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Follow on Google News | A Gospel of Light - Poetry by Alisa VelajThis book is dedicated to Alan Corkish - Alisa Velaj, Vlorë, Albania
By: Aquillrelle Blessed with incredible talent, Alisa Velaj writes a poetry so subtle and so personal that reading it one feels almost as invading her privacy, and yet at the same time one is not able to stop from reading, poem after poem. Nature plays a very strong part in her art, if as metaphor, if as partner to dialogue, if as part of her own being, her wording relates in few sentences stories that would take entire chapters to tell, her variety of hues and tones is incredible. Reading one poem never prepares you for the next one to come – all are unique, different, all are amazing. Alisa’s poetry is mostly written in her native Albanian, and still we are able to enjoy it fully due to the outstanding quality of translation into English professed by the distinguished Mr. Ukë Zenel Buçpapaj. OBLIVION AT DUSK I fear the oblivion of a stone At the dusk of a nameless city My grandmother had told me that the stone Has breathed sadness since immemorial times For it carries the city in its bone… AGAVES “There are so many dawns which have not yet shed their light.” One morning Agaves appeared to me Wandering barefoot On the dry rocks of Colorado My patience suffocating With my aching soles Made me stop to rest for a while And suddenly agaves appeared to me With their petals turned towards the sun Since then I have learned to measure time With shadows of flowers And walk freely on horizons Of dawns which have not yet shed their light… Author: http://www.aquillrelle.com/ End
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