I remember your laughter, a sun that no longer shines,
your gaze, a lighthouse that the night has buried.
Now only an echo of your voice remains,
a distant whisper that the wind took away.
My heart, a boat adrift in the sea,
without a rudder, without a compass, without a direction to reach.
Tears, waves that break on the shore,
a torrent of pain that my soul distills.
But in the silence, a faint glow,
the memory of your love, an eternal glow.
And although pain oppresses me, and sorrow hurts me,
your memory will live, as long as my soul sighs, dear husband.
Rest in peace.
GRACIELA NOEMI VILLAVERDE is a writer and poet from Concepción del Uruguay (Entre Rios) Argentina, based in Buenos Aires She graduated in letters and is the author of seven books of poetry, awarded several times worldwide. She works as the World Manager of Educational and Social Projects of the Hispanic World Union of Writers and is the UHE World Honorary President of the same institution Activa de la Sade, Argentine Society of Writers. She is the Commissioner of Honor in the executive cabinet IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS DIVISION, of the UNACCC SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA CHAPTER.
Life is a figure of multi things (history and mystery) we know
We realize this before the eyes
Experienced so good in the moderate weather
So bitter in cold or hot
Life charmed with you
Life bleeds on the leaves in the ground
We pay tribute to the Almighty
We shoot, we arrange tribunals
Justice never comes out
Justice lives in the heart,
Though we leap not looking before
People fight, people die
To see this weapon play
Our Almighty laughs from above
Though the moon still shines in the darkness
The ship can mark the right way in the mid sea
The magnetic power always works from all sides
Make us stable to live in joy and peace
Makes us feel how to make a bond of love
Then why we intrigue for hurting others
If one part cries in pain
The other part must suffer for long
This or that time
Then what’s the life figured out?
‘Think thyself’, reflects clean before the glass.
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
26 November, 2024.
Md. Mahbubul Alam is from Bangladesh. His writer name is Mahbub John in Bangladesh. He is a Senior Teacher (English) of Harimohan Government High School, Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh. Chapainawabganj is a district town of Bangladesh. He is an MA in English Literature from Rajshahi College under National University. He has published three books of poems in Bangla. He writes mainly poems but other branches of literature such as prose, article, essay etc. also have been published in national and local newspapers, magazines, little magazines. He has achieved three times the Best Teacher Certificate and Crest in National Education Week in the District Wise Competition in Chapainawabganj District. He has gained many literary awards from home and abroad. His English writings have been published in Synchronized Chaos for seven years.
Lilian Dipasupil Kunimasa was born January 14, 1965, in Manila Philippines. She has worked as a retired Language Instructor, interpreter, caregiver, secretary, product promotion employee, and private therapeutic masseur. Her works have been published as poems and short story anthologies in several language translations for e-magazines, monthly magazines, and books; poems for cause anthologies in a Zimbabwean newspaper; a feature article in a Philippine newspaper; and had her works posted on different poetry web and blog sites. She has been writing poems since childhood but started on Facebook only in 2014. For her, Poetry is life and life is poetry.
Lilian Kunimasa considers herself a student/teacher with the duty to learn, inspire, guide, and motivate others to contribute to changing what is seen as normal into a better world than when she steps into it. She has always considered life as an endless journey, searching for new goals, and challenges and how she can in small ways make a difference in every path she takes. She sees humanity as one family where each one must support the other and considers poets as a voice for Truth in pursuit of Equality and proper Stewardship of nature despite the hindrances of distorted information and traditions.
Two lifetimes ago, Catherine performed her poetry in Madrid. Now her main jobs are to write and hang out with her family. Her work has appeared in Pank, Deep Water Literary Journal, and The Grief Diaries. Her chapbook, Soul Full of Eye, is published through Kelsay Books.
I recap the day I received my first rejection letter. It was a crisp, cold, white envelope, sealed tight, a typed letter inside, with painful news tonight. Disappointment delivered, in formal lines, ending hopes, with words that cut like knives, saying in the later: “Dear poet, Thank you so much for your wonderful submission. Unfortunately, after a careful evaluation of your work, we have decided to pass on it. We hope to receive more from you in the future.” I was 31 years old, and it felt like the end of the world.
But I didn’t give up. I held on to that glimmer-of-light, took a deep breath, revised my manuscript, reviewed it, & edited it to my humble satisfaction. I now learned to submit with a wise approach; to read each literary magazine, with a careful eye to tailor my words to their poetic tide. With that method from that day on, I became a reader & that writer who has never come across rejection has never submitted. Meanwhile, as a writer, you have to be patient & humble. That moment taught me the value of persistence. Writing is a journey of twists and turns, rejections and acceptances. It’s easy to get discouraged, but the true test of a writer’s mettle is their ability to keep going.
Salihu Muhammad Ebba (Legend Bard) is a budding writer, poet & easyiest from Niger state. is a bright and ambitious individual, currently studying At Legend International School Minna with a strong foundation from Guided Medal Model School, Minna. He is also a member of Hil-top Creative Act Foundation (HCAF), He was driven into the world to succeed and make a meaningful impact on the society.
