My Dear Mother

In the sky, you are my shining bright sun,

At night, you are the moon that smiles on everyone.

In the garden, you are the fairest blooming flower,

My paradise, my mother — your love is my power.

You are the light and warmth of our home’s embrace,

The pride of our family, with kindness and grace.

The purest heart in the world, gentle and true,

My one and only mother — my life is you.

Even if I call you the world’s most fair, it’s still not enough,

You never tire of hard work, you always stay tough.

May your smile shine forever, like the morning dew,

My innocent, gentle mother — my heart belongs to you.

Your smile brightens the dawn’s gentle light,

When you laugh, the sun joins in with delight.

When you speak, your words are pearls from above,

For me, you are the one — my mother, my love.

You watch the roads, your eyes filled with care,

Waiting for me to return from the school there.

For me, you are a teacher, a guide, and a friend,

My paradise, my one and only mother — till the end.

In this world, my dearest one, my love will never bend.

Money

The trouble with 

Choosing a life

Where you don’t 

Care about money

Is that you’re sometimes

Worried about money

Because there’s so little of it.

Taylor Dibbert is a poet in Washington, DC. He’s author of, most recently, “On the Rocks.”

Speaking My Mind

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Time is not moving very fast tonight.

So I write the inbetweens and see what I have….

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There’s much more in the seeing and feeling of life.

A moment can keep me and free me….

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All the songs I have listened to

tune my heart.

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The lips of my wife soften me….

I see her in my thoughts.

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Flesh magnified

touching of the living.

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Playing my guitar of words

she dances.

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God watching over us.

Clouds of tears and forever cheers.

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The whirl of the world

just a splinter of time.

The Age of War

For most of a life now long enough 
to be half buried in history,
the country, half-despairingly,
I call my own—
half-decadent, half-barbarian,
and wholly crass—
has been, above all things, at war.

Not only the kind that bleeds headlines.

A frigid civil war, scar 
of a hot one long ago,
between a party drunk on virtue
and another, aggrieved and vengeful.

A war between races,
nations, tribes,
for which will tyrannize
the seven continents.

A war between generations
as callous adulthood sends its children
to the slow death of lack of enough
money, or drones and killing.

A war of the rich on the rest of us,
rooted as old as time
now a monstrosity
beyond obscenity.

A war between the sexes
whipped into a frenzy;
a war man and woman refuse
either truce or loss.

War on war on war across
decades I do not wish to count—

at times almost about to gamble 
a cagey ceasefire,
only to be pulled underground
in cunning retreat,

like a wild fire that forever burns,
threatening at points that cannot be known
to claw and tongue into the air again
and sweep away to ashes 
the wilderness of mankind.

I do not see an end to them.
Perhaps they cannot end:
perhaps they are as old
as mad, foolish humankind,
and so they will end only
with the last human sigh.

And so they are tearing us to pieces.

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Christopher Bernard’s book The Socialist’s Garden of Verses won a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award and was named one of the “Top 100 Indie Books of 2021” by Kirkus Reviews. His latest book of poetry, appearing in the fall of 2025, is The Beauty of Matter.

The coach behind MMA’s determination and victories

Many people have different opinions about MMA. Some consider it a bloody fight, a competition without rules. Some even criticize it as a “game of street thugs.” In fact, MMA is a mixed martial arts, which also has strict rules and regulations. People who know this sport well understand that skill, discipline, and hard work are in the first place.

In 2018, the MMA Federation was established in our country, opening the doors to the international arena for our athletes. After that, MMA quickly became popular in Andijan, Bukhara, Kashkadarya, Samarkand, and Fergana regions. Today, Chiraqchi district is also becoming one of the leading regions in this regard.

Bahrom Haydarov’s role in this development is incomparable. He is a 10-time Uzbek champion, 2-time Asian champion, and world champion in MMA. He has also achieved many victories in professional MMA. Today, he is sharing his experience with young athletes.

Bahrom Haydarov’s training is a school of its own. He trains his students as if they were fighting in the octagon. The requirements are strict: an athlete who is late for training will not be allowed to compete. Of course, where there is order, there will be progress. Although the coach is very strict, it is a good experience for his students. “Where there is no discipline, there will be no progress,” he says. The strict coach teaches his students not only the secrets of fighting, but also life lessons.

Our hero is training more than 100 athletes. About 20 of them have already won championships in our country and international competitions. Students such as Anvar Pardayev, Mirjalol Yusupov, Aziz Nurjonov, Jasmina Abdumoʻminova and Shahboz Ortikov are his pride. They are flying the flag of the country high and introducing the younger generation to MMA.

Bahrom Haydarov’s work proves another thing: true heroism is not in the ring, but in teaching others his knowledge, inspiring young people. Today, young people who train under the guidance of their teacher have big dreams and are working tirelessly to achieve them.

Therefore, the young champions emerging from the Chiraqchi MMA School are becoming the pride of our tomorrow.

Abdisattorova Khurshida Suvon qizi was born on November 9, 1997 in the village of Almazar, Chiroqchi district, Kashkadarya region. She is a 3rd-year student of the Sports Journalism Department of the University of Journalism and Mass Communications. Currently, her articles have been published in the newspapers “Hurriyat”, “Vaziyat” and on the websites “Olamsport” and “Ishonch”. She is a participant in the international scientific and practical conference “Future Scientist _ 2025”.

Clinical Signs and Diagnosis

Ischemic Stroke Symptoms:

• Develops gradually and progressively.
• Facial paralysis or heaviness on one side.
• Weakness in the arms and legs, difficulty moving.
• Speech impairment – difficulty in understanding or articulating words.
• Vision problems – impaired vision in one or both eyes.
• Dizziness – loss of balance and coordination.

Hemorrhagic Stroke Symptoms:

• Sudden and severe onset.
• Severe headache – often described by patients as “the worst headache of my life.”
• Loss of consciousness or confusion.
• Vomiting – due to increased intracranial pressure.
• Epileptic seizures – may occur during or immediately after stroke.

Causes and Risk Factors

• Arterial hypertension – tension and rupture of blood vessels.
• Aneurysm – congenital or acquired dilation and rupture of blood vessels.
• Arterio-venous malformations (AVM) – abnormal development of blood vessels.
• Incorrect use of anticoagulant drugs – disturbances in the blood coagulation system.
• Head trauma – may lead to intracranial bleeding.

Treatment Approaches

Ischemic Stroke:

• Thrombolytic therapy – opening the blocked vessel with drugs such as alteplase (tPA) (effective only within 4.5 hours).
• Antiplatelet drugs – aspirin, clopidogrel to prevent blood clot formation.
• Anticoagulants – warfarin or NOACs (rivaroxaban, apixaban) to reduce stroke risk associated with atrial fibrillation.
• Rehabilitation – physiotherapy and speech therapy to restore movement and communication.

Hemorrhagic Stroke:

• Blood pressure control – beta-blockers or calcium channel blockers to prevent further bleeding.
• Stopping bleeding – in some cases, surgery is required.
• Neurosurgical intervention – removal of large hematomas or AVM.
• Rehabilitation – recovery process after stroke.

Key Points

• Ischemic stroke occurs due to blockage of a blood vessel, while hemorrhagic stroke results from vessel rupture.
• Ischemic stroke develops gradually, while hemorrhagic stroke occurs suddenly.
• The main diagnostic methods are CT and MRI.
• The main goal in ischemic stroke is to restore blood flow, whereas in hemorrhagic stroke the priority is to stop bleeding.

My Gift On Your Bed

Lightning cracks the roof—

Shoves the knife in walls. They bleed

fuses. Your face? A fan

snapped shut—I see that fear.

Snow and coral charred the sheets.

My scars? Testify.

Open: I’ll clamp your throat with dough—

breastfeed you lion-strong—

then rip Nietzsche’s teeth

from your jaw.

BLACK CATS IN THE PARKING LOT

Unwanted flesh: taboo.

Trees witness their birth—heavy with dark.

Wicked rascals? Green want,

barb-tongued. I crave your knuckle-

walk,

lagoon-waist, twin torches

burning through forgetting—

living shadow: bearers of

wild light that no longer breathe

in a grown up’s vehicle heart.

Iron Pilgrim

Iron pilgrim, gouging heaven’s charred tin plate—

You, like me, exiled? Fleeing friendship’s poisoned bait,

Or envy’s thorn? No.

You scrape south—granite-cold—

Mast groaning, timber bent—

Free: no homeland’s ache,

No wound of passion’s blade,

No exile’s weight.