Lulu by Manolo Arriola
Lulu by Manolo Arriola ¿Qué prístino canario es ese? Posa los cristales de avellana Ave canora revolotea la mirada ¿Qué besos son esos? Guindados de frambuesas Dulces, hermosas………………………… Tiernos, amorosas ¿Qué besos serán? Te vi en el pajar Te escabulliste Fugabas entre mis yemas La mañana, el mar, el sol La brisa al rostro El […]
Khanaa’s Song by Mallika Sengupta
Listen o listen: Hark this tale of Khanaa In Bengal in the Middle Ages Lived a woman Khanaa, I sing her life The first Bengali woman poet Her tongue they severed with a knife Her speechless voice, ‘Khanar Bachan’ Still resonates in the hills and skies Only the poet by the name of Khanaa Bleeding […]
In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish
In Jerusalem, and I mean within the ancient walls, I walk from one epoch to another without a memory to guide me. The prophets over there are sharing the history of the holy . . . ascending to heaven and returning less discouraged and melancholy, because love and peace are holy and are coming to […]
If Old Men Fought by Mac McGovern
If Old Men Fought by Mac McGovern An old man, looking out his door, gaze fixed on a distant shore, reminiscing to a time, not of happiness, or, the prospect of a bright future in store, to when he was sick to his very core, to when as a youth, he went to war A […]
Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish
Write down ! I am an Arab And my identity card number is fifty thousand I have eight children And the ninth will come after a summer Will you be angry? Write down! I am an Arab Employed with fellow workers at a quarry I have eight children I get them bread Garments and books […]
I Didn’t Apologize to the Well by Mahmoud Darwish
I didn’t apologize to the well when I passed the well, I borrowed from the ancient pine tree a cloud and squeezed it like an orange, then waited for a gazelle white and legendary. And I ordered my heart to be patient: Be neutral as if you were not of me! Right here the kind […]
I Come From There by Mahmoud Darwish
I come from there and I have memories Born as mortals are, I have a mother And a house with many windows, I have brothers, friends, And a prison cell with a cold window. Mine is the wave, snatched by sea-gulls, I have my own view, And an extra blade of grass. Mine is the […]
I Belong There by Mahmoud Darwish
I belong there. I have many memories. I was born as everyone is born. I have a mother, a house with many windows, brothers, friends, and a prison cell with a chilly window! I have a wave snatched by seagulls, a panorama of my own. I have a saturated meadow. In the deep horizon of […]
I Am There by Mahmoud Darwish
I come from there and remember, I was born like everyone is born, I have a mother and a house with many windows, I have brothers, friends and a prison. I have a wave that sea-gulls snatched away. I have a view of my own and an extra blade of grass. I have a moon […]
I Want To Write by Margaret Walker
I Want to Write I want to write I want to write the songs of my people. I want to hear them singing melodies in the dark. I want to catch the last floating strains from their sob-torn throats. I want to frame their dreams into words; their souls into notes. I want to catch […]
Hora Cero by Manolo Arriola
Hora Cero by Manolo Arriola moreno punzante…….. cortina rota leones bailando mambo bacinica………. flores…………. más flores madera seca verde follaje hojas del árbol viejo Machado profundo manchado franquistas………. enquistas balas al pecho machistas marchitas………… marchistas marxistas gritó el caballo………………se apago el foco gallo afectado salvaje pedernal ballenero tomada de pelo…………… la llevé……………….era casada monte la […]
Heaven, an envious home by Mahak Raithatha S
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He Is Calm, and I Am Too by Mahmoud Darwish
He is calm, And I am too. He drinks lemon tea, And I drink coffee. (this is the only thing different about us) He, like me, wears a loose striped shirt, And I stare, like him, in a monthly magazine. He does not see me as I eye him discreetly; I do not see him […]
Hate Survives by Mac McGovern
Hate Survives by Mac McGovern Prejudice learned now encapsulates willing souls only hate survives End of the poem 15 random poems Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave Talking Writing Monster. Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at […]
Halloween by Mac Hammond
Halloween by Mac Hammond The butcher knife goes in, first, at the top And carves out the round stemmed lid, The hole of which allows the hand to go In to pull the gooey mess inside, out – The walls scooped clean with a spoon. A grim design decided on, that afternoon, The eyes are […]
Frijolita by Manolo Arriola
Frijolita by Manolo Arriola pícara frijolita tierna mirada encantadora gira………………..…..……. gira al son de los timbales p i e l cobriza entre mis brazos gira…………………….gira florida camisa hawaiana s o n r i e n t e p e r l a sombrero en tú ventana paloma morena silueta de sirena manjar del fondo del […]
FREEDOM by Mac McGovern
Fought on bitter fields tainted red Revolution quells garroted oppression Emporté-moi the cry Engagement protects treasured belief Declaration defines a people Oration warns tread not on me Muskets herald the voice of freedom End of the poem 15 random poems Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave Talking Writing Monster. […]
For Life and Death of a Poet by Marcin Malek
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FLORECER by Manolo Arriola
FLORECER by Manolo Arriola Florezco en la primavera, Como el Cardo nuboso, De arisca persona, Que florece en el invierno. Florezco en enero, Como el amor caído, De las Rosas de otoño, Que florecen en el ocaso. Florezco cuando florezco, En el momento de florecer, No esperando siendo fruto, Ser flor en el atardecer. Florezco […]
Fleeting Thoughts by Mac McGovern
Fleeting Thoughts by Mac McGovern We write our thoughts, not to forget, but, to document a moment of fleeting thought shared from memory, then gone forever. Thoughts converted to memories as age surges toward twilight, expressed as vivid reenactments of history and genealogy. To let memory pass into obscurity, decry the sadness that exists in […]
Father And Son by Mac McGovern
Father And Son by Mac McGovern The years as they pass, like the orange blossom and the rose in the purest hope of spring; rise to create a new beginning. My yearning heart exalts in celebration of lost years end, leaping for joy at the whisper of your name. As evening descends, shaded by the […]
Eco en la madrugada by Mara Romero Torres
Eco en la madrugada by Mara Romero Torres Mis versos te mecen en las horas ausentes de sueño. Ellos son los brazos que te rodean y encienden el fuego en mi pecho, cuando, en la noche sin ti, vierto en mi almohada el deseo y repito, repito, tu nombre e imagino, imagino, tu cuerpo y […]
Down in the valley by Marcin Malek
Down in the valley by Marcin Malek There is a valley between the Ballina and Sligo where birds and humans are fading with delight There is a valley where mist is composed of the last breaths of those who dear to enter its gates Christ himself walks along its sharp ridges to stroke with a […]
Diary of a Palestinian Wound by Mahmoud Darwish
For Fadwa Tuqan We do not need to be reminded: Mount Carmel is in us and on our eyelashes the grass of Galilee. Do not say: If we could run to her like a river. Do not say it: We and our country are one flesh and bone. Before June we were not fledgeling doves […]
Childhood by Margaret Walker
When I was a child I knew red miners dressed raggedly and wearing carbide lamps. I saw them come down red hills to their camps dyed with red dust from old Ishkooda mines. Night after night I met them on the roads, or on the streets in town I caught their glance; the swing of […]
As He Walks Away by Mahmoud Darwish
The enemy who drinks tea in our hovel has a horse in smoke, a daughter with thick eyebrow, brown eyes and long hair braided over her shoulders like a night of songs. He’s never without her picture when he comes to drink our tea but he forgets to tell us about her nightly chores about […]
An Interchanging Poetry Expression Of Love by Mac McGovern
An Interchanging Poetry Expression Of Love by Mac McGovern I write about all the various stages of love; defined by the length of a relationship regardless of longevity including, relations of our youth to love strong enough to survive the challenges presented throughout marriage. I define love as a cyclical process as related to generative […]
AN INSPIRATIONAL VILLANELLE: by Manish Thakur
There is no such thing as LUCK, only INSPIRATION There is no such thing as SUCCESS, only WILL POWER Remember these lines and you’ll build a NATION. There is no such thing as HAPPINESS, only REALIZATION Very few might believe what you say, but say you must There is no such thing as LUCK, only […]
An Honest Poet’s Life Is Full Of Care by Malcolm Massiah
An Honest Poet’s Life Is Full Of Care by Malcolm Massiah Now to myself this comes as some surprise I’m sitting writing here a tuneless song My rusty hand’s in need of exercise For I’ve been far too lazy for too long In honeyed indolence I’ve spent my days I’ve watched the changing colours of […]
Al calor de una guitarra by Mara Romero Torres
Al calor de una guitarra by Mara Romero Torres Adentrarme en la niebla que oculta la luz cansada y enfrentarme al guerrero que asoló mi madrugada. Batirme en juicio divino con la sombra del vacío de este llanto, de esta hiel, de este fuego, de este frío. Buscarte para besar el pozo de tu mirada […]
Ahmad Al-Za’tar by Mahmoud Darwish
For two hands, of stone and of thyme I dedicate this song.. For Ahmad, forgotten between two butterflies The clouds are gone and have left me homeless, and The mountains have flung their mantles and concealed me ..From the oozing old wound to the contours of the land I descend, and The year marked the […]
A Noun Sentence by Mahmoud Darwish
A noun sentence, no verb to it or in it: to the sea the scent of the bed after making love … a salty perfume or a sour one. A noun sentence: my wounded joy like the sunset at your strange windows. My flower green like the phoenix. My heart exceeding my need, hesitant between […]
A Lover From Palestine by Mahmoud Darwish
Her eyes are Palestinian Her name is Palestinian Her dress and sorrow Palestinian Her kerchief, her feet and body Palestinian Her words and silence Palestinian Her voice Palestinian Her birth and her death Palestinian End of the poem 15 random poems Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave Talking Writing […]
Your choice by Mrunmayi Mandan
Your choice Helplessness, nervousness, tumbling down, You could only feel till you touch the ground, Everything and everywhere, exuberance or despair, You control and you decide from your toe to your hair, You can change the world you are in, You can fly without wings or swim with no fins, Your fate has been molded […]
Yin and Yang by Muralidharan Mudaliar
Yin and Yang by Muralidharan Mudaliar A part of yang In every yin Seeks a part of yin in every yang Round and round From dawn to dawn From star to star From sky to sky Yin and yang You and me In a mindless flux Forever and forever Yin -ing yang Yang- ing yin […]
Worry by Mridula Makkuni
Your concerns are so small,your worries miniscule yet they are big to you what you must cook and when you should wash your clothes what your nephew said and how your wayward daughter acts your sorrows are huge when you are belittled by your loved ones you cry and your eyes swell up staring into […]
Twiddle-de-dee by Muralidharan Mudaliar
Twiddle-de-dee by Muralidharan Mudaliar I wring time Traverse space Watch the crowd Watch the stars Walk the lanes Look every pretty thing askance Grovel Fantasize Hallucinate Pray For a glimpse of her face That was And will again be mine Feb 92 End of the poem 15 random poems Poetry by subject Some external […]
The Wedding Night by Mukeshkumar Raval
The Luna With all its celestial light, Poured from the sky, the magic white, On the newly wedded bride; The cool breeze on terrace Played with her locks Like the wind plays with water, The chill Fondled on her face As surfs do gently shatter; Suddenly A sonic boom, A mild heart quake, Fission in […]
The Storm by Muralidharan Mudaliar
The earth for the rain forever cannot long The birds have to somewhere break into song A clear dawn lurks to break the dark forlorn Brewing and brown Just beyond my horizon Sweet promising warm Is it the whiff I caught ? Of a lurking storm How long how long For the clouds to form? […]
The most noble bird, wife by Mukeshkumar Raval
A bird of nobility that flies in the sky of every home carries the weight of bond fixed before five millenniums. She is not a lonely star deserted at the dawn, she is the milky way that nourishes children of stars Dare not I to betray her for age or looks she is free from […]