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The Invisible Cord – Poetry from Bangladesh

With worn out eyes she sits in the balcony, Trembling with pain she groans. Staring towards the horizon far away, She yearns for her long lost days. Tasneem Hossain, a renowned multi-lingual poet from Bangladesh, shares her poetry Tasneem Hossain, majoring in English Language and Literature is a multi-lingual poet from

What will remain – Poetry from Belgium

Everything that ever lived Is sooner or later erased by time. What remains Is the beauty on earth! Germain Droogenbroodt, a world famous poet from Belgium, shares his poetry Germain Droogenbroodt was born 11 September 1944 in Rollegem, the Flemish part of Belgium. In 1987 he moved to the Mediterranean artist village of

The Manuscript Age – Poetry from China

When I am on the mountaintop, I will overlook other mountains Zhang Zhi, a renowned poet from China, who writes with pen name Diablo, shares his poems Zhang Zhi, born in Phoenix Town of Baxian County, Sichuan Province in 1965, is a poet, critic, translator and publisher in contemporary China. His pen name is Diablo, English name is

World Poets call for immediate ceasefire and humanitarian assistance in Gaza

The appeal by over 1010 world poets has been addressed to all presidents and leaders of world countries WPM HQ, Medellín, Columbia World Poetry Movement (WPM) have gathered more than 1010 signatures by world poets in more than 140 countries on an appeal to act for immediate ceasefire and humanitarian assistance in Gaza. The

We have our sky – Poetry from Turkey

We have our own sky; Ships made of eyes, wings of eyelashes; In meeting glances, we take flight Nurduran Duman, a Turkish poet, playwright, translator, editor from Istanbul, shares her poems Nurduran Duman is a Turkish poet, playwright, translator, editor who lives in Istanbul. Pursuing her passion for the sea,