I Love You, a Poem by Rajmonda Qose Shkopi

Deep in the core I feel you, 
Deep in the bone and in pain
I dissolve in dreams
I burn in the thirst of fires 
The flames consume me 
and I dare not stop 

That look takes me away 
A cloudless sky sows my eyes 
I get lost in that ocean still drowned as
I am, 
I seek no other salvation, 
That you consume my whole being. 

I love you 
And I get all scared
I tremble from the fear of loss, 
a volley of sparks knocks me to the ground

Madness of ominous thoughts, 
I say Enough!
Like black shadows, don't get in my way
 As they try to stop me
 
Without you I can't breathe at all 
That you are the love that only comes once and you made my life paradise. 

- Rajmonda Qose Shkopi 
Albania

Rajmonda Qose Shkopi was born in Kuçova city, in Albania. She  has completed her higher studies at the "Aleksandër Xhuvani" University, Language and Literature degree, in Elbasan city and works as a teacher. She has published the poem books "Don't give up" ," We forget to kiss the dew", and " The Apocalypse of the Leaf". Her poems are published in many newspapers and literature magazines national and international. She is  co-author in many national and international Anthologies. She has won many prizes in poetry competitions.

Three Poems by Rajeshri Senapati Gogoi

EMBRACE OF LOVE 

I feel the expressing 
Of love and affection 
through your warm embraces.
Make me feel even more special 
By your curated romantic 
flirty wishes my love.
Every hug from you 
feels like a warm blanket 
in the cold days.  
Your hugs heal my soul 
make my heart race. 
No words can express 
The magic of your embrace. 
It’s my safe place forever.
Your hug speaks 
A thousand words of love. 
Let’s make this day 
extra special with endless cuddles!
Every time I hug you, 
I feel like it's my heaven. 
Happy Hug Day to my soulmate. 
One love for a lifetime is enough for me,
Now , I knew that you love me madly  

ARE YOU IN LOVE 

If anyone asks 
Are you in love, 
You'd say, I'm still in love
With my beloved.
If you fall in love 
Then it will fall forever. 
If you commit to one 
Then commit for life.  
A tender kiss from a loved one 
Falling in love with you 
It's like making you feel
Yes even today 
You are in love 
In love with your loved one, 
His personality is on top.

YOU ARE MY VALENTINE 

My love, 
The heart that you gave me 
Thank you for 
Standing Besides me 
In every step of the way 
Thank you for 
You are my Valentine, yes you are . 
Teaching me to smile every day 
Thanks for the.
I adore you.
You have a beautiful soul.
To be your soulmate 
for being the person 
I feel fortunate .
I feel that it is.
You are the epitome 
Of love and devotion.
To share every moment of my life 
Thank you for the.
You are my Valentine, yes you are.

- Rajeshri Senapati Gogoi 
Dibrugarh, Assam, India 

Rajeshri Senapati Gogoi, a poet, writer and translator. She is also a social worker. She is contributing literature and peace among various groups. She works in Dibrugarh University as an UDA by profession, writing as a passion. She is translating the Sacred Bhagvad Geeta in simple assamese mother tounge . Kabya Nandini a title given as a honour of respect.

In Love, a Poem by Jaipreet Grover

In Love
Every colour looks beautiful 
That encapsulates 
Spectrum of emotions
And
Rainbow of feelings
Playing merrily
Their hues and shades
Under the umbrella of 
Propinquity.

But
The most beautiful colour 
Is the one
When your colour of love
Merges
With my colour of love
That spills
A kaleidoscopic promise 
Of togetherness
Till eternity!

- Jaipreet Grover 
Maharashtra, India 

Poetess Jaipreet Grover holds a Master’s degree in HR and is currently working as an educationist in India’s renowned school. She has been bestowed with the Teachers’ Recognition Award in 2019. Her poems have been reviewed and published on multiple national and international platforms, e-zines, and in the school magazine. She is also one of the co-authors of five anthologies and one storybook. She has been conferred with "The Order of Shakespeare award", "Golden Badge" and Prashasti Patra" globally.

Two Poems by Fali Ndreka

Spring of Love

Spring has come, 
yesterday I saw the first bud,
I heard the bird's chirp 
on a tree, that for love,
had become the first messenger.

Now we are in the spring season, 
and everything is green around me.
But spring was in me 
before,
just as it was inside you.

The scent of flowers that spreads everywhere,
Flies lightly over the ridges of fantasy,
While I collect verses
and weave them into wreaths,
as a gift, for the best season of love.

My love surrounded by the scent of jasmine,
My love crosses the rainbow,
My love climbs to the sky,
There it dances with the stars, and their rhythm,
And receives warmth, strength and light from the rays of the sun.

We are both together in the whiteness of life, 
We have both climbed the blue heights. We both climb the golden stairs of love, 
where life takes on meaning and strength between our sure steps.
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A Kiss

A light kiss like a breeze,
Let it refresh your lips,
That burn like embers and flames,
Drunk with love.

A kiss that climbs the altar
of loyalty and security,
That rocks and caresses the soul,
In the cradle 
that even kings dream of.

An intoxication with the wine of kindness
Let it rock us on the white cloud,
And in the infinity of the sky
let us jump like crazy.

Like a star you descended into my heart,
You have become the medicine of my heart for me,
In the beautiful nights with the best observations,
We both got drunk in the years that 
will never be repeated.

- Fali Ndreka
Milano, Italy

IF, a Poem by Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer

If your beats have music of my love

If there is my glow in your face

If you have my dreams in your eyes

If there is fragrance of my love in your breaths

If your heart is in the love of my heart

If you have so sweet and soft corner for me

If you think that I am the same man-

as in your thoughts

as in your dreams

If you think that I am the same man-

With whom you want to live your entire life,

If...

Will you marry me?

© Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer

(Editor: The Fatehpur Resolution)

Fatehpur, UP, India 

Email: editorsgveer@gmail.com 

Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer is a renowned poet, critic, and editor. His poetry, translated into numerous languages, explores universal themes with unique style, imagery, and emotional depth. A literary icon, he champions innovation and artistic expression, inspiring emerging and established voices alike.

THE BELIEF OF ASPIRATION, A POEM BY HONG NGOC CHAU

Life sometimes revolves in this existence
Let ask misery people in pondering moments
Who can foresee the reunion or separation?
Sad or joyful days so as to longing in motion?

We share confide at the nameless place
To tie our relationship being love fate
The two hearts in the same beat, same flow
Sunshine or rain we’ve ever experienced sorrows

From now on we hope our love fullness
Man life career adapts our desire more or less
For tomorrow, it exists throughout generations
It’s forever constant the belief of aspiration

We love the simple life of sincerity
The ideal rises among life worldly
With our will, we keep our loving fire
The vow is witnessed by the blue sky
- HONG NGOC CHAU
Ho Chi Mình City
Vietnam

Her true name is NGUYEN CHAU NGOC DOAN CHINH. Her pen name is HONG NGOC CHAU,. She is a Master of educational management, a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers' Association
(Vietnam) and an Honorary Doctorate in Literature and Humanity of the Church and of Prixton University.
Admin member of W.U. P (World Union of Poets), GENERAL COUNCIL level World Union of Poets with MEDAL SILVER Investigator (14th medal of World Union of Poets), VISHWA BHARATI Contributor - India (Vishwabharati Research Centre), International Ambassador of the International Council of Writers & Artists, Administrator, moderator, group expert of many literary forums around the world.

Two Poems by Saeeda Akhtar

The Unvoiced Embrace

Love is a whisper the soul understands,
A silent touch, like waves on sands.
No words are spoken, yet hearts confide,
Bound by a bond no force can divide.

It flows like rivers, calm yet deep,
A promise unbroken, a vow to keep.
No need for voices, no need for sound,
In quiet glances, love is found.

The moon may rise, the stars may gleam,
Yet love shines brighter than any dream.
It speaks in echoes of the past,
A song unchained, a truth steadfast.

Through time and tide, through joy and pain,
It whispers softly, again and again.
No language known, no script is read,
Yet love is felt, where souls are wed.

A look, a sigh, a touch so light,
A spark that turns the dark to bright.
No distance great, no storm too strong,
For love’s sweet silence sings so long.

Two hearts that beat, though miles apart,
Yet share one soul, one breath, one heart.
□

Brushstrokes of you  

I had a thought, then paused midway,
A dream that dared to drift away.
To leave this life, to start anew,
With only art and only you.

I'd leave my work, I'd leave my land,
With your soft fingers in my hand.
To a distant place where dreams take flight,
Where love and colors blend with light.

A studio bathed in golden hue,
Each canvas whispering thoughts of you.
No other face, no other eyes,
Just you beneath the endless skies.

"Why only me?" you gently ask,
As if love were a fleeting mask.
But sometimes souls like oceans grow,
Vast and deep in endless flow.

No other muse, no other sight,
Could match your warmth, your soul's own light.
For in your gaze, the world appears,
A masterpiece of love and years.
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- Saeeda Akhtar 
Pakistan 

Saeeda Akhtar, born on November 29 in Lahore, Pakistan, is a distinguished poet, writer, translator, and academic. She holds a Master's in Urdu from the University of Punjab and professor at Queen Mary College, Lahore. Her poetry and short stories have been featured in leading literary magazines such as Funoon and Beyaz, and translated into Arabic, English, Spanish, and Serbian. Recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the Kazi Nazrul Islam Literary Award, she actively participates in international symposiums, bridging cultures through her evocative writings.

Three Poems by Tasneem Hossain

What is Love?
Love is a floating colorful gas balloon.
The gas balloon the plasma, radiation dust of the cosmos;
The cosmos yellow, orange, multi colored rainbow;
The rainbow sweet, bitter, angry, jealous, sad, happy colors of the universe;
The universe is the beautiful creation: that is love.

Lover’s World
Thunderstorm lashes chilly angry blows.
Tumultuous sea waves and oceans growl,
Impassioned night crawlers run fast and troat;
Passionate love’s breathing dances and floats.

Wandering clouds feel misty watery eyes,
Ready to fall through dark, grey, cloudy skies;
Heartbeats travel across oceans and seas,
Lost travellers feel rhythmic motion in breeze.

Light comes shining through the depth of darkness.
Thoughts float through the rhythm of nothingness,
Silence speaks its own solitary tune
Mellow music of heart pierces the gloom.
You are the light of my heart’s home.
Looking at you I see my wondrous world.

The Sweet Thief
That thief steals into your heart.
One moment it's ecstasy,
The next, it wrenches and tears you apart;
Life seems heavenly; next it’s hell.

None can perceive when it comes,
Whom it touches or where it prods;
How it creeps in, how it crawls.
That sweet little thief, that we call love.

Brief Biography of Tasneem Hossain:
Tasneem Hossain, is a multi-lingual poet, columnist, fiction and op-ed writer, translator, educator, and trainer from Bangladesh.

Translated in ten languages, her impactful writings appear regularly in esteemed literary publications worldwide. She has been interviewed on several literary platforms and won awards for her literary contributions to world literature.

She runs an international poetry writing project and group, named Life in Lyrics. She wants to create bridges of communication for literary people around the world through this platform. She conducts workshops here to create readers and create interest for reading and writing for the younger generation. She is a member of World Writers’ Union and recognized as World’s Contemporary Writers 2024 in a couple of anthologies.
Poetry, to her, is music through words; an ever-flowing river reflecting all that surrounds us.
As an author, she tries to spread message of love, hope, mercy; and tries to create an awareness of social responsibilities and human rights.

Several of her articles and poems are utilised as teaching material in universities and academies across various countries; some have been referenced in university research papers.

Publications: ‘Grass in Green,’ ‘The Pearl Necklace,’ ‘Floating Feathers’ and ‘Split and Splice’.
A faculty of Business English at CUET, she is currently the director of two HRD organisations. CEC, Bangladesh and Cansaz Services and Distribution LLC, Canada. She is a highly regarded Business Communication Management trainer.

She worked for radio Bangladesh as a newscaster, commentary reader, interviewer and radio presenter for 10 years.

If You Were With Me, a Poem by Debajani Das

If you were with me 
My life would be something different 
Hopes would be fulfilled that magnificent ,
If you were with me.

If you were with me 
I would manifest myself at the apex,
Underneath the heavy files of
duties and responsibilities, 
I would not loss my precious time 
If you were with me.

If you were with me 
My life would be flourished 
According to my desires and potentialities, 
To reach the high sky
To touch the deep ocean of love 
To smell the fragrance of soulfulness
Would be in my fate,
If you were with me.

If you were with me 
I could listen the melodious rhyme of living, 
I could feel the sweetest essence of breathing, 
I would remain ever in a heavenly feelings
If you were with me.

- Srikanthapur, Balasore, Odisha, India 

Being a prolific writer, Debajani Das has contributed towards literature in versatile ways, linguistic barriers have never been an obstacle in her way. Her creations in Odia, Hindi as well as in English have successfully held the title of bestsellers. Her efficiency has led her pen towards attributing stories, novels, poems, one liners, features, translations, documentary, spiritual, scientific and historical articles, reviews and recipes too. Born on 5th July in Balasore, she has a small family in Balasore, Odisha, India. Only daughter Ayenankita and Hubby Dillip Kumar Das. 


Author Debajani holds a popular position in the literary world. She is attached as an active member in many Literary forums, organisations and other similar platforms. Debajani's bequest in literary field and her skills of augmentation are remarkably outstanding. Some research work has also been done on her literary work. By profession Debajani  is a Botany Educator. Being a Gujrat Sahitya Academi winner, the author has garnered much acclaim for her published books...stated below:- 

* ALUA RA CHHAI <The Shadow of light> (Fiction collection)

* APURNA PURNATA <Incomplete perfection> (Novel)

* DRUMA MAHA DRUMA

<Plants and trees> (Book about plants)

* PALAKA RA SMRUTI 

<Memories of blink> (Poetry collection)

* AMRUTA PARASAMANI AND KALPABRUKHYA

<Nectar, Magic stone and the sacred tree> (Translated book from Hindi)

* A AA I, <Etc..> (Fiction collection)

* ATHACHA SUKHINI PRITI RA FALGU <Unstrained Eternal love> (Fiction collection)

* EBAM ITYADI (Short Story Collection) 

Thrilled And Nostalgic, a Poem by Md. Ejaj Ahamed

Winter is saying goodbye

All are saying spring welcome

Your memories are flying in my mind's sky

You also welcomed me in your spring's heart

You also dressed yourself like spring-queen

Your voice was also like the cuckoo's chant

Like spring's heaven you were also serene

Now I am thrilled and nostalgic

I am thinking mind's and life's mathematics

- Md. Ejaj Ahamed

(India)

EMail: mdejajahamed26@gmail.com

Md Ejaj Ahamed was born on 26 February 1990 at Mahendrapur, Aurangabad, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. He is a bilingual poet, writer, editor, journalist, teacher and peace ambassador. His published books are seven and edited books are three. Besides his poems and articles have been published in many joint books and journals. He is the chief editor of Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine).

Valentine’s Day, a Poem by Lan Qyqalla

Lora
embroidered Valentine’s Day
on the map of love
Egnatia-Naisus street
and in passing I also took
the honey flavor
from the hot ashes
of the estinguished fire.

Lora
like a blonde ladybug in the meteorite
nobody whispers
on the map of love
and the star twister out of exhausted longing
in the timeless feeling
brought the freshness of age
the kiss of the mountain like Hera from Olympus
departed in the endless today
night.

Lora
frozen in heat
slightly heated to the bosom of love
"I'm very cold
Lan takes me with him
tonight
I do not want flowers
a white rose
to have for Valentine’s Day! "

- Lan Qyqalla
Albanian 

Lan Qyqalla is an Albanian writer, editor-in-chief of the EliteOrfeu International Magazine, winner of several national and international literary awards, member of the Albanian-American Academy of Sciences and Arts in New York, Director of the International Poetic Festival "Poetic, Literary and Artistic Heritage in Kosovo" 17 editions and Professor at the Gymnasium in Pristina. The poet from Kosovo has published more than 67 works (poems and stories) in Albanian, Romanian, Francophone, Swedish, English, Polish, arabic, indish. Chinese, etc. Some of his poems 67, have been translated and published in several languages and in several magazines and literary portals. Lives and creates in Pristina.

Two Poems by Deepti Shakya

THOSE MOMENTS

Whenever a star was broken,
I wished to God to have you.
Prayed for your well being,
Always prayed for us to meet.

You were the canvas of my life,
On which I painted you.
Only you occupied my heart and mind,
Your name was written there in golden letters.

Every moment I thought of only and only you,
I tied a thread in your name in every temple.
It was you who introduced me to the treasure of love,
You were my happiness and you taught me to live.

I felt safe in your shadow,
With you, I also used to love getting wet in the rain.
Time used to pass while talking to you,
Every moment spent with you was so beautiful.


YOU CAN'T MEASURE MY LOVE 

You can't measure my love in inches or meters,
This is my heart which has no parameters.
You can feel my love in your heart and soul,
The treasure of my love makes you whole.

Believe me I am your shadow when you're in sunshine,
Feel the immense depth of my love which is divine.
I am your echo when you are sad and silent,
The magic of my love will keep you calm not violent.

I am your healer when you're in lots of pain,
You will forget all the sorrows with my love's nectarine rain.
I am your shield when you are stuck in the storm,
The Power of my love will help you get out of the rainstorm.

I am your light when you are surrounded by darkness,
My love is a celestial symphony that will fill you with blissfulness.
I am your courage when you feel lost,
Whatever happens, I will not leave you at any cost.

© Deepti Shakya
India 
All Copyrights Reserved

Deepti Shakya hails from Uttar Pradesh, India. She is a Bilingual Poetess, Artist, and Certified Reiki Healer. She writes poems in English and Hindi languages. She has contributed to many International and National Anthologies, International magazines, e-newspapers and e-Journals with her poems. She has won multiple awards. Her hobbies include cooking, painting, knitting, crocheting, soft toys making and artificial flower making.

With Love, a Poem by Bharati Nayak

Distance is never a distance
As of me 
On every nucleus of each cell
Scripted your name
The beats of my heart
Stop to listen to your steps
The soft sun light and the sweet breeze
Murmur the eternal music
My heart is filled with love 
Like the sky has no limit
Unfathomable as an ocean
Like a nectar dropped to eternity.
□
- Bharati Nayak
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bharati Nayak, born in the year 1962, is a bilingual poet, critic and translator from Odisha,Her poems have been published in nearly two hundred books such as The Tranquill Muse, Rock Pebbles, Orissa Review, Utkal Prasang, Creation and Criticism, Circular Whispers, Nova Literature-Poesis, PoetryAgainst Terror, 56 Female Voices of Poetry, The Four Seasons Poetry Concerto, Tunes From the Subcontinent, Amaravati Poetic Prism, Glomag ,OPA Anthology ,Different Truth ,,Pangolin Review ,Poets and Poetry,Muse of Now Paradigm, Different Truth and the like.
Her published works are-
1-Padma Paada (A poetry book in Odia language) 2-Words Are Such Perfect Traitors 3-A Day for Myself. She has co-authored four books namely Radical Rhythm ,vol-1,Vol-2 ,Vol-4 and worked as the Editor for Radical Rhythm Vol-3.She has co-authored a poetry collection ‘In the Realms of Love & Divinity’ with the German poet Dr.Antony Theodore and a poetry collection 'Poetry and Friendship' with an American poet Daniel Brick.

She has been conferred with Sahitya Lahari award by International Cosmos Society,India in 2018 and Star Ambassador of World Poetry And Art Philosophique Poetica International Award in Literature by the World Poetry Conference in Bhatinda,Punjab .India in 2019.She has been felicitated by Literary Groups ,Asha Srotaswini Magazine ,Ashapradeep Newspaper ,Criticspace Journal,Odia Sahitya Jagata ,Realm of Poems ,Poemarium and Eternal Flames.

Two Poems by Prof. Nina Zarkova

TO THE DEVIL OF HUMAN INTRIGUES

To hell with human intrigue
and glances thrown over the shoulder.
One love for a lifetime is enough for me,
that you be by my side day and night alone.

That you love only me madly,
charmed by longing and caresses.
Once in a hundred years a miracle happens
and once in a lifetime there is happiness.

I LOVE YOU

I love you.
This is fate.
Let the whole world
know it.
I am in love,
a beautiful girl
and I am happy
that I have you,
that I love you.
That you are
ungodly rich
is a superfluous detail.
In a sinful world
love is
a fortune of fate.

- NINA ZARKOVA
Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. NINA ZARKOVA is a Bulgarian poet and writer of international renown. She has the personal blessings of Their Holinesses Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. She has also been blessed by the Greek Archbishop Christodoulos. Copies of her books are in the libraries of the Vatican, the USA, Egypt, Turkey, Serbia. She was awarded the title of Her Excellency Dame Officer /NOT D.K.M.A/ by the Royal Palace of the island of Java.

Her works have been published in world anthologies, including "Arabian Nights", "The Silk Road", "Nano Poems for Africa", World Poets for Peace", "The Window of Paris", "A Book of Love".
Nina Zarkova is the winner of many international awards for literature and peace.
www.ninazarkova.free.bg

THREE POEMS BY TAGHRID BOU MERHI

VALENTINE'S DAY, O FRAGRANCE OF WISHES

Valentine’s Day lives in our steps,
Like a bird singing in our veins,
Like the dawn light waking every rose
That blossomed deep within our souls.

Come, let us journey to the distant dream,
Flying like butterflies amidst flowers,
Adorning our path with love until
Life becomes melodies and celebration.

On the shoulders of clouds, we etch our love,
Leaving whispers to the winds,
Embracing our hearts whenever longing passes,
Blessing us with the purity of souls.

O heartbeat of life and every joy,
When love enters your heart,
I become like a child of tender dreams,
Hiding in your eyes my greatest wishes.

Come, let us paint life with celebration,
And sketch our madness with nostalgia.
For this day lives between us,
Renewing a love that never fades.

© TAGHRID BOU MERHI - LEBANON - BRAZIL


THE SHADOWS OF LOVE 

Love passes like a fleeting breeze,
leaving its mark upon souls,
like a cloud that rains
over hearts thirsty for life.

It is the heartbeat when the chest tightens,
and the spark in eyes that meet
amid the rush of passing silence.

Love is not a promise,
nor a chain of silk,
it is the breaking of the soul
when it meets its reflection in another.

It is the distance shortened by a glance,
and the estrangement dissolved by a word.

In love,
we flee from ourselves
only to find them clearer.

We fear loss,
but we realize that love
is what remains
when everything else is gone.

© TAGHRID BOU MERHI - LEBANON - BRAZIL


VALENTINE'S NIGHT IN CANDLELIGHT

Love prepares for the night,
draping the moon in veils of light,
planting in the corners of the heart
a warm song,
scattered like stars
across the table of waiting.

Beneath the candlelight,
shadows dance upon the walls,
as if the heart's secrets
confess what words could never say.

Eyes meet in silence,
speaking more than a thousand poems,
and laughter melts
into the warmth of the moment,
as if time itself paused
to witness this beautiful madness.

On Valentine's Day,
souls blossom in love’s presence,
and the heart becomes a homeland
for songs of longing.

© TAGHRID BOU MERHI LEBANON - BRAZIL
(Foz Do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brasil)
taghrid240@gmail.com

She is a Lebanese Brasilian multilingual poet, writer, author, essayist, editor journalist and translator. She has authored 23 books and translated 42 books to date, 112 article to date. She is an active member of various literary and creative platforms. Her writings are part of several national and international magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. She was chosen among the 50 women from Asia who had a significant impact on the history of modern literature and she was chosen among the top 20 international journalist's from Legacy Crown. She is presidente of CIESART Lebanon. She was chosen among 12 Elite Members for Prodigy Life - USA. She is a global advisor for poetry on CCTV Chinese TV and editor and head of the translation department at various literary newspapers and magazine.
Some of her literary works have been translated into 48 languages. Additionally, she has written 44 prefaces for books, both Arab and foreign. She has also participated in over 100 international anthologies and 77 Arab anthologies.She has won many awards for her write-ups.

Three Poems by Niamat Elhamri

TOMORROW'S ENCOUNTER

A meeting of loyalty, a promise sealed,
Lasting till the end, beyond the field,
If tomorrow comes, as fate has willed.

Tomorrow's encounter…
Family gathered, love’s embrace,
Even the elders, with a gentle grace.
Welcomed with milk, dates, and flowers in bloom,
A day of joy, before vows consume.
Do not mourn yesterday, for tomorrow makes room.

Tomorrow’s encounter…
A soft light, love's tender meeting,
Let’s dance like the waves, endlessly fleeting.
A hug of longing, after distance and yearning,
A kiss sweeter than honey, love ever-burning.
Rightfully yours, with dowry and vow,
Tomorrow’s encounter, eternal somehow.
Not like yesterday, of distance and cold,
Let’s live in tomorrow, forever bold.

I REMEMBER

The nights of laughter, the evenings of delight,
I remember your love for coffee, without sugar,
I see you at dawn's first sight,
And when the moon bids the night.

I remember your voice near,
Like a note played on a string clear,
Like the water's roar against stone sheer,
Quenching every trace in my heart, dear.

Despite the distance and the yearn,
Leaving me in scorching burn, I wait for you,
Like thirsty soil awaiting rain's return,
Longing for the first drop's renew.

I remember the fading of cold,
And returning to you with words so bold,
I write you in poems and prose untold,
Painting our love with letters of light,
Between ages of gold.

Will you come back again?
The heart can no longer bear the pain,
The soul longs for the gaze of your eyes,
And a love that never dies.

I KNOW NO EXISTENCE BUT YOURS

I know no existence but yours, my guide,
And nothing else has occupied my mind, how blind!
For this, I confess, I’ve been unjust,
Yet, for you, my heart does solely trust.

I’ve sought no other, nor played a part,
For always, you’ve been closest to my heart.
A child of your love, am I
You taught me how to adore, to sigh.

You fed me the bread of passion's feast,
Drowned me in oceans of love, released.
You lifted me high, away from the throng,
In your embrace, I’ve found where I belong.

How many fought to win my hand,
Yet gained no more than shadows’ strands.
For you, the knight of every maiden’s dream,
Destined for me, as heaven’s golden gleam.

I loved you not for love alone,
But for the air your love has shown.
For I am the child of your devotion,
Unwavering, steadfast, a boundless ocean.

You nourished me with loyalty’s grace,
A fragrant drink from your flowers' embrace.
Truly, my love is yours to keep,
For in my heart, your roots run deep.

And all the world shall surely know,
To another’s love, I cannot go.
To another’s love, I cannot go.

You are the finest gift from above,
And I, a grace, sent for your love.

-NIAMAT ELHAMRI
MOROCCO

Niamat Elhamri is a Moroccan writer and poetm, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Barcelona Literary Magazine, General Secretary of the World Writers Union, Member of the Arab Writers Union and Arab Cultural Union and Ambassador of International Federation of Arts and Literature (UN-IFAL)

Published works: "On the shelves of Oblivion" in Arabic. Ouzouf wa Enfessal" in Arabic ,"Shunning and Separation" in English, International Anthology: "Whispers Across Languages", International Anthology: "Let The Rose Bloom", International Anthology: "Poems Against The Ugliness", International Anthology: "Humanist Anthology", "Stations from Memory" (Encyclopedia of Short Stories) in Egypt, International Haiku Anthology: " Haiku Strings", " Poetic Bouquet Valentine’ s Day " Anthology.

Short story collections: "Your Last Melody", "If Not for Those Borders", "Venice/Romulus and Remus", " My Trace Before Departure ", "Sacrificial Offerings".
Upcoming:
Short stories collection: "Ward N°36".

Niamat's works have been translated into multiple languages, including English, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Albanian, Hindi, Bengali, and Turkish, reflecting her global literary impact.