A Quartet of Poets ENIGMA Dream away like the moonbeams creeping out
In the mazed network of bewildered mind Intricately zooming amidst the penumbra Flashing, dimming, like a vague outline of shadows Transfixed, piercing through the myriads of hues As if in a ruptured trance, a dream, a parody Slowly fading away in the fleeting purple wilderness. © GUS PEREZ AMIO Philippines SEPIA SOLITUDE'S STRENGTH In shades of sepia, my identity is drawn, A solitary figure, amid a sea of faces, Lost in the labyrinth of societal norms, Echoes of ancestors whisper in the wind's embraces. Alone, yet tethered to a heritage unseen, Through solitude's lens, I find my strength refined, A brown silhouette against the backdrop of time. © CONCETTA PIPIA USA A PLEA AT DUSK TIME

Could you wait for me at dusk? Do not forget the candle for it starts to get dark And bring with you the perfume of violets This morning I poured all my fragrant zeal And if you kept saying what do I need more I say: "A kite to fly, a paper boat to go away And some lyrics of my last verse......" © SIHEM CHERIF Tunisia Once again, in the reckless secret sea port of words An old ship has crashed in an unequivocal storm Its mast now broken submerging in many love poems In the chiaroscuro of many shared dreams and stranger times. Time and birds take a sudden flight merging into memories A dusk melts into a haze of dark shadows, trapping the footprints A stranger kissed you once in the mist of many aromas and rain lost nights. © AMITABH MITRA
South Africa