Picture by Germain Droogenbroodt   Tale of a Faithful Wife When you winged to a distant land of blue mountains, I didn’t weep badly as faithful wives do,

With our best Wishes for the New Year Heaven’s Gate, Varenna, Como Lake, by Walfrido   A New Year Without War At the rim of the widening gyre

Painting by Pablo Picasso PEACE DOVE a poem for Christmas Behind the gentle ripples of the sea the dawning day paints on the canvas of the horizon the

Painting by Biagio Fortini, Italy I talk ceaselessly I talk ceaselessly about the subtle difference between women and trees, about the magic of the earth, about a country

Painting by Jinta Hirayama, Japan   WE WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY   We were all blown away Blown to the right Blown to the left Blown this way

  Egon Schiele, Austria   Poetry without borders 816 3 “On the Brink” Stanley H. Barkan, USA from “The Faces of Time – Les visages du temps” Editor

Drawing by Christoph Janacs Sirens 2 The song of sirens, awakening me from a dream on Saturday afternoon. The howl of low-flying aircraft, while mother runs pushing the

Mr. Prime Minister When Will the Nightmare End? Mr. Prime Minister, when will The Gaza nightmare end? What absolute misery – I loathe destroying people ’s homes, I

 Picture PIXABAY website fog   Poetry without borders 812 “Silhouettes in the evening” Hannie Rouweler, The Netherlands – All translations are made in collaboration with Germain Droogenbroodt –

Picture Pixabay website     Gazing onto the sea   Looking deeply into the sea, As the sun sets too slowly, Traces of time linger in my heart,