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ANNABEL VILLAR Poet and cultural activist. Founding member Liceo Poetico de Benidorm; Associate Academic and Honorary Member American Academy of Modern Literature; Director “Azul” Poetry Collection and International Poetry Festival "Benidorm & Costa Blanca"; Founding Member Student Academy of Contemporary Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Chair No. 6 "Gabriela Mistral") Author of “Viaje al Sur del Sur” (2015), “Cantar la Vida” (XVI Provincial Poetry Prize of Aspe, Alicante, 2015), “Meditación” (bilingual Spanish-English, 2017) and “Claustrofobia & Vértigo ”( (bilingual Spanish-English, 2018) POEMS FROM ANNABEL VILLAR ALICIA DETRÁS DEL ESPEJO “Alicia: ¿Cuánto tiempo es para siempre? Conejo Blanco: A veces sólo un segundo” Lewis CARROLL Alicia no sabía que detrás del espejo no existía un país de maravillas. Ni tampoco sabía -mientras se deslizaba- que no había luz al final del túnel. Sólo estaba la vida cotidiana secuestrando las h...

ZAČARANI KRUG More nije sretno, Nije sretna zemlja, Sretan nije zrak On umoran je kao težak, Kao utovarni radnik, Za šljunak, za ugljen, Crn kao mrak... I sunce probija se kroz njega mukom, Samo vrlom snagom Svakim zrakom, tragom... Voda tek je sasvim Bez sreće, Zatečena, začuđena, Što začin joj je samo smeće! Eh, čovječe, ti i tako sretan nisi Sred haosa kojeg Praviš sam, Jer opsjednut si Igrom moći, sav zanesen, zaigran! VICIOUS CIRCLE The sea is not happy, Not a happy ground Happy is not the air He's as tired as hard, As a loading worker, For gravel, for coal, Black as darkness ... And the sun broke through him with anguish, Only with great strength With every ray, trace ... The water is still quite No luck, Taken aback, astonished, What a spice it is just garbage! Eh, man, you and that you are not happy In the midst of the chaos of which You say, Because you're obsessed A game of power, all enthusiastic, playful! N...

BIODATA OF W. B. BAYRIL   Poet, writer and art critic. He graduated from Fine Art Academy of İstanbul Faculty of Basic Design, Art Critique and Art History (1985). He completed his masters thesis in the same faculty. He established ŞiirAtı (meaning: Pegasus) publications with his associates in 1985. That review made revulation in Turkish poetry history. His poems and articles about painting, literature and poetry have been published in many reviews and newspapers. He is one of the famous publishers of ŞiirAtı (Pegasus) reviews. He recevied an honorable mention from the review Yarın, in the field of poetry critique in 1983 and an honorable mention at the Enka Science and Art Award with famous poet’s. (1986) He won the 1992 Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award with his first book Melek Geçti (Angel Passed) and the Writers Union of Turkey Award for Şer Cisimler (Evil Things) in 2000. Poetry Books: Angel Passed (1992), Evil Things (2000), Desolate Desire (2009), Diamond Distress (2016), Ros...

BIODATA OF DOMENICO PISANA DOMENICO PISANA was born in Modica in 1958, is the Founding President of the Caffè Letterario Quasimodo, a literary circle, which has been promoting forten years the cultural, poetical and literary valorization of the Iblean territory. After having finished his degree in Theology, he obtained a Ph.d in Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana dell’Università Lateranense and the II level Master in School Leadership. He has been a journalist since 1985 and is the Director of the online newspaper www.radiortm.it . He published: 10 poetry books, 11 volumes about literary criticism , among which there is the essay on Quasimodo Quel Nobel venuto dal Sud – Salvatore Quasimodo tra gloria ed oblio (2006), 11 theological and ethical texts , among which the book Sulla tua parola getterò le reti (1999), published by Edizioni San Paolo, stands out and were fully translated in Polish and Spanish language, historical and political volumes. Domenico Pisana’s poetry...