Alisa Velaj was born in the southern port town of Vlora, Albania
in 1982. She has been shortlisted for
the annual international erbacce-press poetry award in June 2014. She was also
shortlisted for the Aquillrelle Publishing Contest 3 in January 2015 and was
the first runner up in this contest. Velaj’s full length book of poetry “A
Gospel of Light” is published by Aquillrellle in June 2015. Her
works have appeared in many international magazines, including The
Journal (UK), The Dallas Review (USA), The
Linnet's Wings (UK), Phenomenal Literature (New
Delhi, India), The Cannon’s Mouth (UK), FourW
twenty-five Anthology (Booranga Writers' Centre, Australia), Erbacce (UK), The
Atherton Review (USA), Poetica (USA), Time of Singing (USA
2014 and 2015), The French Literary Review (UK), Angry
Manifesto (UK).Knot Magazine (USA), Three And A
Half Point 9 (UK), Cafe Dissensus Everyday (USA) See Spot Run Magazine(USA), Eunoia
Review(USA), The Creative Mind (Australia) etc.
PENINSULAS
I swiftly caught a bird on the shores of
silence.
That rare singer refused to sing me any melody,
Be it the shortest one.
‘Songs let out mute echoes
In the night’s lonely islands,’
It said to me.
When darkness melts into sea glances,
And islands become peninsulas,
Deafness
begins to sing a longing song.
SEPTEMBER
I loved
you infinitely
Amidst
sea waves and fragrant pine trees.
You spoke and spoke and spoke of pearls…
A SYMPHONY
I don’t
want to lose you
On the
this evening’s eve
When
shadows tangle with trees
As if
they were silhouettes of sadness.
It is a
cold winter night
Wearing
gloomy skies,
Wearing
gloomy seas
And
shells bring symphonies of departures
To my
ears.
I don’t
want to lose you
In this
freezing December
When our
white bed sheets
Have
become sailing ships.
I don’t
want to lose you.
I have
lost so much
That
symphonies of waves
Keep surrounding me from all sides…
translated from albanian language Ukë ZENEL BUÇPAPAJ
THESE POEMS ARE INCLUDED IN MY POETRY BOOK "A GOSPEL OF LIGHT" PUBLISHED BY AQUILLRELLE.
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