A Gospel of Light - Poetry by Alisa Velaj

This book is dedicated to Alan Corkish - Alisa Velaj, Vlorë, Albania
 
 
A Gospel of Light
A Gospel of Light
BRUSSELS - May 20, 2015 - PRLog -- Alisa Velaj (born 1982, Vlorë, Albania).
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…


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