AMON AND HATSHEPSUT Akhadov, Eldar Alikhasovich Amon entered Hatshepsut many times in the dark, Sliding along the hollows and hills of her nakedness. Invisible, he whispered endlessly, trembling all over: “I’m your slave tonight, you’re my lady. My lady, order me whatever you want, I’ll do it at the beginningContinue Reading

LIFE By Jasna Gugić This life is soaked with tears and the words are too small to pronounce all life in an instant and my love hidden in the corners of solitude. This life is soaked with tears and the pain of the past is stronger than the impending ecstasyContinue Reading

Poems By Shirani Rajapakse Prophesy Many years later when the sun rose and set in the sky over and over so many times that you forgot to count, painting it a myriad shades of orange, red and gold, he told you it was doomed to fail. The signs were thereContinue Reading

Yang Jijun [Shandong] All the Secrets Are in the Ditches (group poems) The Reed Field in the Winter Finally, I can gaze into the distance Finally, I can light a cigarette The reeds that bow not to the wind are carried away cart by cart They were taller than youContinue Reading

IF I COULD RETURN Everyone finally returns Goes where they belongs Maybe they want to go Maybe they don’t want to go But Finally People returns To where they belong Their becomes request to return Perhaps unintentionally Reluctantly But l I would want to return If l could return WhereContinue Reading

Chinese Poet Xu Duoyu’s Poems In Search of Deities The finite world of infinite mysteries A grim hill entwined by streams The refreshingly cool autumn wind cannot wake up The lambs grazing at the foot of the hill Whose children are they Fate put them at the hillside Growing andContinue Reading

Half a World Away, Away I wish I was standing on that shoreline just after dark. Watching all those beautiful lighted lamps sail out into the wading forget-me-not Ganges. An ancient sand grounded between my toes. The smell of burning incense everywhere. ‘Something to water, to grow’ It is theContinue Reading

A Favorite Place Michael Hislop Men and women In crowds Are streaming in The Races are on At The Racetrack. Voices calling Loudspeakers yelling All blending into one Proclaiming loudly Here excitement lives. Today is a stage For handsome beaus Wearing suits and ties Mainly navy blue And for beautifulContinue Reading

Ramadan Mubarak Sabyasachi Nazrul Ramadan is come Ramadan is come God’s Mercy come Brothers and Sisters aweke up Musalman. I will eat Sehri I will fast I will read the Holy Al-Quran I will rejuvenate this soul by remembering Allah, Rahim Rahman. If you Don’t Prays Tell me brothers andContinue Reading