A Quartet of Poets
ENIGMA
Dream away like the moonbeams creeping out In the mazed network of bewildered mind
Intricately zooming amidst the penumbra
Flashing, dimming, like a vague outline of shadows
Transfixed, piercing through the myriads of hues
As if in a ruptured trance, a dream, a parody
Slowly fading away in the fleeting purple wilderness.
© GUS PEREZ AMIO
Philippines
SEPIA SOLITUDE'S STRENGTH
In shades of sepia, my identity is drawn,
A solitary figure, amid a sea of faces,
Lost in the labyrinth of societal norms,
Echoes of ancestors whisper in the wind's embraces.
Alone, yet tethered to a heritage unseen,
Through solitude's lens, I find my strength refined,
A brown silhouette against the backdrop of time.
© CONCETTA PIPIA
USA
A PLEA AT DUSK TIME Could you wait for me at dusk?
Do not forget the candle for it starts to get dark
And bring with you the perfume of violets
This morning I poured all my fragrant zeal
And if you kept saying what do I need more
I say: "A kite to fly, a paper boat to go away
And some lyrics of my last verse......"
© SIHEM CHERIF
Tunisia
Once again, in the reckless secret sea port of words
An old ship has crashed in an unequivocal storm
Its mast now broken submerging in many love poems
In the chiaroscuro of many shared dreams and stranger times.
Time and birds take a sudden flight merging into memories
A dusk melts into a haze of dark shadows, trapping the footprints
A stranger kissed you once in the mist of many aromas and rain lost nights.
© AMITABH MITRA South Africa
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