An Enigma

In a vision I saw a PegasusAbove it was man of great Valor.It floated stealthy in a hyperbole.The countenance I saw vague although;Above it was man of great Valor.I know…

Excerpts of Mahmoud Darwish: The Legacy

Mahmoud Darwish, the name that has resurfaced in the minds of people since the ongoing Israel-Palestine situation, was a poet and a cultural icon who was born in 1941 in…

The Curse of Feeling Too Much

if you're an overthinker, you'll deeply relate to this poem. Feeling isn't bad, no, it is what makes you human. But what about the feelings which are born out of…

Nizar Qabbani and the Delicacy of Pain

“The finest souls are those who gulped pain and avoided making others taste it.” This quote by Nizar Qabbani struck something very deep inside – not just the immediate picture…

T. Liepke
14th Decrire L’Art Winning Poem

Painting by Malcolm T. Liepke Stranger than strangers perhaps our hearts know what they have become yet your mind likes to entangle, what I can't detangle Beloved, will another drink…

child with his mother
Through the eyes of a donation

Painting by Valentin Mikhaylovich Sidorov Russian Postwar & Contemporary painter *Through the eyes of a donation* “It’s a boy”, he says. Dad smiles. Rejoices. Prays. For his wish was granted.…

Never

  Never let your secrets be unveiled,In misunderstanding, do not be impaled.False predictions, let them not deceive,True empowerment, you must believe. Never obscure your deepest emotions,Don't solely admire your virtuous…

I am a Hypocrite

  In the last five years' I dreamt In the last five autumns ' I thought, I thought over the word "love" I dreamt about the truth, He guided me…

The Song of Ravaging Freedom – 1st Winner of Poetic Rhapsody

There is Sulphur in our spiritsA brimstone burning blueInward turned and out it burntBut never, to ashes, turnedThere’s a wick that lit foreverOur hopes live on foreverForever! And free!Free as…

The image shows a potter at work. This reflects the theme of the poem.
Unfinished Pot

The sun was never so hot;The sky was never so far.Dear Potter, are you notThe reason for the useless war?The pot was not dry,And the soft clay breaks.But the pot…