There is an admiration for the expressive courage and creativity displayed in the featured poems each poet took great strength to confront and articulate such strong and conflicting emotions, laying bare their innermost feelings, the power of poetry as a means of their catharsis and expression, their poems woven together, the threads of hatred love and the nuanced portrayal of emotion, evoking empathy and introspection in equal measure
Specimen From Hell
Specimen from hell Killer of the moon flowers
Slithering like a black cobra
Hissing in tongues
The voice was full of venom
Don't stop, run, run, run
Until you reach a safe moon.
© Sheila Ann
Malaysia
Heart of Contradiction
In quiet moments, a storm brews within,
Love's gentle caress, intertwined with the sting of hatred,
An ocean of turmoil where feelings clash,
But within your gaze, flickers fire and frost,
In this turmoil, my heart discovers solace,
In the chaos of hatred, love I roam.
© Mohammed Arshad Amin
Myanmar
"Untitled"
My love only knows what to hate
For my beloved loves what I hate
Yet I have to love
For my beloved hates what I love
Yet I have to hate
Between this love hate gamble
My love and hate married silently
© Mushtaque B. Barq
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
How Could It Come???
Don't think that as usual?
As you're the the whole earth my dear.
But now the situation is totally unacceptable
Hatred can't wait to spark.
How could it come?
Mind thinks abruptly as usual.
Hopefully your unacceptable response and behavior
Gradually killing the sweet fragrance of love.
S. Afrose
Bangladesh