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December 2018 by TV program You and Literature She has published her poems in many
Today from Nigeria. His poems were read on The magazines in arrabic and english.
Dear John Show of Warrington, England.
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appreciate each other and build a solid world
Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim Goronyo full of joy and happiness through pens and ink.
In this new edition of this global magazine,
Editorial there are so much to get and so much to enjoy.
The magazine come with diverse ideas from
the world up growing poets of our time to cast
Literature is life and anything about
anything is literature, literature is meant to the way of beautiful memories, education and
story telling.
educate and replicate on the lives of the past,
present and the future people. In the effort to Poetry is one of the genres of literature that
nourish literature and improves it this aims to inspire and relaxes the mind, through
magazine was given birth, and this month of thoughts and rhythmic words. Poetry is an
June edition is not different from the rest of aesthetic arrangement of beautiful words and
the previous editions for being the best and the professionalism of writing is engraved in
fully entertained. this month’s magazine.
It has been a good journey in The articles published are
the publishing trend of this beautifully captured from
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to inspire. The world is a global traditions, reading some of the
village and all the people are stories from selected writers
united through the digital exposing one to cultural values
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aspiration and do things different people of the world.
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in a twinkle of an eye, all glance of the work of Professor
achievements are made and Idris Bugaje, a Nigerian
this is what this Magazine educationist in the field of
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As a Nigerian, an African I with Ahmadu Bello University,
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in the field of literature. The poetry come with
different themes and words talking about
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and smooth our misunderstandings in time…
Marija Najthefer Popov So, year after year,
all chances were missed and heart,
Born in Sivac (Backa, Vojvodina, Serbia) on heart suffered an attack!
March 11, 1958, where she met a beautiful ***
written word. Since 1996, she lives and I tried to explain to them
creates in Zrenjanin. Until now, she has been that it was fatigue
published in more than a hundred joint,
caused by pain, longing, sorrow because of
domestic and international poetry collections;
you,
published in several domestic and foreign
us, my Darling,
journals; translated into several languages.
but,
Her first solo collection of poems, “I WRITE
who still believes in eternal love?
A WOMAN,” was released in 2018. The motive
… and while they were performing open heart
behind her poetry is Rose, and Woman in all
surgery on me,
its beauty and splendor… Love is the initiator
I held you firmly
of everything!
so they wouldn’t
accidentally
Letter rip you out of my
chest,
I am writing this letter, Darling, where you live since I know you
(which is unexpected result of some and forever,
uneasiness in me, my Darling.
some black foreboding. I could not resist fear There you abide, rein, cause pain, suffocate…
and temptation…) but, it is OK!
I hope you are well, thanks to God. They did bypass and regulated my blood flow
For many years, the aorta of life saying: only one blood cloth
poured into my heart but caused hundred percent blockage!
ink of sadness, They have no idea, my Darling,
which hurts and lasts… that you abide there forever.
(and they say that time works wonders) There you swell like water
That ink overflows with strength of endurance at the Djerdap,
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Includes an identity they always feel comfort on that path for this
reason.
„Be aware of all the emotions, that acquire the We have lost all the time and in all the ways
things, was someone,
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in which we have involved bye the thoughts but there is no any type of understanding
and emotions, about them,
that they also know about what the desires of
thoughts we have!!
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Alemseged Sisay
But we have no such privilege I can see his smile, the hope in his eyes...
What we have is heart filled with love, we And I always say how wonderful it is...
share the little the day To be all the same but also different.
Provide for us. We can share so many great things
We understand true way to lead, Our cultures, our customs and also our dreams
We provide for the children we have around We can open ourselves up to many other
us, horizons
We gather together to be strength And maybe the door to our homes.
To one another.
We are living in the field of contest La lumière de l'amour
Were men and women are made.
Myriam Ghezaïl Ben Brahim Avec ses yeux sans vie, elle peut voir l'infini
Pas besoin de mots dits, elle sait quand tu souris,
Elle dessine à merveille tes lèvres et
The same notes on
t'émerveille
so much music... Par un cœur sans pareil brûlant
comme un soleil.
You think you're different, but
I'm telling you... Sur la trame de la vie elle tisse
That if you're unique, then so is vos envies
everyone else. Elle donne et s'investit et
We are variations but on the jamais ne trahit,
same theme Elle dit avec ses doigts comme
We are composed, but on the est grande sa joie
same pattern. De vivre auprès de toi, son
We're all set to the same music amour est sa foi.
On the assembled notes of a
genetic code Quand tu ouvres tes bras où
We have in common the elle se jette déjà
essence of the piece La lumière est bien là, la nuit n'existe pas,
Only a few embellishments distinguish us Elle sait faire l'impasse sur tout ce qui l'agace
from the lot. Les soucis elle les chasse et toi ça te dépasse.
Know that another man halfway around the
world... Elle met tant de douceur à t'ouvrir au bonheur
Share with you a closer baggage. Et elle t'offre ces heures, le cœur en
That you sometimes have with your family apesanteur,
So all humans are in the same circle. Elle rit de tes regrets pour cette cécité
I may have a talent that the other one doesn't, Qui ne peut l'empêcher de vivre et de t'aimer.
but...
How many more of these I'll never get... C'est au petit matin quand elle te prend la main
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All of them combined, we're much stronger. Qu’elle te dit allons viens on est déjà demain,
That to want to demonstrate, that the other is Que ton amour pour elle devient folie
always wrong. sensuelle
Me, when I see a man on another continent... Elle est comme un appel de l'amour éternel.
Love’s exuberance and tide. Even today the beautiful widow would
Vasile Lihăt
O umbră mică
Afară plouă, vântul bate,
Pe geam zăresc o umbră mică,
Lângă biserică în spate,
Lina Alfieri Capul spre cruce și-l ridică.
Cu mâna-ntinsă către cer,
El spune-o rugăciune tare.
È salvato il mondo
– Lasă-mă Doamne să pier!
Cu ce sunt vinovat eu oare?
Că sunt prea mic să-Ți fii greșit,
È salvato il mondo Mi-ai pus în inimă durerea,
per tuo mezzo. Doamne Tu m-ai pedepsit!
De mic să nu știu ce-i plăcerea.
Meraviglioso il tuo nome Să nu știu ce înseamnă „acasă”,
ricco di grazia. Nu am căldură, mângâiere,
Hai scritto Nu am mâncat nicicând la masă
Și am dormit doar prin unghiere.
su pietra rigida parole
Lumea îți spune Tatăl Nostru,
di tenerezza e bontà. Mă simt orfan acum de Tine
Hai perduto te stesso Și nu văd care este rostu…
De-n viață m-ai trimis pe mine.
per acquistare me…!
Să rabd de foame și de frig
Ora nasco e rinasco. Și alungat să fiu de toți,
Con molto amore,.. Ma iartă acum, că am să strig,
… senza giudicarmi,... Ia-mă la Tine! … Știu că poți!
E frig afară, bate vântul,
mi salvi. Plouă cu lacrimi de copil,
Non andrà perduto Un tunet îi acoperă cuvântul,
nemmeno uno dei miei capelli. … Își lasă capu-n jos umil.
În ploaie stă o umbră mică,
Neppure un filo d’erba,
Suflet pribeag prin astă lume,
neanche un velo di bellezza, Spre cruce capul și-l ridică …
niente scomparirà nel nulla. Și Tu mă cerți?! când n-am nici nume …
Il mondo è salvo perché amato.
Il tuo abbraccio
libera e fa alzare in volo
una pulsione d’amore.
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Să urlu iar la lună îmi vine O what heaven could that bring!
Dar și ea s a ascuns în nori.
… E rieccoli Tu
Port prea mulți ani în spate și prea grei Strâng urme de entuziasm,
Dar, chiar așa cum sunt, sunt anii mei Vestigii din anii tineri
Unii cu mai mult bine, alții și cu puțin rău Când totul era un basm
Au fost așa cum datu-mi-a Dumnezeu! Cu zâne și sfânta Vineri,
Paul Rotaru
prose 25-30
Porozwieszanie wszędzie jakowychś lepów na
Ryszard Mścisz muchy oznaczałoby zaś ośmieszenie powagi
urzędowego pomieszczenia.
Wójta urwanie głowy Trudna rada w tej mierze – można by rzec.
A przebywać w gabinecie było trzeba i sprawy
[A Commune Head’s Headache] nie cierpiące zwłoki rozwiązywać. Teraz też
akurat wójt musiał wystosować pismo
Po gabinecie wójta krążyły muchy, bzyczały urzędowe do wójta gminy Zakrapiana Wola w
na równi z wentylatorem jego starego sprawie budowy wspólnego dla obu gmin
komputera. Okno jednak musiało być otwarte, gimnazjum. Bo dzieci gminnych mieszkańcy
bo w te upalne dni nijak nie dałoby się w powoływali do życia już od lat coraz mniej i
zamkniętym pomieszczeniu wytrzymać. jeden budynek szkolny w sam raz
Widząc czy raczej czując ten problem, zaspokajałby potrzeby gminy Zakrapiana
sekretarz gminy powiesił na Wola i Wydmuszkowo. Jako że
oknie pismo urzędowe: sekretarz miał trochę innej
„Muchom, wszelkim owadom i pilnej pisaniny i paru
innym stworzeniom spraw interesantów, wójt postanowił
urzędowych nie mającym – sam pismo sklecić. Bo co to
wstęp wzbroniony”. Te jednak znowu takiego, żeby on –
gówno sobie robiły z takiego gospodarz gminy – miał sobie z
pisma, a nawet – zdarzało się tym nie poradzić. Pomozolił się
niejednokrotnie – robiły to na trochę, czoło pomarszczył,
pismo. Wójt Błaśnik był parę much zabił, a resztę
oburzony takim brakiem pogonił wolną, niepiszącą ręką
posłuchu z ich strony, zaś – i pismo jest jak się patrzy. Na
sekretarz Strupek wściekły z zwykłej kartce, bo od
powodu braku szacunku dla komputerowego pisania to już
urzędowego pisma. Toż pisał je szary gminny pracownik jest.
przez godzinę, starannie dobierając czcionkę i Przeczytał wójt sobie pismo po cichu, a potem
nawet używając kolorowego tuszu. One – zaglądając czy akurat za drzwiami kogo nie
tymczasem całe pismo pokropkowały ma – na głos, żeby zabrzmiało jak trzeba:
ordynarnie, nie pomijając nawet urzędowej Do wójta i Rady Gminy Zakrapiana Wola
pieczęci. Walka z tą hałastrą była jednak z góry Jakeśmy to już obgadywali kiedyś przy
skazaną na porażkę z racji przewagi liczebnej szlachetnym trunku i w godnej kompanii,
wroga. Nie pomogła nawet specjalnie zwołana piszę urzędowo w sprawie gimnazjum, które
z tego powodu sesja, bo radni też byli wspólnie postawić uradzilim. Się wie, że ono w
bezradni. Zastosowanie w walce z wrogiem naszej wsi stanąć musi, bo mieszkańcy gminy
wojny biologicznej bądź chemicznej, to jest Wydmuszkowo bardziej w temacie uczniów
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a jak się uda, to jakieś dotacje na ten cel z Zresztą on im ze swojej kieszeni nie płaci.
zewnątrz dotrą i da się to zrobić szybciej, no i Niestety, wójt musiał kończyć te
mniejszym wkładem własnym. Inne szczegóły rozmyślania, bo oznajmiono mu, że pojawił się
się uzgodni potem, byle tylko zgoda była i do niego interesant. Zaraz, zaraz, przecież się
urzędowe przyzwolenie. nie rozerwę – powiedział sekretarce i kazał go
Wiadomo Wam wójcie, że bez nauki zawołać za dziesięć minut. Ostatnio zaczął
człowiek ślepy, choć od niej też się zdarza. darmowe kursy angielskiego, prowadzone ze
Szkoła jest potrzebna, a że gimnazjum trzeba środków unijnych, więc lubił sobie od czasu do
robić, to nie nasza wina jest, ale tych, co tak czasu tak zagadnąć lub pomyśleć po angielsku.
Oczywiście nie istniał dla niego problem
narobili w reformach. A za szkołę i nasze
wymowy, więc zwykł używać tych zwrotów w
wspólne interesy to jeszcze nieraz wypijem,
takiej postaci jak zapisane. Zresztą miał na to
czego sobie i Wam życzę.
swoje uzasadnienie: - W takiej postaci dadzą
Podpisano: wójt Wydmuszkowa Jantek się dobrze połączyć z pozostałymi, polskimi
Błaśnik słowami. No bo nie był wójt przecież
zwolennikiem całkowitego zangielszczenia.
Po przeczytaniu na głos listu, wójt jeszcze Czasem wtrącić jakiś
raz wyjrzał za drzwi, a
wyraz to można, ale
potem – jako że nikogo
żeby tylko angielskich
nadal nie było – mógł
używać – toż to nawet
już na głos wyrazić dla niewychowawcze i
siebie aprobatę:
niepatriotyczne. Teraz
– A toście się wójcie też sobie właśnie w
spisali. Długo nie takim duchu
zeszło a pismo jest, że powiedział pod
mucha nie siada. nosem: - Taki wójt to
Paszła won – to ma very much
powiedział akurat do muchy, która w tym problemów. Znowu pewnie ktoś czegoś chce i
momencie bezczelnie na pismo siadła. - Wasza mi podstawową moją funkcję – to jest
praca zaowocuje dobrą współpracą pomiędzy myślenie – przerywa. No ale Błaśnik był
gminami i wyborem na kolejną kadencję człowiekiem obowiązkowym, więc klienta
sprawowania urzędu. Tak trzymać, drogi przyjąć musiał i jakoś grzecznie go odprawić.
wójcie – dokończył. Wreszcie dzień pracy dobiegł końca.
Teraz to już wszystko było załatwione jak Zamknął gabinet z problemami i muchami
trzeba. Pismo napisane, mowa dziękczynna (których było ogólnie dużo – jak mawiał: very
wygłoszona. Wójt Błaśnik pomyślał sobie much) i udał się do domu. Ale myślał sobie
nawet, że można by w gminie paru ludzi przez drogę, jak ciężka jest jego praca. Bo taki
zwolnić, skoro jemu tak dobrze idzie. Bo bez zwykły człowieczek zakończy robotę i ma
sekretarza by się obeszło, a i Lucka Kramarza spokój. A on myśli o niej po drodze, będzie
można by zwolnić, bo on i tak przyjęty tylko po myślał w domu... Może nawet i tam ktoś
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znajomościach, nic robić nie umie – z przyjdzie w jakiejś sprawie. Jedno tylko go tu
wyjątkiem chwalenia wójta. Ale po namyśle cieszyło: problemów domowych też jest
uznał, że może lepiej nie. No bo bez sekretarza wprawdzie much, ale muchy to tam mu się
za dużo roboty by spadło na niego, a czasem pokonać udało...
dobrze posłuchać też i nie swoich pochwał.
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pogotovo do mnogih seoskih tračara. zaključio kako i ova vlast, koja sebe naziva
S druge strane, poznato mi je, i lično sam komunističkom, niti je pravedna, a još manje
iskusio na vlastitoj koži, da mi je Kadri-demon bezgrešna. Nije još čestito ni zaživjela, a već
najveći i najpodmukliji neprijatelj, koji bi me boluje od ružnih bolesti kapitalizma, kao što
se rado riješio onog časa kad mu više ne su: korupcije, mita, rođačkih, prijateljskih i
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drugih veza kao i raznih drugih lopovluka. – Dobar dan, druže Edheme! – odgovorio
Naravno, sve se to dobro skriva zato što bi sam – Ima ga malo i previše.
kazne za počinioce, barem u ovim poratnim Produžili su još koju desetinu metara i
vremenima, bile primjerne i kobne. Siguran zaustavili se pred čardakom, gdje ih je dočekao
sam kako me beg udaljio od hambara jer nije i pozdravio sami gospodar, zapravo drug
želio da budem svjedok dolaska Komisije i Kadri-beg Džonlić. Dok smo se vijali za
njihovog pregleda u prvom redu hambara, a nestašnim mladuncem, čuo sam kako ih je
potom, moguće, i drugih prostorija. Svakako je domaćin upitao kojim dobrom su došli. Onda
želio da jedan svjedok bude manje, pogotovo ga je Edhem potanko obavijestio, sve kako
ako je tako nezgodan kao što je smatrao da nalažu pravila službe, da su oni članovi Glavne
sam ja. otkupne komisije na općini, i predstavio dva
Snijeg je i danas svojim laticama behara kolege i kočijaša. Sebe, razumljivo, nije
tkao bijele, mekahne ćilime i njima obilato predstavljao, jer mu je domaćin bio zet. Pošto
darivao brda i doline, ali i Kalešić i okolna sela. smo ulučili razigranog mladunca u staju, i dok
Umanjio je tek u poslijepodnevnim sahatima je moj kolega Fehim nastavio čistiti konjsku
da bi sasvim prestao s tkanjem s prvim balegu, ja sam brže-bolje dohvatio lopatu za
baršunastim sumrakom, što se tako lahko čišćenje snijega i, kao bajagi, nastavio razgrtati
gnijezdio kao kokoška snijeg ispred ulaza u
na položenim jajima. staju.
Malo poslije podneva S tog mjesta mogao
u staju je ušao jedan sam i da lijepo vidim
sluga da mi pomogne domaćina i goste i da
pokidati konjsku sasvim razgovijetno
balegu tako što bismo čujem razgovor
je kroz kidanicu između njih.
izbacili napolje na – Želite li koju
đubrište. Ulazeći rakijicu da se malo
zaboravio je zatvoriti zgrijete i usto šta
vrata te je ždrijebe kobile Bise uspjelo istrčati ovako založiti?... – pitao je beg.
na prostranu avliju. Oba smo pohitjeli za njim,
bojeći se da se ne pozlijedi. I umalo se nismo – Ne, o ne, druže Kadrija! – reče službenim
glasom Edhem. – Zbog toga bi neko mogao
sudarili s općinskim fijakerom. U njemu se
nalazio kočijaš i tri člana Komisije za otkup. optužiti i tebe i nas, kako nas želiš potkupiti.
Prepoznao sam samo predsjednika Edhema – O, ne ne, molit ću lijepo! Ja sam samo
Nuhbegovića, koji nas je pozdravio: gostoljubiv prema svima koji navrate u moju
– Dobar dan, drugovi! Ima li kod vas avliju. Pogotovo po ovakvom pasijem
snijega? vremenu. Dobro, onda, molim lijepo. Samo
izvolite, radite svoj posao. Ja ni u kojem slučaju
Edhema sam poznavao od ranije. Prvi put neću smetati.
sam ga vidio kad smo išli Kadri-begu u
svatove. Poslije smo se gotovo redovno viđali Jedan nizak i prosijed čovječuljak izvadio je
kad bi on posjećivao zeta i sestru ili kad bi mi svesku i olovku iz kožne komesarske tašne i
stao pisati zapisnik. Tad Edhem reče:
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[My Brother-Artist]
essay 31-35
that the sage was the god Apollo and did not
Lenuș Lungu receive the gift. After a while, during the siege
of the Lydian king Alyattes, Bias saved his
Bias of Priene (642-577 BC) hometown by a ruse, after which Alyattes
concluded a peace agreement with Priene.
He is the first figure, the most bizarre and Advised by the sage Bias, the Lydian king
mysterious of the seven sages of Greece. His Cresus stopped preparations for the
bibliography is unknown, only fragments with construction of a fleet and began to maintain
modest information about his life have been friendly relations with the inhabitants of the
preserved. It is believed that Bias was Ionian Islands.
contemporary with the famous king Cresus
When Priene was conquered by the
and witnessed the conquest of the cities of
Persians, many of the inhabitants began to flee
Asia Minor by the Persians.
the city, striving to take all their
At that time, there was a possessions with them. Only
long war between Samos and Bias was very calm. The
Priene. In the battle of Drius, inhabitants of the city were
the inhabitants of Priene were amazed by the calm demeanor
defeated by the Milesians. Bias of the philosopher and asked
traveled to Samos and him why he did not take
managed to resolve the conflict anything with him, to which the
on terms satisfactory to all sage replied with his famous
parties. In this way, military phrase: "Everything I have, I
action ceased. carry with me."
During the Second
Messianic War, Bias redeemed
some of the girls taken
prisoner by the Spartans, raised their own
daughters, and then sent them home to their * Do not encourage recklessness, love
parents, even giving them dowries. Shortly prudence.
afterwards, Athenian fishermen brought a * Conquer by conviction, not by force.
bronze tripod with the inscription "Wise" * Most are bad.
ashore. * When you are poor, quarrel with the rich
The father of one of the girls spoke at the only if you have not borrowed too much.
assembly of the people, told about the good * Do not hurry when you speak, haste is a
deed of the philosopher and declared that the sign of madness.
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* pain increase when you think of it, but is per poi trasportare con un ritmo graduale
better to educate your mind that pain is only verso qualcosa di più serio e romantico.
thing that make us stronger
Quasi tutta la storia, epilogo a parte il quale
* pain bring family together to seek for
regala finalmente un piccolo assaggio dei
oneness, family is not known in the season of
pensieri intimi di Damien, viene descritto dal
gain but in the season of pain.
punto di vista personale della dolce Chelsea e
* the secret of overcoming pain is oneness
raccontato al tempo passato.
with yourself, connect your mind,spirit,body
together in one accord. Damien nasconde un segreto il quale lo
spinge ad allontanare l’unica donna che abbia
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makes his work very rich and beautiful. He things, desires, children and dreams.
writes with flair and the smart usage of Often, his poems appear to have literary
literary devices only does the work of references now and then. His poem, „My dark
ornamentation and adds beauty, grace and lady” reminds the reader of Shakespeare’s
charm to his writing. The writing is definitely sonnets addressed to a dark lady. His other
on contemporary subjects and issues but the poem „The Road to be Taken” reminds of
influence of the classics is very much visible in Robert Frost’s „The Road not taken” and
his work and that is what differentiates him somewhere appears to be a post modern take
from his mainstream counterparts. on Frost’s thought. For a person who has a
For a person having fine knowledge of good literature background, poems of these
poetry writing, metric style, figures of speech, kinds in his collection offer an interesting
various literary devices and verse pattern, it is insight into the mind of the poet and the
easily noticeable how the poet follows the changed context with the same subjects years
conventions of poetry later. Other poems in
by following a this regard include,
standard stanza size „Let us sing oh!
or even writing in Nightingale” which
different forms of appears to have the
verse. Keatsian influence
He uses the from „Ode to
definitions of poetry Nightingale”, „Hell”
as given by William which reminds of
Wordsworth and T.S.Eliot and stylistically fits Dante’s „Inferno” and John Milton’s „Paradise
in his own definition of poetry in between Lost” and another poem „Beauty” having a
them in the beginning of the collection. direct Shakespearean allusion etc. Other
Apparently, his definition of poetry makes beautiful poems in the collection include, „The
equal sense too. song of my childhood’s happiness”, „Inside my
The poet puts great thought and effort mother’s womb”, „O friend of mine! All’s
friend”, „The Rhythm of my Heart”, „An
when he writes of diverse themes which
include peace, family, women, nature, people, interview with my Granny”. In these poems
culture and cultural differences. Other than and in many more, the poet’s genius and flair
that he explores abstract themes like time, appropriately comes to life and somewhere
love, teaching as a profession (since the poet the potential of his poems to stand the test of
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himself is a teacher) and beauty not just being time is also worth noticing.
limited to the external side. He even explores
subjects as simple as a smile, saying no to
confabulation 3646
started to write short stories, and then
Jo Herbert progressed to writing novels.
How has having a literary agent helped
Interview with Alexander you?
McCall Smith At a very early stage in my writing career I
acquired an agent. I was very fortunate to have
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of Gina Pollinger on my side, and she continued
over 60 books, including the bestselling No. 1 to represent me until her retirement. I then
Ladies Detective Agency series. went to Caroline Walsh at David Higham
Why do you write? Associates, who has done a wonderful job for
Like most writers, I write because I feel that me. A good agent is above the price of rubies.
I have to. It’s not exactly a compulsion, but it’s In what ways do you ’service’ your
quite close to that. Writing makes sense of books?
one’s world, which is what most of us want to If one is fortunate enough to have one’s
do on some level or other. books taken up in a significant way, there is a
Which novelists tremendous amount
do you admire? to do in ‘servicing’ the
I like the usual books. I do a lot of
suspects – the great travelling and often
19th-century novelists attend literary
such as Tolstoy, festivals and other
Flaubert and Dickens – events all over the
but I very much enjoy world. Although it can
reading twentieth- be quite burdensome,
century and it is always very
contemporary novels too. Graham Greene was interesting to meet the readers, and I think
a great master. that is what keeps me going.
R. K. Narayan, the Indian writer who What advice would you give to an
created a wonderful series of books set in the aspiring novelist?
small Indian town of Malgudi, is one of my I think that many novelists at the beginning
great literary heroes. He is something of a of their careers spend far too much time
miniaturist, as is Barbara Pym, another writing and then tinkering with their first
enthusiasm of mine. Then, for a bit of humour, book.
I greatly admire E. F. Benson and his Mapp and
My advice is to write a book and then
Lucia novels. immediately go on to the next one and to the
Describe the route to your first novel one after that. In other words, the more you
being published… write, the better you will become.
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I started as a writer of children’s books. I Alexander McCall Smith has written over 60
entered a writing competition and was books for adults and children, as well as a variety of
fortunate enough to be one of the winners. academic legal texts.Best known for his No. 1 Ladies
After writing numerous children’s books I Detective Agency series, the latest addition – The
Double Comfort Safari Club – is published in March
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mă laud, mai ales când te afli în amalgamul viitor se va avea în vedere creionarea
benefic al ecelorași energii. Domnul Arafat îmi prerogativelor desfășurării spectacolelor
era prezentat de o anumită elită și ca un teatrale doar în curțile parlamentare, pentru
înaintat maestru vizionar. că se pare că numai acolo trebuie să se
Ce m-a lezat oarecum?! Poate trebuia să își conglomereze mințile luminate.
cântărească puțin declarațiile în spațiul public, Prin expunerea unor astfel de texte, câteva
mai ales în cazul unor astfel de situații, sute la număr, unii artiști au reușit în cele din
tensionate. Citez una dintre ele: „Și dacă s-ar urmă să pună în mișcare motoarele și așa
face relaxarea totală, eu nu m-aș duce la destul de fragile ale culturii în România—într-
cinematograf sau la teatru, căci știu că există o reală măsură mai mult simbolic, deoarece
un risc” – fapt care oarecum m-a cam desfășurările culturale sunt etichetate de
bulversat, pentru că mulți oameni au influența temporară a scepticismului
încredere oarbă în astfel de spuse, fără a avea pandemic—dar uite că trebuie să ne hrănim
harul cântăririi realului și al irealului, cu mai departe țelul nobil, cu multe astfel de
proporțiile sale de viitoare trageri ale
50% adevăr, 50% semnalelor de alarmă
minciună, situația pentru prevalarea
salvatoare fiind acestui vârf piramidal
sintagma că pe pământ al națiunii:
adevărul nu va prevala CULTURA!!! Chapeau...
în totalitate niciodată,
pentru că este văzut și
intepretat din mai
Writers and Artists
multe unghiuri. În contextul în care sunt
aglomerații atât de mari prin piețe, pe litoral,
Interview with Benjamin
în stațiile de metrou, la terase, se pleacă cu
Zephaniah
trenuri de lungimi interminabile la cules de
sparanghel, în spatele cortinei parlamentare
Benjamin Zephaniah is known as a
se stă la șuete umăr la umăr în compania performance poet, but that’s only one of his
whisky-ului, a cafelelor și a trabucurilor, talents – he’s also a reggae artist, children’s
dumneavoastră îndemnați lumea să nu mai writer, novelist and playwright. His journey
vină la teatru? Într-un fel vă înțeleg, și am să vă from an approved school and a prison sentence
explic de ce: Teatrul reprezintă un temeinic for burglary to international recognition and a
portal al gândirii!!! Însă vorba aceea, în sacra nomination for the Oxford professorship of
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just an innocent kid messing around with football or Kung Fu with my neighbours. I
words when an adult said ‘You’re a poet, be sometimes work late into the night. I
published or be damned’. sometimes play late into the night. Fortunately
What poets do you admire? I only need a few hours sleep.
Poets I like are Shelley, KRS-One, Carol Ann How do you write?
Duffy, Jean Breeze, Spike Milligan and the I work in a study at the back of my house
greatest living poet in the world, Tony that has a great view. If I’m writing a novel,
Harrison. play or film I’ll work on a computer, it I writing
What inspires you? poetry I tend to write it by hand.
Freedom fighters like Marcus Garvey, Tony What’s your thought process behind a
Benn, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Shami poem?
Chakrabarti – people who know there is It all depends on what kind of poem it is. If
another way. I am also inspired it’s a performance poem I
to write by the hungry people I sometimes start with a theme
see when I travel around the or even a chorus. I will also find
world. Sometimes I feel like I a rhythm to work with, a beat
just want to do whatever I can in my head. If it’s a poem for a
to help them but I can’t do music CD album then I may
anything else, I have no other listen to lots of music to get me
skills. I’m not rich, so I try to in the mood. If it’s a
help them with my words, and commission I’ll read books on
sometimes by doing charity the subject.
work. Sometimes I’ll do these
Tell us about a normal things for a couple of days then
working day… suddenly one day the poem
If I’m in England and on comes out, just like that, in a
Greenwich Mean Time, I get up about 7am. I couple of minutes. I might rewrite it later, a
always start my day with a run or a cycle ride, kind of fine tuning, or sometimes I’ll tell the
then I come home to my gym and do a boxing audience it’s a new poem and just perform it
and Kung Fu work out. When I have pushed to see if it works.
myself to the limit I slow down with some Describe your route to being
Yoga and Tai Chi. I then have breakfast. I check published…
my emails, post, and reply to those that need I spent a lot of time sending my work to
attention. Then I start working. publishers, but then I realised that – at that
Work can be sitting in my study and time – publishers in Britain didn’t understand
writing, going to my recording studio and black performance poetry. So I went to a small
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making music, or going out to film or record a cooperative publisher and published my first
radio programme. Well that’s how it should book. It was only a small book (and not very
happen; but sometimes I just hang around good), but it got me noticed. More importantly,
talking to cats and birds all day, or playing
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because you’ve won an award, don’t go to 10 Ai lati del portale : Santa Teresa d'Avila e
Downing Street or Buckingham Palace if you San Giovanni della Croce.venne realizzata una
are invited, and just stay true to you. doppia rampa nel 1835 che sostituì la
Benjamin Zephaniah is a high-profile precedente.
international author, with an enormous INTERNO a croce latina ed un' Unica Navata
breadth of appeal, equally popular with both con Cappelle laterali ove sono conservate
adults and children. He is most well known for opere del periodo barocco:
his performance poetry with a political edge for Paolo de Matteis
adults and ground-breaking performance Niccolò de Simone
poetry for children, and his novels for young Sepolcro di Tito Angelini
people include Face, Refugee Boy, Gangsta Rap Statue del Vaccaro
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Emozioni
Parole Mute
Cosa sono
le Emozioni,
se non mute parole
dagli Angeli
giù fatte cadere
per far volare l'Anima
verso il Divino?
Ed allora
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he realistically and
cultivates with its scent, the most beautiful passionately reveals in verse without a hair on
vision that can be felt very easily by lovers of his tongue, because he is a poet who, even with
love poetry. this collection of poetry, writes with hope in
With his verses, Zoran Radosavljevic the spirit of eternal youth.
dei padri e il timor di Dio. Ma Simone è un provato in tutti i modi a essere l’innocuo se
ragazzo dall’animo palpitante di una vitalità stesso che voleva essere e che alla fine, per
che vuole essere respirata tutta, soffio dopo usare le parole dell’autore, ha dovuto
soffio. Per lui la caccia non è uno sport e “abdicare per diventare ciò che gli altri
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Authors in summary:
ADRIAN GRAUENFELS 37, ADRIAN SCRIMINȚ 39, AKHILA SAROHA 33, ALEMSEGED SISAY 9,
ANA LIVIA ROMAN 21, ANDRADA ILIE 20, ANNA MARIA SPRZĘCZKA-STĘPIEŃ 30,
ASHOK CHAKRAVARTHY THOLANA 6, AUWAL AHMED IBRAHIM GORONYO 3, BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY 23,
COSTACHE NĂSTASE 21, DANIELE CERVA 20, DESTINY M. CHIJIOKE 10, DESTINY M. CHIJIOKE 32,
DR. SHAILESH VEER 2, EDITURA MONDOLIBRI 45, FABIÁN 8, GIANFRANCO AURILIO 17, GIANFRANCO AURILIO 8,
GIGI MEJRI 24, JO HERBERT 36, KALIPADA GHOSH 12, LAURA GULSHANI 15, LENUȘ LUNGU 31, 35,
LINA ALFIERI 18, LUKMAN NURUDEEN 16, MAŁGORZATA LIPECKA 12, MARIA GIURGIU 17,
MARIJA NAJTHEFER POPOV 4, MILICA BOSKOVIC 7, MYRIAM GHEZAÏL BEN BRAHIM 11,
MYRIAM GHEZAÏL BEN BRAHIM 30, NELU CAZAN 19, NIKOLA ORBACH ÖZGENÇ 47, PAUL ROTARU 24,
RABIJA HAMIDOVIĆ 15, REFIK MARTINOVIĆ 8, RENATA SENDROWICZ 47, RYSZARD MŚCISZ 25, ŠAHDO BOŠNJAK 27,
SILVIA GARIONI 32, SMART OYEDEJI 22, STANISŁAW MALARZ 13, STEFANO CAPASSO 23, STEFANO CAPASSO 42,
SUZANA SOJTARI 44, SWEETY SONY LALL 7, TANU VERMANI KAPOOR 22, UMAR Y. B. 19, VASILE LIHĂT 18,
WARDA ZERGUINE ALGERIA 2, WRITERS AND ARTISTS 40, YANUSH DOYNIAK 15, YAZDA ASHRAFI 15,
ZORAN RADOSAVLJEVIC 16
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