TIME OF THE POET REPUBLIC is fast becoming a hot -spring of global talents. A sizzling pot of brimming literary arts stews and a gourd filled poetry beverages . The art of poesy becomes our healing therapy as the entire earth is writhing in the agony of loss , death , grief and pain under the oppressive yoke of COVID-19 . Groaning under bondage of severe mass black funerals experienced in most of places of our wretched earth. We chant in defiance , #BLACKLIVESMATTER. ENOUGH !. Last night I met legendary writer , a multi-award wining poet, iconic literary arts figure and a very important wordsmith , Bulgarian Arts Luminary ,VIOLETA BONCHEVA. Her words blaze the soul like a refined morning breeze . Her poetry chills down fever clutched souls and as well cools down naivety gripped hearts .The lines softly thrash on reader like the serene mountain drizzle , remember the relief rainfall. Poetry heals. BONCHEVA writes simple but rhythm -packed verses, yet turgid with hope , promise , demise and pondering . Paradox. She captures nature and natural beings in her poetry like photo-camera clucking ,clicking and clocking fame fervent lives into its insatiable film belly . The imagery in here is historic and it is the watermark of her poesy. VIOLETA is one doyen literary arts culture ICON to be featured on this grand Poetry Art and Internet based thicket . Legendary Artist VIOLETA BONCHEVA was born and bred in Eastern European country , Bulgaria . She is a widely published Author , Acclaimed Thespian and an Accomplished Poet. We all know that the sun rises from the East .And the eastern horizons are both spiritual and biblical. Art cannot be separated from spiritual consciousness . BONCHEVA writes in her Bulgarian mother tongue . Her submissions in the grandiose profile article are translated into English by our one of great literary arts associates Poet , educationist and Artist MIROSLAVA PANAYOTOVA. Thumbs up to you again great Panayotova for introducing to us Legendary VIOLETA BONCHEVA. Our principles remain those of Diversity , Exclusivity and Creativity . Today ,we once again celebrate Dexterity , prowess and excellence . We are gratified and profoundly sincere as we feature Iconic playwright , international renowned Writer, Resilient Theatre Arts Curator ,Distinguished Scholar and Acclaimed poet VIOLETA BONCHEVA.Salutations -( Blurb by Mbizo CHIRASHA).
МОЯТА УЛИЦА
Тази улица се казва Носталгия –
по нея стъпваше времето
TIME OF THE POET REPUBLIC is fast becoming a hot -spring of global talents. A sizzling pot of brimming literary arts stews and a gourd filled poetry beverages . The art of poesy becomes our healing therapy as the entire earth is writhing in the agony of loss , death , grief and pain under the oppressive yoke of COVID-19 . Groaning under bondage of severe mass black funerals experienced in most of places of our wretched earth. We chant in defiance , #BLACKLIVESMATTER. ENOUGH !. Last night I met legendary writer , a multi-award wining poet, iconic literary arts figure and a very important wordsmith , Bulgarian Arts Luminary ,VIOLETA BONCHEVA. Her words blaze the soul like a refined morning breeze . Her poetry chills down fever clutched souls and as well cools down naivety gripped hearts .The lines softly thrash on reader like the serene mountain drizzle , remember the relief rainfall. Poetry heals. BONCHEVA writes simple but rhythm -packed verses, yet turgid with hope , promise , demise and pondering . Paradox. She captures nature and natural beings in her poetry like photo-camera clucking ,clicking and clocking fame fervent lives into its insatiable film belly . The imagery in here is historic and it is the watermark of her poesy. VIOLETA is one doyen literary arts culture ICON to be featured on this grand Poetry Art and Internet based thicket . Legendary Artist VIOLETA BONCHEVA was born and bred in Eastern European country , Bulgaria . She is a widely published Author , Acclaimed Thespian and an Accomplished Poet. We all know that the sun rises from the East .And the eastern horizons are both spiritual and biblical. Art cannot be separated from spiritual consciousness . BONCHEVA writes in her Bulgarian mother tongue . Her submissions in the grandiose profile article are translated into English by our one of great literary arts associates Poet , educationist and Artist MIROSLAVA PANAYOTOVA. Thumbs up to you again great Panayotova for introducing to us Legendary VIOLETA BONCHEVA. Our principles remain those of Diversity , Exclusivity and Creativity . Today ,we once again celebrate Dexterity , prowess and excellence . We are gratified and profoundly sincere as we feature Iconic playwright , international renowned Writer, Resilient Theatre Arts Curator ,Distinguished Scholar and Acclaimed poet VIOLETA BONCHEVA.Salutations -( Blurb by Mbizo CHIRASHA).
и аз до него.
Беше кръстосана с листни чадъри,
котешки стъпки и тромпети.
Беше центърът на света
тази улица,
която ме разхождаше под сенките си –
събирах ситни лимони по нея,
един старец ми махаше под сомбрерото си.
Сега аз съм като една улица –
преминават през мен колелата на болката,
а сърцето ми, умореното куче,
не спира да cе дърпа назад
и да моли.
MY STREET
This street is called Nostalgia –
time was stepping on it
and I next to him.
It was crossed with leaf umbrellas,
cat’s footsteps and trumpets.
It was the center of the world,
this street
that walked me under its shadows –
I picked small lemons on it,
an old man was waving at me
under his sombrero.
Now I’m like a street –
the wheels of pain pass through me,
and my heart, the weary dog,
doesn’t stop pulling back
and to pray.
The poem won the Publishers’ Choice Award in Portland, USA.
МОСТ
По палмов мост
Р. Шидерска
Обичам да минавам по тези мостове
вградени в хълбоците на времето
вбити в бреговете на разстоянията
осветени от очакване
обичам зелените нощи над мостовете
да ловя звездите
които ми подхвърляш от другия бряг
и да ги пускам като светещи хвърчила
и послания на ръцете
хрускат под стъпките ми палмови клони
този мост е изплетен от сънищата
посипан е с пясък горещ
ситни бодли и пот
сух вятър реже въздуха на парчета
понякога искам да се събудя внезапно
но мостът ме люлее
люлее
и не се къса
BRIDGE
On the palm bridge
R. Shiderska
I like to cross these bridges
embedded in the hips of time
killed in the shores of the distances
lit by anticipation
i love green nights over bridges
to catch the stars
which you throw at me from the other shore
and release them like glowing kites
and hand messages
palm branches crunch under my feet
this bridge is woven from dreams
it is sprinkled with hot sand
fine thorns and sweat
dry wind cuts the air into pieces
sometimes I want to wake up suddenly
but the bridge swings me
swings
and does not break
3.
Пиша дъжд и по-надолу думата чадър.
Х. Е. Санчес
ЗА ТЕБ измислям думи
и ги подреждам
Скала
която да ме брани
от мъртвото вълнение
Елен
понесъл на рогата си
парче от утро
Папрат
в пясъка внезапно придошъл
Песен
изтичаща от ангелски тръби
Кит
понесъл цялото море на гръб
Сърце
накрая пиша
и ти го давам
***
I write rain and below the word umbrella.
- E. Sanchez
I make up words for YOU
and arrange them
Rock
to defend me
from the dead excitement
Deer
carried on his horns
a piece of morning
Fern
in the sand suddenly came
A song
flowing from angelic trumpets
Whale
carried the whole sea on his back
Heart
finally I write
and I give it to you
4.
Орехът е луднал по пътешествията
Хванал се е за ръкавите на вятъра
И сам чупи корените си
Не си е избрал още посоката
Но ще се ориентира по птиците
Walnut is crazy about traveling
It grabbed the sleeves of the wind
And it broke its own roots
It has not yet chosen its direction
But it will focus on the birds
VIOLETA BONCHEVA is the author of the following books:”Wet Etude”, poetry – published by “Izblik” 1990.”Mirror“, poetry – ed. Litforum, 1995
“Invited moment, poetry” – ed. Palmyra ”, 1998
“History of the disease”, prose – ed. “Silver Lion”, 1998
“There will be no farewell”, poetry – Kota Publishing House, 2005
The Big Sombrero, bilingual, for children – Palmira Publishing House, 2003VIOLETA BONCHEVA is the author of the following books:“Wet Etude”, poetry – published by “Izblik” 1990.
“Mirror”, poetry – ed. Litforum, 1995
“Invited moment, poetry” – ed. Palmyra ”, 1998
“History of the disease”, prose – ed. “Silver Lion”, 1998
“There will be no farewell”, poetry – Kota Publishing House, 2005
The Big Sombrero, bilingual, for children – Palmira Publishing House, 2003
“In the navel of the moon”, poetry, bilingual – ed. Domino, 2007
“Contemporary Mexican playwrights”, collection, translation, electronic – ed. “Liternet.bg”, 2010
9. “In the navel of the moon”, poetry, bilingual, electronic – published by “Lulu”, Buenos Aires, 2015.
“Lilium”, short stories and short stories – ed. Torch, 2013
“Drops from Escobedo”, stories and short stories – “Mirror” Publishing House, 2018.
“The truest love”, play – Community Center “Teacher Peter Ivanov”, 2020.
“Give me a flower”, poetry – IC “Mirror”, 2020.Translated from Spanish and published books of poetry and prose:“A Bunch of Broken Mirrors”, micro stories, author Beatrice Giovanna Ramirez (Colombia) – published in Spain, 2013.
“Bulgarian Anthology”, Alfredo Perez Alencart – ed. Salamanca, Spain, 2013
“Inner Voice”, poetry – Astrid Fuhele – Chile, electronic, – Mirror Publishing House
“Sheet and Paper Fan” – Mario Garcia Alvarez, Chile
“Selected interviews of Alfredo Perez Alencart” – Madrid, Spain, 2020.Violeta Boncheva is the winner of the first and third prizes of the competition “Veselin Hanchev”, Stara Zagora (for prose and poetry in its first edition in 1984), first prize of the competition “Love, without which we can not” – Varna, 2003, several first prizes for writing a text based on music by GP-Music – 2004, third prize for poetry, announced by the electronic edition Public-Republic – 2008, NGO Award, Vishnev tsvyat ”, Kazanlak – 2014, SBU nomination for successful prose, published in 2018 – “Drops of Escobedo” – 2019.
Winner of the award for poets, “Nikolay Liliev”, of the Municipality of Stara Zagora – 2013.International awards:Publishers Award for the poem “That Street”, Washington, 2003The Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Bulgaria, for the bilingual children’s book “The Big Sombrero” – 2003Nomination for the grand prize of an international competition for writing a poetry book in Spanish, in the name of Pilar Fernandez Labrador, University of Salamanca – 2017. , “You’ve never touched virgin sand”
“Honorary Titus” Award for the story “Things that happen” from the competition “Naji Naaman” – Lebanon, 2018.Award from the literary edition Rosanamusica, Buenos Aires, 2018, for the story “Things that happen”, 2018. and others.She has participated as an author and translator in over 30 books, as well as in electronic literary magazines in Spain, Latin America and others.Some of her poems and stories have been translated into Spanish, French, Catalan, Swedish, Armenian, English and others. languages, and published in numerous anthologies and literary journals.
Graduate professor of Spanish at the Universities of Salamanca, Granada and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.In the navel of the moon”, poetry, bilingual – ed. Domino, 2007″Contemporary Mexican playwrights”, collection, translation, electronic – ed. “Liternet.bg”, 2010
9. “In the navel of the moon”, poetry, bilingual, electronic – published by “Lulu”, Buenos Aires, 2015.
“Lilium”, short stories and short stories – ed. Torch, 2013
“Drops from Escobedo”, stories and short stories – “Mirror” Publishing House, 2018.”The truest love”, play – Community Center “Teacher Peter Ivanov”, 2020.
“Give me a flower”, poetry – IC “Mirror”, 2020.
Translated from Spanish and published books of poetry and prose:
“A Bunch of Broken Mirrors”, micro stories, author Beatrice Giovanna Ramirez (Colombia) – published in Spain, 2013.
“Bulgarian Anthology”, Alfredo Perez Alencart – ed. Salamanca, Spain, 2013
“Inner Voice”, poetry – Astrid Fuhele – Chile, electronic, – Mirror Publishing House
“Sheet and Paper Fan” – Mario Garcia Alvarez, Chile
“Selected interviews of Alfredo Perez Alencart” – Madrid, Spain, 2020.Violeta Boncheva is the winner of the first and third prizes of the competition “Veselin Hanchev”, Stara Zagora (for prose and poetry in its first edition in 1984), first prize of the competition “Love, without which we can not” – Varna, 2003, several first prizes for writing a text based on music by GP-Music – 2004, third prize for poetry, announced by the electronic edition Public-Republic – 2008, NGO Award, Vishnev tsvyat ”, Kazanlak – 2014, SBU nomination for successful prose, published in 2018 – “Drops of Escobedo” – 2019.
Winner of the award for poets, “Nikolay Liliev”, of the Municipality of Stara Zagora – 2013.
International awards:Publishers Award for the poem “That Street”, Washington, 2003
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Bulgaria, for the bilingual children’s book “The Big Sombrero” – 2003Nomination for the grand prize of an international competition for writing a poetry book in Spanish, in the name of Pilar Fernandez Labrador, University of Salamanca – 2017. , “You’ve never touched virgin sand”
“Honorary Titus” Award for the story “Things that happen” from the competition “Naji Naaman” – Lebanon, 2018.Award from the literary edition Rosanamusica, Buenos Aires, 2018, for the story “Things that happen”, 2018. and others.She has participated as an author and translator in over 30 books, as well as in electronic literary magazines in Spain, Latin America and others.Some of her poems and stories have been translated into Spanish, French, Catalan, Swedish, Armenian, English and others. languages, and published in numerous anthologies and literary journals.
Graduate professor of Spanish at the Universities of Salamanca, Granada and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Our GUEST Translator is Poet , Artist and Educationist,MIROSLAVA PANAYOTOVA,
PANAYOTOVA-graduated from Plovdiv University, specialized in Bulgarian philology. She has have published poems, stories, tales, aphorisms, essays, criticisms, translations, articles and interviews in periodical and collections. Panayotovas poetry booksincludes: Nuances, 1994, God of the senses, 2005, Whisper of leaves, 2017, Green feeling, 2018; two books with stories: An end, and then a beginning, 2017, The path of love, 2018; two eBooks: Laws of communications /aphorisms/, 2018, Old things /poetry/, 2018. She an ardent a member of the Union of the Independent Bulgarian Writers and a member of the International Association of Independent Writers “Sodrujestvo”.
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MBIZO CHIRASHA, Chronicler at Africa Writers Caravan. Founder and Author of the Time of the Poet. UNESCO-RILA Affiliate Artist. Featured Poetry Artist at WorldBeyondWar.Org. Freedom of Speech Fellow to PEN- Zentrum Deutschland,Germany..Literary Arts Activism Diplomatie 2020 Poet in Residence at the Fictional Café (International publishing and literary digital space). 2019 Sotambe Festival Live Literature Hub and Poetry Café Curator. 2019 African Fellow for the International Human Rights Art Festival( ihraf.org) , Essays Contributor to Monk Art and Soul Magazine in United Kingdom .Arts Features Writer at the International Cultural Weekly .His Profiles , Interview and Poems are featured on poesis.si ,in Slovenia. Founder and Chief Editor of WOMAWORDS LITERARY PRESS. Founder and Curator of the Brave Voices Poetry Journal. Co-Editor of Street Voices Poetry triluangal collection( English , African Languages and Germany) intiated by Andreas Weiland in Germany. Poetry Contributor to AtunisPoetry.com in Belgium. African Contributor to DemerPress International Poetry Book Series in Netherlands. African Contributor to the World Poetry Almanac Poetry Series in Mongolia. His latest 2019 collection of experimental poetry A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT was released by Mwanaka Media and Publishing and is both in print, on Amazon.com and at is featured at African Books Collective. Mbizo Chirasha is the Originator of the Zimbabwe We Want Poetry Campaign. Founder and Creative Director of Girl Child Talent Festival and GirlChildCreativity Project. 2003 Young Literary Arts Delegate to the Goteborg International Book Fair Sweden (SIDA AFRICAN PAVILION) .2009 Poet in Residence of the International Conference of African Culture and Development (ICACD) in Ghana.The Vice President of Poetsof the WORLD,poetasdelmundo.com ,African Region. Global Peace Chain Ambassador. 2009 Fellow to the inaugural UNESCO- Africa Photo- Novel Publishers and Writers Training in Tanzania. 2015 Artist in Residence of the Shunguna Mutitima International Film and Arts Festival in Livingstone, Zambia. A globally certified literary arts influencer, Writer in Residence and Recipient of the EU-Horn of Africa Defend Defenders Protection Fund Grant, Recipient of the Pen Deutschland Exiled Writer Grant. He is an Arts for Peace and Human Rights Catalyst, the Literary Arts Projects Curator, Poet, Writer, publicist is published in more 420 spaces in print and online.
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