In an important cultural gesture, the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, in partnership with the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), organized a round table entitled “Africa celebrates Wole Soyinka in Morocco,” at the academy’s headquarters, to mark the 90th birthday of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the first African to
You’re on the other side and I am here
A forbidden river flows between us
Azizul Hakim, an eminent poet from West Bengal, India shares his poem
Azizul Hakim was born on 21st January 1972 in a remote village Lakshmi Narayanpur – Kolan of Murshidabad district in West Bengal, India. He fell in love with poetry while he
Do you remember when we used to rush back from school to see what our mothers had cooked, whether it was stuffed vegetables or koshari with liver, and then we'd play Monopoly, or go to our rooms to play Amr Diab's new tape? When his tapes were released, cassette shops would be busy for a while and the lines would be long. Or we'd
As if silence suddenly stands up and slaps another silence,
A breakup comes barefoot like that, a breakup like that.
Kang, Hyeonguk, a poet from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, shares his poems
Poet Mr. Kang, Hyeonguk was born in Sangju, Gyeongbuk, in 1949. He debuted as a poet from a monthly literature Magazine in 1976. He
In the stone-pillared alleys
Stardust is gathering
In five-petal lilies!
Andromachi Benekou, a poet, puppeteer, painter, and author from Chouliarades, Ioannina, Greece shares her poems
Andromachi Benekou was born in Chouliarades, Ioannina, Greece. Her love for books and development pushed her to study Economics, Pedagogy and
