Writers International Edition

Poetry

Colloquy: Poem by Naheed Akhtar

February 26, 2023
Can I utter what my heart does? Lub-dub, lub-dub, the palpation sounds; Noising like silent rocks sputter On the Cliffs high, Thundering the forest calm, What, to many like me, science this is! No passerby, no ...

What constitutes? Poem by Dr. Molly Joseph

February 20, 2023
What constitutes the peace that prevails the yard where our ancestors sleep.. they who sought eternal peace after their frets and fevers... time stands still rendering relief... sedimented silence speaks volumes of the presence of their beings that jostled against the vagaries of time... they who had their say on things, their way of doing things... be it a poet a man speaking to men, the fretful housewife, the ploughman who ploughed and ploughed and never turned ...

MY LAMP: Poem by Laksmísree Banerjee

February 15, 2023
A lighted lamp in my corner the universe aglow outside with speed of reeling galaxies... immeasurable stars criss- cross scintillation whizzing past the orioles, planets, comets all across the multiverse speeding inconceivable through countless light years born with the ...

The Journey: Poem by Montzerrat Licona

February 15, 2023
En este viaje de reencuentro y verdad, Es tú amor mi experiencia y libertad, Sumergiéndote en mi profundidad, Soy polvo de arena de este universo en unidad. Rió de amor y agua viva, Estas destinado ...

TO SAINT IMMORTALITY: Poem by Arsha Bijer

February 14, 2023
I’m here, as faded afterglow; sprouted decades ago. What remains is the specimen of endurance; arching over all the mortal souls. Dear patron, I’m here, chagrined beyond shape; That can’t be refurbished. I’m here, bleary-eyed undead and wiped out, fretting over the past; clenching ...

Amigo Aire: Poem by Raúl Hernández Correa

February 11, 2023
Amigo Aire… Tú que eres el pintor de nuestro cielo, el soplo imprescindible de la vida. Concédeme el color que tanto anhelo para plasmar tu brisa y tu embestida. Permite que mi musa tome vuelo y ...

Unloving A Flower Bouquet: Poem by Sushant Thapa

February 11, 2023
What happens When you don't love A flower bouquet? Love just sales and Becomes too costly. A store of love Goes empty Unless you Love an appreciative artist. A personal redemption Builds a rusted prison in you. The fragrance of boredom ...

O Captain! my Captain! Poem by Walt Whitman

February 11, 2023
O Captain! my Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, ...

Mi último aliento: Poem by Alejandra Veruschka

February 10, 2023
Es pleno día y el sol ya no alumbra como antes, las tinieblas envuelven el entorno de nuestra aldea. Se aproxima una tormenta de arena, no se puede respirar, se escucha como silbidos ...