The world is a beautiful place
To live and die
Anything contrary to this is a lie
There is no abundant life on earth

Written by
Martin Ijir

in the name of God
golden suns...
i got married to your mother
because of you
the sun is still golden

به نام خدا
خورشیدهای طلایی
من به خاطر
تو
با مادرت ازدواج کردم
خورشید هنوز طلایی است

She saw the white planes as paper planes
She was expecting falling stars from them
Where was her baby doll ?
She combed her black hair...
Dressed in red...
How beautiful you look
Wish your earrings were mine
Now, you are sleep
send me your dreams
My mother's lullabies could not make me go to sleep
You are now free
Barefoot as far as you want
Run
Jump
Scream
Others do not have feet and hands...
They want dust...
To dance for them
To wear beautiful dresses  
They were pink...
Where was her baby doll ?
I did not know when she was pregnant
I did not see her white pregnant belly
She was showing the balloons from the distance
She brought you a sister
Where was her baby doll ?
Dream
You can dream
Painting boats
You are sliding on the clouds
Looking for your butterflies
Your brother lost your head
He could recognize your necklace
Dragonfly was flapping her wings
He was waiting for the stars
They are not crying anymore
I was watching you from the glass frame
I do not know the reason for their dance and joy
That they have coins
When they talk about you, it is in films or written words
Where was her baby doll ?


هواپیما های سفید را
موشک کاغذی می دید
منتظر بود برایش ستاره بیندازند
عروسک اش کجا بود!؟
...موهای مشکی اش را شانه کرد
...لباس قرمزاش را به تن کرد
...چه قدر شما زیبایید
کاش گوشواره هایت مال من بودند
!!! تو که دیگر خوابیده ای
خواب هایت را برای من بفرست
با لالایی های مادرم خوابم نمی برد
تو دیگر آزادی
پا برهنه  تا هر جا که خواستی
بدو
بپر
جیغ بکش
...بقیه دست و پا ندارند
...خاک می خواهند
برایشان برقصد
لباس های قشنگ بپوشد
...صورتی باشند
عروسک اش کجا بود !؟
نمی دانم کی حامله بود
برآمدگی شکم سفیدش را ندیدم
که از دور بادکنک ها را
نشان می داد
برای تو خواهر آورده بود
عروسک اش کجا بود!؟
خواب ببین
تو می توانی خواب ببینی
قایق ها را رنگ می زنی
سوار بر ابرها
سرسره بازی
می کنی
...دنبال پروانه هایت می گردی
برادرت
سرت را گم کرده
گردنبندت را می شناخت
سنجاقک هنوز داشت بال می زد
منتظر ستاره هاست
دیگر گریه نمی کنند
من از قاب شیشه ای شما را می دیدم
معنای رقص و شادیشان را نمی دانم
که دیگر سکه دارند
وقتی از شما حرف می زنند
که فیلم
یا نوشته باشد
عروسک اش کجا بود!؟

home of my rebirth
where the hut smoke
with charcoalic flames
ramming my ebony skin
where the forgery of steel
is display by blacksmiths
that invoke the gods to wield
where stories of unity,
conquest and slavery
was told
where huts habits all
strangers with love
as we share our food
and water in brotherhood
of humanity, without division
o Africa o Africa
your blood flow in me
thy knowledge and
posits we're uncivilized
your circus display
on the plain of ****** marks
we wear as gold
o Africa the shining star
mother of all the continent
species of color you mutate
under your climate rays of Sun
shines unleashing men build of
mystic power of thoughts
as their vein flow with mercuric
prowess, which none can have
Africa is the origin of life

Written by
Martin Ijir

Breathing
so high
to touch
the sky

Sinking so fast
to rest
in the
ground

Travelling
gently
on soul
plane to
Reach the
End

What
Can
****
Me
Gives
Immortality!

Written by
Martin Ijir

erased difference
no energetic exchange
minimalist's dream

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

advancing bright sun
in darkened sky
hope at horizon

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

One more step
A crawling step
Willing to fall
Angry to get up
Baby cries and hold on
Like a garden waiting on the rain

One more step
The biggest step
Baby walking and smiling
Shaking still standing
Sweet tears dripping
So determine to walk
Not afraid to fall

One more step
A dream comes true
Gusty storms on the way
It cannot be last forever
A burning desire to walk
Aiming so high not afraid

One more step
Willing to fall
Angry to get up
You must no cry
You're a very talented being
When the pain hidden behind the clouds please don't despair
Something precious on the air
Just one more step away

Written by
Jean C Bertrand

a drops from heaven
breaks the clouds
murky sap of tobacco stain
one's heart
petals of leaves open their hands in joy
love that we share fall as tides
suddenly, my presence fill her heart
filling a vacuum that she wish i filled
as she promise to wait for me
in the void
as i reciprocate
flowers of beauty, i adorn her as dove
heaven betrothed love my heart gives in return
ophir of rings resides in her heart
as it clings, music of love dances in her heart
as i cloaks her with royal regalia dress
violent of satin-reds walked her to the seat of my soul
where endless flames of love burn slowly

Written by
Martin Ijir

I take the grass in my hands
My mom was wearing a blue
patterned dress as she was
pregnant
Her hair was black
Her eyes are black
And I love the smell of the rice
she cooks everyday

من چمن ها را در دست هایم می گیرم
مادرم وقتی حامله بود
لباس آبی طرح دارش را می پوشید
موهایش مشکی بود
چشم هایش سیاه است
و من بوی برنجی که هر روز صبح
مادرم درست می کند
...دوست دارم

injured souls and minds
chasing dreams not of this world
battered and lonely

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

like a maize
you dry keep me
all these years
waiting in the coldness of time
pervading all suitors
just for your sake
love is a prison that holds
my heart
in you i served my sentence's days
now my wing spreads
your butterfly clime
under that sheets
cloud, blood of unstained skin
I give in joy
for you solidly deserved
tears of deep cycle
I do recall
same tears i shed
standing holding your bone
tears of joy you grow in me
as i bear your blood
till i part from my flesh
and wear anew skin
i am still waiting
for you like a maize

Written by
Martin Ijir

When my hands were feeling
jealous of the fondling of the grain field,
I was being satisfied by each tree
Thinking of water...
It has free thought
I love my always naked body in it

وقتی دستانم
به نوازش گندم زار
حسادت می کرد
من با هر درختی ارضاء می شدم
...می اندیشم به آب
فکری آزاد دارد
تن همیشه لختم را درآن دوست دارم

How beautiful it is to wake beneath your tree
at all time and share unending ecstasy
of amorous birds and mammoths of butterflies
how beautiful it is to leave our earthen body in its dust form
as we rise towards the chords of sound
ascending into the zephyr of heaven
as glowing sun never fades but give our soul abundant life to love
how beautiful it is to you i love you

Written by
Martin Ijir

violent winds howling
coconut palms dance salsa
the moon does not wink

Written by
Keng Pin Toh

thick solemn silence
dozens of flag draped coffins
lining the tarmac
_

echoes of summer
shell casings
in a folded flag

high-pitched squeaky sound
my solitude is cracked
work bubble open

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

strings of light
through the branches
the smell of charcoal

Written by
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

A smiling rose
Under the window
Every single grain of the rain
Brings laughter to the soul
O softness dear sweetness
Humble wind smiling my love
Let use the sweetest ingredient
Slipping honey in the rain

Written by
Jean C Bertrand

so sad
that love
torn our
world apart
causing
whirlwind
that makes
our heart
fuse as one

Written by
Martin Ijir

home from the war
the phantom arm reaches
for lilacs

Written by
Earl Keener

macabre of hope resides at one's eyes
as one's body buried in the rough sands of sea
the water of life cleanse my carnal bones
as estranged moments of dust shroud my flesh
alleluia hymns, sound with brightening candle lights
as i kneel at altar of the divine
roots of enigma my tongue praises the footstool of God
the earth is an offal and heaven is a ravenous beast
that feeds upon the earth
sparks of lightening glows like a gossamer winged with dragonfly
gory air of tussling between forces reign
dragging for my soul possession
terrified by the foolishness of peaceful ether
the soul id the window of one's eyes
it's the hope that lights one dark body
by this force, immortality cloves one's flesh
in other to reside with one i choose forever

Written by
Martin Ijir

We're passing
Passing through the long narrow roads
Together
Like a skirt with odorless tulips
On a bike
You are pedaling
My chin closed to your shoulders
I want to yell in your ear
I don't like my childhood
But you
The marry go round 's still
rounding in your eyes
Like the memory of the grilled maize
Hot and sweet
I turn
my back leaning on yours
Looking at the sky
The sun loosing its light on each tree one by one
And I ask :
The grandma hasn't told any
stories for a long time, has she ?
-no answer heard-
And you keep on pedaling
And I
Always suffering from the pain of ******
Send my regards to the crows
and tell them that the scarecrows
are not alone they just play roles
My doll has been sleeping since
the last time I heard my voice
-Lullabies matched with her dancing-
Say more
I'm happy
cos I put my head on the pillow
smelling my odor at night
-I'm happy-



می گذریم
با هم می گذریم
از جاده هایی باریک و بلند
چون دامنی که نقش لاله های بی عطر و بو را دارد
بر چرخی نشسته ایم
تو پا می زدی
چانه ام به شانه هایت نزدیک است
می خواهم در گوشت فریاد بزنم
کودکی هایم را دوست ندارم
ولی تو
هنوز در چشمانت
چرخ و فلک می چرخد
چون خاطره ی بلال ها
...داغ و شیرین
برمی گردم
در حالی که پشتم به تو تکیه داده است
به آسمان نگاه می کنم
خورشید
تک به تک
از درختان جا می افتد
)) : و سؤال می کنم
مدتیست که دیگر مادربزرگ قصه نمی گوید !!؟
هان !؟
-پاسخی نشنیدم-
تو به راهت ادامه می دهی و
من
همیشه از درد پریود رنج می بردم
از قول من
به کلاغان سلام برسان
و به آن ها بگو
مترسک ها تنها نیستند
خوب نقش بازی می کنند
از آخرین باری که صدایم را شنیدم
عروسکم به خواب می رفت
-لالایی هایی که با رقصیدنش کوک شده بود-
و باز هم بگو
خوشحالم
وقتی شب ها موقع خواب
سرم را روی بالشتی می گذارم
که بوی مرا می دهد
-خوشحالم-

Pass it on
Let it be a legacy
When children laughed
Hearts gleaming in the garden
The leaves dancing with mirth
Tears turning into smile soften the pain
O my goodly maestro
I have been by the shore
Silently inhaling the salted blue
Holding my flute with grandeur
Searching for a fine tune
Multiferious waves began to dance
Pass it on
Arrogance of the wind
Killing the breeze
Will there be a legacy
Will the birds sing
Will the leaves dance
O heaven moon
Trembling eyes
In the wilderness

Written by
Jean C Bertrand

daybreak
vanishing dream
new stage...

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

Sitting under the tree
Talking to the whispers of the wind
Under the tree of calmness
The temple of godly land
Closing my eyes feeling ecstasy
As i heard a whistling whiskey
Bottling voice of drunkard in the garden
The sacred divine peaceful breeze in doom
Poisonous irreligious thoughts
A blanket speech
Polluted the ocean
Smoking sealing lips
Ocean birds can not fly
In the wilderness

Written by
Jean C Bertrand

Naked at the back
My sister didn't know how to
dance ballet
***** passing through the small yellows
reminding me of the greenness of the park
glittering in my eyes
Will I loose my dreams ?
It's not delightful
Not delightful as the sliding from a slide
With no grass
Your hair used to be blonde
I don't laugh
My sister didn't know how to dance ballet
Forgive me mum
I've lost my drawing book...
Colored pencils cannot be painted
My hair was not blonde
My doll never has eyes

...از پشت لباسی ندارد
خواهرم بلد نبود باله برقصد
سبزی پارک را به خاطرم می اندازند
وقتی توپ ها
از زردی های کوچک می گذرند
در چشمانم می درخشند
خواب هایم را گم خواهم کرد!؟
لذت پایین آمدن
از سرسره ها را نمی دهد
چمن ندارد
موهایت روشن بود
من نمی خندم
خواهرم بلد نبود باله برقصد
مامان
منو ببخش
دفتر نقاشی ام را
...گم کردم
مداد رنگی ها رنگ نمی شوند
موهایم روشن نبود
...عروسک من که هیچوقت چشم نداشت

origami...
within each fold
a memory

Written by
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy

I dug my grave
And my pen is the right coffin
to give my soul immortality
for I am divine

Written by
Martin Ijir

so I try
to dodge time
as time has fail me
rather I sleep not
in other to be one
with day, forgetting
Hectic days brings
insomnia
as my chores end up
to fail time

Written by
Martin Ijir

a raven crow
cry its tears
break a tomb
Corpse gets
their way out
the sky shine still
as the loose cemetery
******* misery
mourners join the tomb
in black as the raven crow
weep without solace

Written by
Martin Ijir

no life without pain
a world pained by suffering
seasons come and go

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

Words flare my eyes
My eyes stare at you
Rising above like steam
You're the one I dream of

Written by
Martin Ijir

...دامن دخترش بود

That skirt was for her daughter...

Swim like bird in the sky
Lie on earth of water
Smile as Sun in the sky
Eat the cloud dust
And gain undying breathe

Written by
Martin Ijir

Season curves your lips
In endless beauty your face
Possesses, sky clouds
Alighting rains to pour in my heart

Written by
Martin Ijir

a blanket of dust
unfathomable casket
a goldless journey

Jean C Bertrand

Have you seen her
Butterfly
Have you seen her
Please don't cry
Have you seen her
In paradise
Have you seen her
River shed no tears
Have you seen her
Flashing in sky
Have you seen her
Angels don't lie
Have you seen her
O sweet butterfly
Full moon be delight
Honey sky in paradise
Words can not be explain
O butterfly kisses
Kisses kisses kisses
Kisses kisses kisses

by
Jean C Bertrand

Yesterday
A man who was carrying his belly and
Taking it everywhere he went
Bought my childhood
Father smirked
Mother went after the kettle's whistle
Till the cup's rim
Got used to the room's temperature
Today
The door was the shield
Against the attack of my book bag,
And behind that, my legs were dancing
The windows recognize
The exciting passionless kisses
Among clouds of chaos
Faster than any bicycles,
Leaving with trucks
Tomorrow
I would buy a newspaper
Searching for a name for myself

Written by
Keikavoos Yakideh

Easy-going and fun-loving angelic beauteous
Saintly descending from sky
Frozen my sadness with tenderness
Religious devoting kisses in silent night
Touching the deepest scars with sweet melody
Je t' adore mon amour
Encore Encore je t' aime je t' aime

Written by
Jean C Bertrand

The intertwined branches of the
woods are brown...
There is not a song in far away lands
The scarf has pain
Knitting veil from my hair
The trees are repetitive to me
I see a man, green
Having no woman next to him

شاخه هاشان در هم تنیده
...چوب ها قهوه ایست
دوردست ها آوازی ندارد
روسری درد می کشد
از موهایم حجاب می بافد
درختان برایم تکرار اند
من
مردی سبز را می بینم
...که زنی در کنارش ندارد

If the sun goes away with death
All the trees will be like me
Without sun
Without my lady...

Written by
Keikavoos Yakideh

wall of fog
built-up seclusion
illusion

Written by
Ute Sonja Medley

I've air in my lungs
Eyes in my socket
I can see the sunset
And i can buy a pie whenever i want...

THANK YOU GOD !


Joey Percival Ikechukwu

I remember that spring
That summer
I was asked for color
You have forgotten your gloves...

یادم می آمد
آن بهار را
آن تابستان را
از من می خواستند رنگ بزنم
...دستکش هایت یادت نبود

Oh my dear Lord
Your beautiful creation of the dandelions...
Oh my great God
Your beautiful creation of my heart...
Oh the beautiful dandelions
The owners of the blue sky
Ask God whether I can imagine
your dress carrying Jasmines !!!
I haven't told the sky how much I love you
but I've told God...


ای خدای من
...قاصدک ها را زیبا آفریدی
ای خدای بزرگ
...قلب من را زیبا آفریدی
ای قاصدک های زیبا
که آسمانی آبی دارید
به خدا بگویید
اشکالی ندارد
اگر فکر کنم
!!! پیراهن شما گل یاسمن دارد
من به آسمان نگفته بودم
شما را دوست دارم
...به خدا گفته بودم