CITIZENSHIP OF THE EARTH
Heart and face OF THE EARTH are where I live,
Energy of my body and breath of my lungs;
Mother's embrace to my child and me.
They are the amulet on the roads of our lives,
Unconditional love that has no price;
Crowned with verses, due to the wicked and the soulless.
Earth's wonders are cradles of our hearts:
Green forests and plains, white rocks, blue eyes...
Citizenship of the Earth is what I want,
May it crucify my sorrow and my joy;
Listen to this mature and crazy woman, World.
If that's making one
offended or making them laugh
They haven't even seen, much less had a mother with a heart;
They find love alien, but don't find hatred a son.
In that case, an ascetic life I shall live,
With no more than charity of the few;
Holiness of the weak, my life's altars belong to you.
To children of the world I compose the ode of eternal peace,
Right here, I fold my arms,
As I kneel before them, lit by the majesty of stars.
Author: Zdenka Mlinar
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LIGHT TRIUMPHS OVER DARKNESS
LIGHT is love and hope, light is life,
We should call it our guiding star, and follow its path.
‘Tis the only way we, too, can be light,
With the benevolent energy to burn bright;
To shine upon the dark matter,
To make life’s shackles as light as a feather,
Encouraged by hope, to make this world better.
That good TRIUMPHS OVER evil, we are told,
That’s how it’s been since the days of old.
We carry the spark of good in our hearts
So we can welcome its strength in our open arms.
Eco-friendly, let’s weave a tapestry of green
Where lilies of the valley and daisies grow free,
Let’s smile to life in a spring eternity.
Let’s cherish our one and only Mother Earth
And dispose of all extremes as if they were dirt.
Our love will illuminate DARKNESS,
Mercy will bloom with our faith and kindness,
With an amulet of luck a new hope will arise,
So sunny smiles return to children’s hearts.
Author: Zdenka Mlinar
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Biography:-
Zdenka Mlinar lives and creates in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. She writes poetry and prose, and works as a literary editor and critic. She has published eleven independent poetry collections and is a member of numerous literary societies and associations.
Her work has been featured in over 200 domestic and international anthologies, collections, and journals, and has been translated into several foreign languages.
She serves as an ambassador of peace, appointed by the Italian cultural association VerbumlandiArt, the European Institute for Roma Studies and Research, as well as the Association of Roma Writers in Belgrade. For her work, she has received numerous awards, commendations, certificates of appreciation, trophies, and medals.
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