Two Poems by Stoianka Boianova

BIRDS OF LOVE
I am traveling to you,
my expected beloved man.
The train carries me on its wings.
We will meet in the city below the hills
to tell you the novel of my life.
Rushing birds fly towards you.
The clouds are in a hurry to you.
My heart accelerates its rhythm.
I will reveal my soul in verses.
My intuition tells - we will be together
in God-chosen time on the Earth.
Our love will transform
the prose of life into stellar poetry.

THROUGH THE AGES
We met when God created the worlds,
and filled them with His love.
Then we got lost because we were scattered
in the edges of the universe.
I have kept the memory of you since that time.
Since then, the sun has been rising thousand times,
the moon has been going down thousand times.
I've been waiting for you thousand days,
thousand nights I've been dreaming of you ...
On how many planets I've searched for you.
How many galaxies I have passed with flame …
When we met again, the light erupted.
The world has expanded,
in it were God, you and me.
- Stoianka Boianova (Bulgaria)

Stoianka Boianova, (Bulgaria)
Physicist. Included in Know Her Words, PEN International Women Writers Committee Initiative to celebrate the best women's writing from around the world. She is the 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 5 bilingual books in English and Bulgarian published upon the invitation of Cyberwit.net, India and a book of poetry with Sourav Sarkar, Cooch Behar City, India. She has participated in more than 120 international anthologies of poetry, gogyoshi and haiku, has publications in over 30 countries, including Manseerah – the Great Poetic Epic of Modern Man, United Arab Emirates, 2024 and "HYPERPOEM, Collection of Authors on a World Record", Ukyoto, India, 2023. With numerous awards and recognitions around the world.

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.