INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Bilall Maliqi
Duane Locke
Eddie Awusi
Silvia Scheibli
Amit Parmessur
Lyn Lifshin
Juan Hongi
Shutta Crum
Peycho Kanev
Fahredin Shehu
Lana Bella
Laszlo Slomovits
Abdulrahman M Abu- yaman
Elisavietta Ritchie
Michelle Bailat-Jones
Keith Moul
Aneek Chatterjee
Tom Evans
Robert Nisbet
Paul B. Roth
Alex Ferde
Alan Britt
Ali Znaidi
Running Cub
John Grey
Jennifer Burd
Fred Wolven
Helen Gyigya
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Francis Ferde
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REINCARNATION
Suddenly the mirror
began to talk
I was in a trance
and slowly multiplied
myself
One two three four …
And all tried to grab me
from obscure lanes & bylanes
I thumbed my chest
and looked at the mirror
A black crater extended
its arms
One two three four …
All vanished into oblivion
only to resurface
somewhere in a hapless mirror
ADDRESS
For thousand years
I’ve been searching this address
in backwaters and deserts,
in streets and hamlets …
I’ve been searching in human faces,
in corn fields
and tramlines
Rains lashed and laughed at me
Winds often whispered: here you go,
look out for that corner …
Forests opened up their
eternal mysteries
for the address I’ve been exploring
since the dawn of mind
Rocks smiled, and the mighty sun
dispatched powerful rays
to help me find the address
in dark; dogs barked to tell me
where to go, snakes hissed to discourage
from a forbidden path
camels took me for rides
on hot angry sands
Finally when I reached my address
I knew not where to go
which door to knock, and
which face to adorn
I am still exploring the direction
to my lost address
PASSAGE OF TIME
I’ve broken the barrier of time
and moved ahead of
ancient wisdom
In my quest for progress
I invented light, and crossed over
the valley of darkness
The first child of yore
has found a new haven on earth,
a new avenue of dynamism,
of enlightenment, a new entity as human,
with the passage of time
I’ve finally entered
a glittering world, the tunnel of
wisdom, of reinventing self, discovering
the meaning of progress, meaning of
life and light
The more I advance into the tunnel
a blinding light darkens my soul
and gradually dwarfs my existence
As I get lost in glittering lights
A human mind shouts
from somewhere inside:
‘Have you found light
and the meaning of life; or
are you still walking on the
(new) glittering passage of time’?
Aneek Chatterjee, Kolkata, India