Letter from Istanbul: The first of the "International Spring and Poetry Festival", organized under the leadership of Maltepe Municipality, was held in Maltepe. Turkish poets also took part in the festival where poets from 9 countries such as America, France, Cuba, Colombia, Nepal, Portugal, India, Russia and Nigeria participated.
I said to Mrs. Nazima, his office manager: I want to meet the professor!
She asked me: Do you have an appointment with him?
I said: No, but I am a poet from Alexandria, and I want to meet him.
She smiled and said: I have instructions from the professor that any poet who wants to meet him should be admitted immediately.
She opened
The night caresses the face of stars in my gaze,
And the dawn rescues the face of worries with its gleam.
Oh, dweller of my heart and my words,
And the temples of the pages.
Ah, for two hearts weary from the ardor of love,
And the glorification of the yearning one.
Oh, you who ask about the description of longing,
You who seek
"I Won't Find Another You" ; a bilingual anthology of best love poems in English and Hindi, has been published recently. I am grateful to editor and poet Thangjam Misna Chanu (Misna Chanu) who gave me the chance to read the English poems and write the back cover blurb. Santosh Bakaya wrote the foreword, and Ayathuri Santhan
A few months ago, a friend posted a collection of famous poems on his Facebook page. These poems are well-known and do not need an introduction to their creator. I believe that the publisher of these verses considered introducing the poet as diminishing his value and fame, following the well-known rule that says "the known needs no
