Poetry from Elmaya Jabbarova

White woman with long black slightly curly hair facing a bit away from the camera. She's wearing a black floral top.
Elmaya Jabbarova
My Glorious Flag

In the blue color of Turkisness,

In the red of Independence,

In the green of religion Islam,

It is combined in three colors!

Your moon and star is beautiful.

It's a call to the universe,

Peace, justice, reconciliation,

In three colors that are together !

It's look gorgeous as world It dazzles the eyes,

Makes the beholder jealous

There is a magic in three colors!

You are holy, our oath,

You are always on high peak,

Is waving at the border

Our Flag in its three colors!

it is rising ,

At the rostrum of the Supreme Council

İt presents the statement, says the word,

Azerbaijan in its three colors!

 

 

He turned to longing in the heart that is far from the eyes!...

Longing is a superhuman power that keeps people alive by believing in the tiniest sparks! @e.c.]

LONGİNG

You are in front of my eyes in my vision,

My eyelash hangs from my eyelid,

I'm so afraid to blink,

Your image will disappear from my heart garden.

What a trouble this world of love is!

Not everyone could stand it,

The Hell can't erase the luck given by God,

Segah, Rast rises from my soul room!

I built a world in my singing roots,

I made a thousand patterns for my eternal love,

I kept talking about failed love, his image is seeking from my growing longing

The color of love is not clear,

 It turns black after while!

Desire awakens in my longing heart,

Beloved comes from my youth.
 

DARKNESS

Those who do not work for a deed,

Your voice is coming from the swamp!

Those who do not get used to the light like a bat,

Come out of the darkness into the light!

From the dawn, sun and moon,

Do not be afraid of light, brightness,

Mind, hard work, skill, but also conscience,

Brings everyone out of the darkness!

May your wish come true,

So that your pure deed will be heard

So that your spirit and convictions remain pure,

Get out of the basement, out of the dark!

People have lost their way,

There is a barrier to the truth, times have changed,

He's playing with a lie, don't give up

Disgrace be gone, from the darkness!

What comes will go from the mortal world,

Get out of ignorance, old-fashioned,

Live so, leave so that from life,

Don't let the moaning sound come from the darkness!

 

 

Short creative biography

Elmaya Jabbarova was born in Azerbaijan. She is poet, writer, reciter, translator.

Her poems were published in the regional newspapers «Shargin sesi», «Ziya»,
«Hekari», literary collections «Turan», «Karabakh is Azerbaijan!», «Zafar»,
«Buta», foreign Anthologies «Silk Road Arabian Nights», «Nano poem for Africa», «Juntos por las Letras 1;2», «Kafiye.net» in Turkey, in the African's CAJ magazine, Bangladesh's Red Times magazine, «Prodigy Published» magazine. She
performed her poems live on Bangladesh Uddan TV, at the II Spain Book Fair 1ra Feria Virtual del Libro Panama, Bolivia, Uruguay, France, Portugal, USA.

 

Poetry from Robiul Awal Esa

Young South Asian man with dark sunglasses, dark short hair, and a purple sweater over his green collared shirt stands in front of a brick wall.
Robiul Awal Esa
Sin

There was a singer named Tarashanker,
He wanted to treat singer as a 1st number.
One day a man came to him to compete against him,
The man was such a good singer Tarashanker seem.
To defeat the man,
Tarashanker hit upon a plan.
There was a jharbati where the man sit,
To untite the jharbati a man was fix.
By untiting Tarashanker killed the man,
Tarashanker said the people he stopped the accident as long as he can.
The man's wife wanted to God the justice,
The man's son's start singing practice.
God has came to the earth as a stranger,
God has become the man's son's singing teacher.
God made the boy a good singer,
The boy went to Tarashanker and raise his finger.
Tarashanker wanted to the boy removal,
The boy through a singing proposal.
But there was a deal,
He who can defeat ,will give poison and kill.
Tarashanker listened the boy,
Listening the boy, he lost his joy.
Now the cruel man again did that as he did with the man,
But God (stranger) unsuccessful all his plan.
The boy became winner,
He gave the poison to the sinner.
God gave them justice,
By understanding God's justice they pray and practice.

Robiul Awal Esa is a 1st year student of Diploma in Nursing Science & Midwifery Course in  Government Nursing Institue, Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh.


Poetry from Azemina Krehic

Young white woman stands to the left of a picture with brick ruins and an arch in the background. She has waist length dark hair, a black top and blue jeans, and a floral jacket.
Azemina Krehic
YOU SAID

 

You said;

I will leave!

I will remove the seed of your image from my eyes

And plant it in the hard land of oblivion.

The shine from pupils will easily squirm, 

like a fish from palms.

 

I stood like a tree with many branches

abandoned by birds

and their nests.

 

I'm getting used to it

like earth's ground on dead bodies -

to your headless 

words.

 

Azemina Krehić was born on October 14, 1992 in Metković, Republic of Croatia.

Winner of several international awards for poetry, including:

Award of university professors in Trieste, 2019.,

„Mak Dizdar“ award, 2020.

Award of the Publishing Foundation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021.

„Fra Martin Nedić“ Award, 2022.

She is represented in several international anthologies of poetry.

Poetry from Emina Delilovic-Kevric

White woman with long reddish hair reads a book outside in the snow. She is wearing a colorful sweater.
Emina Delilovic-Kevric
April

 

April has long fingerprints on the window

The girl climbs up to the soft cheekbones

Across furrows touched by life

It is morning and freedom smells at the top visible to the inner stumbling

Enchanting flowers will bloom from the fingers,

and smells flow instead of blood

But despite the joy of the will,

her body doesn't recognize the arms that hug her.

 

 

Emina Đelilović-Kevrić (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 

After studying the b/h/s (bosnian/croatian/serbian) language and literature at the Philoshopical Faculty in Zenica she got her master's degree on the subject "Memory construction in the South Slavic interlinear community: typical models of the war camp experience in literature“. She is the author of the poetry collection "This time without history“ and the short stories collection "Erased lives."

Her collection of poems "My son and I“ is awarded by the Publishing Foundation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021. In 2022 she won the second place in the international literature competition "Isnam Taljić“. She is the winner of the second award for the best short story of the regional literature competition "Zija Dizdarević“ 2022, and she won the first place on international literature competition "Nastavi priču“ in 2023. She won a third place on the international poetry competition "Ossi di Seppia“ in Italy.

 

Poetry from Maja Milojkovic

Middle aged white woman with long blonde hair, eyeglasses, a scarf and a green sweater.
Maja Milojkovic
GIFT FROM GOD

 

Love is a gift from God

thank Maya by writing about Me.

You have no love for God, but call upon it, imagine that it is there, and pray for the Divine Vision.

That sublime love is hidden in holy books and in people whose mouths kiss the word of God and do not deviate from the path of devotion. Don't trust Maya men when you read love poems,

that's not love, that's lust.

Yesterday someone wrote about the only love,

 today you are the only love

tomorrow some other woman will be the only love.

It is a lie hidden in beautiful words.

Don't believe Maya's illusion

Don't look for love where it doesn't exist.

Pray to Maya with all your heart for protection.

Call Me.

I am Your gift, reveal me and

 keep me secret.

 

I FEEL YOU

 

Every raindrop is your inhale

and exhale

in the heavenly symphony

I listen to the beat of your heart.

Through the touch of the rain I feel you.

 

 

Maja Milojković was born in 1975 in Zaječar, Serbia.

She is a person to whom from an early age, Leonardo da Vinci's statement, "Painting is poetry that can be seen, and poetry is painting that can be heard," is circulating through the blood.

That's why she started to use feathers and a brush and began to reveal the world and herself to them.

As a poet, she is represented in numerous domestic and foreign literary newspapers, anthologies, and electronic media, and some of her poems can be found on YouTube.

Many of her poems have been translated into English, Hungarian, Bengali, and Bulgarian due to the need of foreign readers.

She is the recipient of many international awards.

"Trees of Desire" is her second collection of poems in preparation, which is preceded by the book of poems "Moon Circle."

She is a member of the International Society of Writers and Artists "Mountain Views" in Montenegro, and she is also a member of the Poetry club "Area Felix" in Serbia.

Poetry from Mahbub Alam

Middle aged South Asian man with short black hair, glasses, a colorful tie, a white shirt and light brown jacket.
Mahbub Alam
The Drawings

 

The drawings are singing

The wonderful melodious songs are sung with instruments

Enchanting as the painting of Mona Lisa!

The laugh you live in me

For ever and ever.

 

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

13 May, 2023

 


Withered Thoughts

 

The cyclone is ready to destroy

People are taking shelter as the birds fly to other

Fear hovers around the coastal area

Fear disturbs the mind

The sun is so hot, the scorching sun

Hinders to pace outside

We are in this turmoil world

Drooping in the furnace and chokes the breath.

 

 

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

13 May, 2023

Poetry from Mesfakus Salahin

Young South Asian man with red hair, glasses, and a red collared shirt.
Mesfakus Salahin

Snow Maiden

I am telling you Snow Maiden

You will melt like wax

The wind will lose your scent

The sea will carry your identity

I still love you

I know you won’t be mine

Flocks of seagull will be your companion

Your whiteness will be swayed by catkin

Bedouin will find your address

I will be a nomad like time

The speed will hang on one leg.

I’ll wear your nupur in the dance of memory

Will sell morning and afternoon

I will buy lost night.

Modern Saints

A serious meditation carried out

By seven modern holy saints

A well frog sings the song of Shiva

The mountain walks in the hands of the moon

Darkness lurks every night

A flood of kings in the midst of light

A daughter of two fathers

The illusion of shadow in the shell

May find your body

Timeless action is in the womb of time.

Whose is whose? No religion

The moon forgot her address

Everyone is wandering, the path is unknown.