Two Poems by Stoianka Boianova

Flower in the Garden 

 

Blooming flower, hello!

Don’t you know me?

I live here, near you,

you are blooming close to me.

We drink water 

from the same stream.

Our air is one and the same:

I breathe out – you breathe in,

you breathe out – I breathe in.

But if something goes wrong –

Someone breaks your blossom,

smashes your stem,

I’ll be living after your death,

for only one last short breath.

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Evening Walk 

From the mysterious gaze of the nipples

of the crisp black grapes,

of silhouettes of bygone poplar trees, 

like sentinels along the road, 

do not be afraid!

From the nightingale's tall words,

from the sensual voice of a tawny owl,

from the fragile litter of grasses,

with the sharpened shadows of the reeds,

do not be afraid!

They are my friends. And my home.

Nature is my kingdom under the heavens.

The priests bless her with peace.

Poets chant it. And singers.

And God creates it with his heart.

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© Stoianka Boianova

Bulgaria

stboianova@abv.bg

Stoianka Boianova,(Bulgaria) Physicist. Listed in “Guinness World Records” for HYPERPOEM, is author of eleven books in the genres of poetry and fiction in Bulgaria . Co-author with Minko Tanev (her husband and partner in literature) of four bilingual books in English and Bulgarian published upon the invitation of Cyberwit.net, India. She has participated in more than 80 world anthologies with poetry, gogyoshi and haiku, and has publications in 28 countries. Awards:  “Best Author European Community”, the International Poetry Competition “Ossi Di Seppia” 2024, Italy; Grand Premio International Poetry Prize “Ossi di Seppia” Italy, 2023; Chinese International Zhengxin Poet Award, China, 2022; Silver Award for World Gogyoshi, 2022; “First World Poetry Competition of Newspapers and Televisions” 2020, China; Prize Suryodaya Literary Excellence Award, India; LIBRE Global Poetry Prize and PREMIO PACIFISTA GLOBAL, POETAS INTERGALACTICOS, Ecuador; Silver Award for World Gogyoshi, 2022; In the list of the top 100 European most creative haiku authors. Haiku awards and honors in Poland, Japan, India, Croatia, France, and Bulgaria. Certificate of honor for contribution to modern Bulgarian literature, 2019. Honorary Poet of Birland State, Africa, depicted on a special postage stamp. International Peace Ambassador, The Daily Global Nation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.