Poetry from Safarova Zarnigor

Young Central Asian teen girl with brown hair parted on the side, brown reading glasses, a light purple top and a brown and white checkered sweater.
Safarova Zarnigor
MY RIVER PAINS

I want to smile...
And you are in the air...
Even though I am young, 
I am one of those who have eaten a lot of this old world's morals...
It breaks you when it calls, it doesn't break itself...
It's interesting, then you will also become one of these decency sticks who do not try to say "yes"...
I can't...
Why?!
I am a servant in this world, if I make a mistake in the morning, I will be punished at noon...
The century of my day comes when I know my lesson...
And you know "Kilmish" but you don't know about "Kidirmish"...
I'm not smiling...
And you are still in the air...
Don't think it's easy for me. I've had pains you don't even know about, even times when I'm ready to give up on dinner. But you know what? I didn't, we all have choices. So don't ever take a wrong step, my dears!




I want to go far away, forget everything, 
To the city that my dream calls to.
I want to go far away, irrevocably
I am alone with this poor soul.
What did my heart not see?
I'm not dead, I'm still alive.
This heart is pounded like a horn,
And yet the heart is still beating.
Fate breaks me, shakes me even,
It  never stopped teaching.
Now I'm used to everything,
Tears did not stop crying.
This is my face when I smile
I have pains that no one knows about. 
There are things I couldn't tell you, 
Mom, so that you don't feel sad. 
Every night I press my face to the pillow,
I was crying so much
With pain in the heart.
This is my face when I smile
I have pains that no one knows about.

Essay from Gulsevar Xojamova

Older Central Asian teen girl with straight black hair in a  black suit jacket with a white blouse. She's standing in front of a black and white and red and green background.
Gulsevar Xojamova

My innocent friend

      I have a friend. We talk to him every day. His thoughts are deep and thoughtful. I don’t pay much attention to his words. I used to laugh at his wise words: “Don’t be so wise.” One day he said: “You should appreciate your parents, I envy you.” I understood all the pain in his tearful eyes.

      There was an orphanage near our school. I pass by there every day, as long as I don’t pay attention. After this incident, I began to look at that place with a different look.

       I saw a crying four-year-old boy. My steps led involuntarily towards the boy. As my hands gripped his tiny shoulders, I felt a surge of strength.

 – Does the boy cry too, what’s the matter, little one?

 – I saw my father. I ran, but they left without looking…

    I wiped the tears on their faces and comforted them. In the child’s Byron language: the resounding word “father” – the image of “invisible fathers” raised many questions in my heart…

Gulsevar Khojamova

Uzbekistan, Student of Andijan State Pedagogical Institute

Poetry from Mesfakus Salahin

Ode to the Dead Soul

The blue sea is burning in the leaves of the trees 
The roar that pierced the sky stopped
 Each chapter of the novel is titled 'Black Sorrow'. 
The dry path crawls past like a reptile
 Wailing wails across the fields 
The tension of the invisible thread in the whole being
 When will the sailor anchor in the unknown island? 
Existence will sink into the abyss of space
 A couple of birds perched on a dry branch, silent readers
 A portrait in new white cloth
 The soul of the solar system has hidden itself 
The saint's body will be destroyed
 Soul will get immortality.

Poetry from Muntasir Mamun Kiron

Young South Asian preteen boy in a white shirt school uniform and with short brown hair.
Muntasir Mamun Kiron
The Best Language Bangla

In the land of rivers wide and green,
Where history's tapestry is woven unseen,
There lies a tongue, melodious and sweet,
That echoes through the ages, a heartbeat.

Bangla, the language of passion and fire,
Whispers of freedom, soaring higher,
In its syllables, tales of courage untold,
In its verses, dreams of old.

From the banks of Padma to the hills afar,
Bangla's essence, like a guiding star,
Unites the hearts, in love and in song,
A melody that's ancient, yet ever strong.

With every word, a story unfurls,
Of triumphs, struggles, and pearls,
A language of poets, thinkers, and seers,
Echoing through time, conquering fears.

Oh Bangla, in your rhythms, we find,
A symphony of the heart and mind,
In your letters, a nation's pride,
Forever in you, our spirits abide.

Muntasir Mamun Kiron is a student of grade 10 in Harimohan Government High School, Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh.


Essay from Gulsanam Qurbonova

Central Asian teen girl with long black hair, a white shirt, and black laced-up overalls. She's in front of a multicolored artsy background that resembles a technicolor fall forest.
Gulsanam Qurbonova

MY MOTIVATIONS IN LIFE

Successful people always think positively. They always enjoy life no matter what. They are good at almost everything. It’s always nice to talk to them because they’re always smiling and friendly. Such people poison others with their happiness.  Successful people believe in themselves and their success. They never feel bad that “I can’t succeed” because they make every effort to learn everything in advance. However, even if something fails, they, unlike those who are harmed, ask themselves, “How did this happen and what should I do?” They ask the question and look for ways to get a positive result.  Successful people are not afraid of responsibility. They take responsibility for the decisions they make, even if they are difficult for others or risky. When you’re successful, you immediately have haters around you. Ignore them, don’t let criticism, pressure, emotional attacks make you weak. Build up your confidence and use your armor of confidence for good!!

What is the role of energy in our life? Why do I rarely take people close to me? There are different categories of people around us and we have to establish a relationship with them. I have been working on my spirituality and personal development for years and I want to share my findings with you! I avoid 3 categories of people very quickly, I don’t even read their messages: 1) He complains about his life, shares his pain with everyone, blames everyone and makes himself the victim 2) Interferes in the life of others, discusses and gossips about it; 3) Those who do not understand you, who only think they are right and give unsolicited advice. These 3 categories of people eat your energy. After you talk to a person who constantly complains about his life, makes himself miserable, blames everyone, his energy and aura of dirt will transfer to you. You feel powerless, unable to do anything. Those who interfere in other people’s lives and look for dirt under their fingernails can even make you sick. Gossip, discussions, finding fault with someone will darken your heart, and being too busy with things that have nothing to do with you is nothing more than wasting your energy.

For example, I don’t care who is married, divorced or at war with someone. Those who always blame you, who do not understand even if you explain a million times, who look for dirt under their fingernails, are the biggest enemies of your energy. By the time you explain to them and justify yourself, you will be exhausted and nervous. Because he does not understand, does not want to understand. Because he himself is so negative, he thinks of others as well. I will forever block those who have bad suspicions about me, I will never talk to them. Because if you don’t do a thousand good deeds, he will suspect evil. Allah also said: “I am in the suspicions of my servant about me.” Whatever you suspect about people, he will show you. I rarely have close relationships with people. I do not allow negative energy to influence others. I don’t listen to anyone on personal matters, I don’t give advice. Because I don’t know the situation completely, and someone’s problems and pains definitely affect me. That’s why I stay away. Don’t let someone else’s dirty aura affect your beautiful life, don’t waste your valuable time discussing the lives of worthless people.

When you bring yourself to zero, that’s when positive energy flows into you. Zero is the strongest number and state in the world. The number, which represents nothingness, emptiness and nothingness, is a very powerful number. God created man innocent. At first he was zero to sin. That’s when he was the strongest. For example, you talk about your problems, let’s say you have 10-15 problems. You don’t have a car, your health is bad, you are unhappy with your family, and so on. Is it possible to erase these when you write them down on a piece of paper? Of course it is possible. But what can’t you turn off? Zero! You can’t erase an absence from a sheet.

QURBONOVA GULSANAM

Poetry from Dildora Toshtemirova

Central Asian teen girl with long dark hair and brown eyes and a small necklace. She's wearing a dark floral blouse and is in front of trees and people at night.
Sorrows


I shut my eyes in silence
Will these pains remain?
If I don't talk, I'll keep quiet
Will it give peace to sorrows


Or say good people
I have bad pains
A lot of things are heard
The nights when I can't find an answer


Or is that life
Grief is made of worry
Good days are coming
Armon contacted me

 Toshtemirova Dildora Hakim qizi . Born in Uzbekistan on October 9, 2008

Poetry from Stephen Jarrell Williams

Cold Train to Texas

Cold train to Texas
shaved my beard off

Cut my hair short
appearing younger with scars

I don't believe in guns
just bazookas

No sandals just boots
no cigs just pipes

I'm a one woman man
she's crying back home

Train whistling
beginning the sick trip

Everyone worried about war
some greased up to slide

Moon watching above
witch on her broom

Drones following her and us
note taking who is worse

Train paying no attention 
engineer stoked in vibrations

Wild eyed
mouth open

Picking up speed
over the bridge of no return.



Still of Midnight

Stores closed
yet the parking lot full

people sitting in their cars
sleeping sitting up
huddled under blankets
doors locked

homeless
doing without
and living within

hope and turmoil
and the death of tears.



Sleeping Sun

We beg
you
to awake

We need
your
warmth

Your
light
showing the way.



Going Home

Going home
probably not there anymore

Can't stop
hoping

It will be
as it was

Years ago
different world

Everything
lost now

Collecting tears
memory wrapped

Loved ones
cherished list

With deep sorrow
we seldom called.