Two Poems by Rifat Ismaili

ALIVE

I live coveredin clouds

Surrounded by the sea

Prisouner of myself

In love with all women

Starry with hopes...

Like a friar uith no tongue

Tied up next to the window

The Orakle of Heaven

I want to give the day light

And only give the truth to people!

I wish to live free

Where is he at?

The country of truth?

With my arms wide open

To infinity...

Only in my heart.

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WRITE LETTERS

I have a lot of letters

to write...

I write to the caravan of clouds

who go to the rain wedding.

Lovers in the rain

studies Macbeth in front of the mirror...

And hunters

they are looking for you in the forest

the unknown...

Moon stretching out her hands

towards the sun to warm.

I write to myself on the body;

the words I don't want you to lose...

With the magic feather

emptiness can...

I'm writing to everyone tonight…!

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The poet, prose writer and essayist Rifat Ismaili was born on March 24, 1968 in Durrës. After finishing high school, he did the mandatory military service for two years in Berat. From 1991 until today he lives in Italy, currently in Savona. Passionate about art and literature, he started writing and painting since school. Since 1986, he started publishing in the newspapers and magazines of the time and continues today. At the same time, in addition to working as an author, he was and still is engaged in translations. It was also published in Italian, English, Arabic, Russian, Uzbek, etc., in some of the literary bodies of those countries. His inclusion in dozens of different publications as an editor or reviewer should be highlighted. Rifat Ismaili is the author of 23 books, and 3 books as a translator.