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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

Say no to racism and fight – Poetry from Pakistan

Safeguard sacred human rights in justice’s sovereign reign, Condemn corrosive hate, in its shadowy domain, Celebrate cultural complexity in the mosaic’s kaleidoscopic rain, To enhance cultural complexity in the community’s chain. Dr. Sajid Hussain, a renowned poet from Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan

The Stone City – Poetry from Albania

Where the feet tread, Memories come down, Cobblestone alleys. Nurie Baduni, a poetess from Albania, a beautiful country known for high mountains, rivers and lakes, shares her poetry Nurie Baduni, born in Saranda, Albania, graduated from the University of Gjirokastër, majoring in Education with a specialization in

Basra existed – Poetry from Iraq

I used to visit there night and day, When sun and moon were locked in intimate embrace. Faleeha Hassan, a poet and writer from Najaf, Iraq, based in USA, shares her poetry Faleeha Hassan, a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright, born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, now lives in the United States. Faleeha was the first woman to

Haiku Poems from Croatia

A passing freight train In the grip Of childhood memories. Goran Gatalica, an eminent poet from Croatia, shares his Haiku poems Goran Gatalica was born in Virovitica, Croatia, in 1982 and currently resides in Zagreb, Croatia. He finished both physics and chemistry degrees from the University of Zagreb and proceeded directly to