Doctor of Sciences in Philology of ANAS, Professor Ramazan Gafarli

Lady of ladies, Burla Khatun of our poetry, long live.

Pride

What a beautiful name Burla Khatun is,

A symbol of courage, zeal, and chastity.

To keep this image alive,

To promote our country,

She never rests, she always writes,

She watches over it, makes it prosperous,

The cover of my pen.

I will separate the strands from my hair,

I will put a new string on the saz,

If the mizrab is a silk string,

The sound will spread naturally,

I will play the shur in the war,

I will go out in front of the army,

I will look straight into the enemy’s eyes.

I am a Turkish girl, my forehead is open,

I have a history, a nation, a great woman,

On earth, faithful to the covenant,

The voice of truth belongs to me,

Remember, O Muslim,

The book “Quran”, the anthem “Azan”,

I will spread freedom.

Elmaya Jabbarova was born in Azerbaijan. She is poet, writer, translator. Her poems from 2019 to date were published in the regional and foreign newspapers, magazines, books, Web pages, and anthologies. She has been awarded many certificates diplomas, medals. She is Department manager of Hekari newspaper of Azerbaijan. She is a honorary member of the Writers of Kazakhstan and 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, 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.

Intentions

Everyone has their own way of thinking 

Everyone has their own perception 

But we’re always the winner when 

We’re true to our intention.

Everyone has their own logic

To justify their actions and words..

Life is too short to judge someone 

Everonye is occupied who cares !

Yet when we are true to our intention 

It gives us strength and strong intuition 

Choose kindness in every form…

It’s the only thing we don’t need reform.

Some words are very intense 

When we reconcile our mind in silence..

Sometimes our intuition is our best friend,

It’s our companion, it’s our guidance.

Our pure intention makes us strong 

It helps us to juggle between right and wrong, 

True intention brings logic and transformative precision.. 

It helps us to make right decision.

Universe has an unseen law 

That never changes with season, 

We rarely feel it cause we lack submission..

Nothing happens in this world without any reason.

Sumana Bhattacharjee 

01/08/2026

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 poetry writer 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 groups 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 Soft Warrior 

You see me standing

before you and

all you see is

softness.

You think my softness

makes me weak

and easy to

control.

Yes, I wear my

heart on my sleeve.

You tell me to

harden my heart.

I tried to harden

my heart.

It felt like toxins

moving through

my body.

So I softened

my heart back.

You say that the

softness in my

eyes and my

face

is weakness.

And that wearing my

heart on my sleeve

is weakness.

I am stronger than

you’ll ever

understand.

And just maybe

my softness is

meant to help soften 

your heart.  

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.

WORD BY WORD

Word by word and the day passes,

I tell you what you want to hear…

On the other hand, your sweet voice

with which you caress me warmly and tenderly.

I love it when I forget about myself

when only you exist in my words…

You listen to me carefully, carried high

in your eyes fear, as if you are afraid.

What are you afraid of? Love or sadness,

don’t worry while I dream about you…

While my kisses take off like birds,

and I caress you in my sleep all night.

I whisper to you gently all the words I know,

with which I want to express my love…

While stardust flies through my eye,

do you feel that I love you, with my whole heart.

I get carried away and words flow,

feelings slide from my chest…

Sometimes I don’t even know what I want to say to you,

all words are sincere and close to you.

I speak more and more, I have to say everything,

because my rhymes flow from my mouth…

I don’t speak other people’s thoughts or quotes,

your name is in every word.

I will always have something to tell you

as long as you love and want to hear…

Words and unrest will often meet

letters will merge, faces will cross.

And so word by word!

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. 

Raindrops

Raindrops fall silently from the sky,

The rose in the garden gently unfolds its petals.

And love, like a river, flows deep,

Entwined with rain and flower, in an endless dance.

Gracefully, the rain kisses the rose in the night,

Gently illuminating it with its droplets.

And the rose, like a lovestruck maiden,

Receives rain kisses with joy and a smile.

Love, like the scent of a rose in the air,

Softly envelops the heart, making it strong and tender.

In this union of nature and emotion,

We discover the beauty of love that doesn’t fade even when the rain stops.

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 2 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”.

THE CANOE AND THE RIVER

They tell a story, 

of the canoe and the river, 

That she loved him,

and that he waited for her. 

She of wood, 

he of green reeds, 

She with her arms, 

Of ancient oars. 

Evening would come, 

and he with his warm water, 

would give her a kiss, 

Until the next day when she arrived.

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.”

Strict

Can you hold your own interpretation when the words become whip!

Let there be a silent void where the sound is a wall.

Candid confessions to trap lies,

Don’t indulge in lies in the back of your mind,

Doubtful in an epic story of how many solutions.

If one strength has to be stay to go,

However, let the thoughts of the mind remain unbroken within the walls of the mind.

A great insistence of great significance in discovering fruit.

Date: 08.08.2026

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.