from my poor life

Nidia Amelia García, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a writer and an active member of Juntos por las Letras (Together for Letters). She has participated in numerous virtual events in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Spain, Colombia, Portugal, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and elsewhere. She has also contributed to literary anthologies such as “Books of the Immortals” and “Anthology of the 50 Poets of the World 2022.”

Guayaquil in the afternoon

Walking one autumn afternoon,

Guayaquile, the largest capital of Ecuador,

Surrounding the beauty of shining development all around.

There is the famous river walkway,

The shops are beautifully decorated.

You will see colorful houses in this city.

The house is colored in the colorful colors of this city.

The history of industrial trade still stands today,

As a historical area.

As the main port of the country,

At the urging of trade,

As an international trade center.

If you want to see lots of iguanas,

But that city is a trip once.

West across the Guayas River,

of the gulf of Guayaquil in the pacific ocean,

As you approach, 

you will find the city of Guayaquil.

To visit the Malecon, Laspices,

Let’s go to that city.

 Date: 22.07.2026

Amb. Dr. Priyanka Neogi is from Coochbehar. She is an administrative controller of United Nations’ PAF, a librarian, a CEO of Lio Messi International Property & Land Consultancy, international literacy worker, sports & peace promoter, dancer, singer, reciter, live telecaster, writer, editor, researcher, literary journalist, host, beauty queen, international co-ordinator of the Vijay Mission of Community Welfare Foundation of India.