WAR The first word Babies said before they walk in Palestine Shame to this humanity How can you be happy When in the other side They are...

THE STAIRS   Thodhori V Baba I descended the stairs one by one, without the light of anticipation, heartbroken like branches in late...

THE DESERT LAND Farzaneh Dorri Whispered words, fall and gather, like rain, in the cracks and crevices of a parched mind; too few: fade...

White Cloud Francesco   Favetta Extinguished and silent wakes plough through the sea of memories and you white cloud twirl in your...

BITTER JOY Dr. José Luis López I must want a fictitious life because I have not known how to give love while time marches on I find...

PHILOSOPHICAL POETRY BY INDIAN POET DR. JERNAIL S. ANAND   THE POET   When you read my poetry, If you see me nothing  Except me,  my...

MOTHER’S LIGHT GUIDES ME TO HER Barbara Leonhard I. To her wound. I descend into her balefire. Birth scraps a scar on my neck. I cleave...

A MOONLESS NIGHT   Collins Chibunna Nwachukwu There were days,  days when hunger silenced our thoughts,  thoughts of high density...

YET STILL  Prosperina Sarkar In the drama of life’s tale,   Layer by layer, complexities prevail,   Many struggles, failures set the...

BALLAD OF THE NON-EXISTENT Ivan Pozzoni I could try to tell you with the sound of my keyboard how Baasima died of leprosy without ever...

Closure By Michael Lee Johnson   W ith age, my room becomes small — roots gather beneath my thoughts in bundles — exits are few. The purr...

WHITE SILENCE Kapardeli Eftichia Two worlds who accidentally   meet in the ignorance of the times build and shatter with the white of the...

I Miss You   Rajmonda Qose Shkopi You left the shadow behind  Without being able to sew it on you,  When you traveled on the never...

THE MANY HATS I WEAR Dr. Haseena Kabeer  In a room filled with restless minds,   Where dreams take flight but often unwind,   I...

WRITER OF DESTINY Anila Bukhari Write something bright for those who experience a thousand deaths each day. Write some smiles for those...

ALLURE Antonis Filippeos I can’t reach you, you are miles away, but those cool leaves from lambent lotuses that penetrate you are mine....

About Living Gabriela Lages Veloso   My home is the world. A ship without a port.   My food is alms. Rain in the desert.   Invisible,...

Salt me! Amb. Dr. José Luis López San Juan Puerto Rico Come and season my skin! soap me full of honey comfort to tender charms feel like...

THE BIG BLACKOUT   In a room lit by nothing more than candles, all fall silent, as if, in this storm, voices went the same time as the...

BREAKTHROUGH OF ASSONANCE Joel Aparecio Bernasor Oh, refrain of animation such descant Thriving in fullness, thine resonant Expression...