Thank you very much to all my staff of the Atunis Board and all contributors for the Atunis Anthology - 2024!
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ATUNIS GALAXY ANTHOLOGY – 2024
ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY
WORLD POETRY
ATUNIS POETRY
Editor in Chief: Agron Shele
Deputy Editor in Chief: Hannie Rouweler
Alicja Kuberska
Sunita Paul
Deputy Editor in Chief : Alisa Velaj
Susana Roberts
Editor: Pavol Janik & Dr. Claudia Piccinno
Responsible for Literary Information: Merita Paparisto
Responsible for Literary Information: Eden S. Trinidad
Consultant: Lumo Kolleshi, Isilda Nunes & Hasije Selishta Kryeziu
Literary Editor: Raimonda Moisiu, Rozalia Aleksandrova & Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Graphics:Agnieszka Herman
Advisory Board: Dr. Maria Miraglia, Caroline Nazareno-Gabis, Juljana Mehmeti, Günsel Djemal, Sinan Vaka, Dr. Eftichia Kapardeli, Lumo Kolleshi, Luz María López, Rami Kamberi, Leyla Işık, NilavroNill Shoovro, Milica Jeftimijević Lilić, Dr. Sungrye Han, Leda García Pérez, Roula Pollard.
Every Collaboration: Dr. Aprilia Zank, Dr. Ermelinda Kashah, Alicia Minjarez Ramírez, Elvira Kujović, Alisa Velaj, Bilall M. Maliqi, Kujtim Morina, Dr. Tarana Turan Rahimli, Anton Gojcaj, Enertin Dheskali.
WITH ATUNIS IS WELCOMED
A PUBLICATION OF POETICAL GALAXY ATUNIS
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Anna Keiko (China)
Ann Christine Tabaka (USA)
Agron Shele (Albania – Belgium)
Alicja Maria Kuberska (Poland)
Alexandre Faria (Portugal)
Antje Stehn (Germany)
Alisa Velaj (Albania)
Angela Penagos Londoño (Colombia)
Álvaro Maio (Portugal)
Anna Hoffmann (Germany)
Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana (India)
Agnieszka Herman (Poland)
Albina Idrizi (Kosova)
Amy Abdullah Barry (Ireland)
Akbar Goshaly (Azerbaijan)
Annamaria Ferramosca (Italy)
Abu Zubier (Bangladesh)
Dr. Alicia Minjarez Ramirez (Mexico)
Agnieszka Jarzębowska (Poland)
Anabel Kluny (Spain)
Arif Buzovnaly (Azerbaijan)
Ajne Iberhysaj (Kosova)
Alessandro Inghilterra (Italy)
Azemina Krehić (Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Bella Clara Ventura (Colombia)
Beatriz Saavedra Gastélum (Mexico)
Bayram Balci (Turkey)
Brigidina Gentile (Italy)
Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak (Poland)
Biljana Z. Biljanovska (North Macedonia)
Berkinalieva Sagynbubu Abdusamatovna (Kyrgyz Republic)
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Dr. Claudia Piccinno (Italy)
Clemens Schittko (Germany)
Consuelo Hernández (Colombia – USA)
Chad Norman (Canada)
Carlos Calero (Nicaragua)
Chris Bodor (USA)
Caroline Laurent Turunc (Turkey – France)
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Dante Maffìa (Italy)
Dinos Koubatis (Greece)
Damia Mendoza (Ecuador)
Dariusz Pacak (Austria)
Dimitria Chakova (Bulgaria)
Doncho Nanov Donchev (Bulgaria)
Deema Mahmood (Egypt)
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Prof. Ernesto Kahan (Isrel – Argentine)
Dr. Eftichia Kapardeli (Greece)
Elisabetta Bagli (Italy – Spain)
Elida Rusta (Albania)
Eldar Akhadov (Russia)
Erica Jenkins (Erica Allan Poe) – USA
Emilio Coco (Italy)
Eden Soriano Trinidad (Philippines)
Eliza Segiet (Poland)
Eliana Vanessa (Argentina- USA)
Emina Đelilović-Kevrić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Enxhi Drapi (Albania)
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Francisco Azuela (Mexico)
Dr. Arch. Franca Colozzo (Italy)
Francisco Navarro Ruiz (Mexico)
Francisco Vargas Fernández (Spain)
Dr. Feride Hijran (Azerbaijan)
Francis Otole (Nigeria)
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Germain Droogenbroodt (Belgium)
Gino Leineweber (Germany)
George Onsy (Egypt)
Graciela Paoli (Argentina)
Gülten Doğruyol İncesu (Turkey)
Gene Barry (Ireland)
Gabriella Tomasino (Italy)
George Wallace (USA)
Gordana Karakashevska (North Macedonia)
Grazia Procino (Italy)
Glória Sofia (Cape Verde)
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Harry Owen (UK)
Hannie Rouweler (Netherlands)
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Isilda Nunes (Portugal)
Ismael Diadié Haidara (Mali)
Ifigenia Metochi (Cyprus)
Iva Katundi (Albania)
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Acad. Prof. Jeton Kelmendi PhD (Kosova)
Jüri Talvet (Estonia)
James Walton (Australia)
Juljana Mehmeti ( Albania- Italy)
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand (India)
Juan C. Tajes (Uruguay – Netherlands)
Julio Pavanetti (Uruguay)
Josep Piella Vila (Spain)
Jesús Girón Araque (Spain)
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Kristen D. Scott (USA)
Kolec P. Traboini (Albania – USA)
Khosiat Rustam (Uzbekistan)
Kary Cerda (Mexico)
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Acad. Prof. Dr. Liviu Pendefunda, H.D.Litt (Romania)
Lee Kuei-shien (Taiwan)
Lucia Daramus (Romania -UK)
Luís Filipe Sarmento (Portugal)
Luis Aberto Ambroggio (Argentina)
Lynda Tavakoli (North Ireland – UK)
Liang Ling (China)
Luz María López (Puerto Rico)
Leda García Pérez (Costa Rica)
Lucilla Trapazzo (Switzerland – Italy)
Luis Armenta-Malpica (Mexico)
Lily Swarn (India)
Linda Agolli (Albania)
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal (Mexico – USA)
Luiza Cala (Romania)
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Dr.Maria A. Miraglia (Italy)
Michael Rothenberg (USA)
Michela Zanarella (Italy)
Milica Jeftimijević Lilić (Serbia)
Matt Mooney (Ireland)
María del Carmen Aranda (Spain)
Miradije Ramiqi (Kosova)
Maki Starfield (Japan)
Maria Del Castillo Sucerquia (Colombia)
Marlene Pasini (Mexico)
Muhammad Shamsul Huq (Bangladesh)
Mirela Leka Xhava (Albania-France)
Mbizo Chirasha (Zimbabwe)
Miroslava Panayotova (Bulgaria)
Mara Venuto (Italy)
Mahire Nagi kizi ( Azerbaijan)
Márcia Batista Ramos (Brazil)
Małgorzata Borzeszkowska (Poland)
Miladis Hernández Acosta (Cuba – Spain - Brazil)
Merita Paparisto (Albania – Canada)
Mercedes Gega (Albania)
Maja Milojković (Serbia- Denmark)
Ph. D. Margarita Vanyova Dimitrova (Bulgaria)
Margaret O'Driscoll (Ireland)
Maria Calle Bajo (Spain)
Marija Najthefer Popov (Serbia)
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NilavroNill Shoovro (India)
Nassira Nezzar (Algeria)
Ngoc Le Ninh (Vietnam)
Nahid Ensafpour (Iran – Germany)
Nina Kossman (Russia – USA)
Narsing Bongu Rao (India)
Nisa Leyla (Turkey)
Nevin Koçoğlu (Turkey)
Nurbanu Kablan (Turkey)
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Olga Stein (Canada)
Önder Çolakoğlu (Turkey)
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Mgr. art. Pavol Janik, PhD (Slovakia)
Peter Semolič (Slovenia)
Peiying Christine Chen (New Zealand)
Pushmaotee Subrun (Mauritius)
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Ronny Someck (Israel)
Raimonda Moisiu (Albania – USA)
Rozalia Aleksandrova (Bulgaria)
Ray Whitaker (USA)
Roula Pollard (Greece)
Rita Pacilio (Italy)
Ram Krishna Singh (India)
Renata Batko (Poland)
Remedios Álvarez Díaz (Spain)
Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha (India)
Dr. Rehmat Changaizi (Pakistan)
Roza Boyanova (Bulgaria)
Rajashree Mohapatra (India)
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Dr. Susana Roberts (Argentina)
Dr. Sunil Sharma (India)
Strider Marcus Jones (UK)
Sunita Paul (India)
Dr. Sungrye Han (韓成禮, 한성례) South Korea
Scott Thomas Outlar (USA)
Silvia Ortiz Flores (Peru)
Sudhakar Gaidhani (India)
Susana Mabel Lizzi (Argentina)
Sofia Skleida (Greece)
Şeref Bilsel (Turkey)
Slavica Pejović (Serbia)
Sandra Ssarmiento (Guatemala)
Slavica Gadzova Sviderska (North Macedonia)
Sanaz Davoodzadehfar (Iran)
Sonal Jhajj (India)
Sayeeda Sharmin (Bangladesh - Canada)
Shoshana Vegh (Israel)
Shaip Emërllahu (North Macedonia)
Shrouk Hammod (Syria)
Shikdar Mohammed Kibriah (Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Shahin(Shahnaz Feyzulla kizi Babayeva) – Azerbaijan
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Tsipi Sharoor (Israel)
Dr. Tarana Turan Rahimli (Azerbaijan)
Tozan Alkan (Turkey)
Tatiana Koshkina (Russia)
Timothy Michael DiVito (USA)
Tatev Chakhian (Armenia)
Triin Soomets (Estonia)
Tzvetelina Dobreva (Bulgaria)
Tatiana Ernuțeanu (Romania)
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Prof. Vuqar Ahmad (Azerbaijan)
Virginia Fernández Collado (Spain)
Victor Oliveira Mateus (Portugal)
Valentina Novković (Serbia)
Vyacheslav Konoval (Ukraine)
Violeta Marquez (México-USA)
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Yin Xiaoyuan (China)
Yang Jijun (China)
Yuray Tolentino Hevia (Cuba)
Yordanka Getsova (Bulgaria)
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Dr. Zmira Poran Zion (Israel)
Zana Coven (Bosnia & Herzegovina – Italy)
Zhaneta Barxhaj (Albania)
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Prof. Dr. Xhemil Bytyçi (Kosovo)
Xanthi Hondrou-Hill (Greece)
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Wim van Til (Netherlands)
Wendy Mary Lister (UK)
Willie Verhegghe (Belgium)
Jacqueline Ripstein (USA)
Isilda Nunes (Portugal)
George Onsy (Egypt)
Aslıhan Çiftgül (Turkey)
Miradie Ramiqi (Kosova)
Rachel Tucker - Shynes (Israel)
Irina Hysi. MA (Albania)
Giorgio Fileni (Italy)
Monika Molloholli (Albania - Italy
Introduction – Editorial Staff of “ATUNIS”
We have seen the flowers begin to bloom. It is not about the time to thrive, they keep growing, looks like the strong man that can face everything, even the chills of winter. It is about the colours. Although they may be self sacrificing, they tell us the spring is near.
The same happens with the poets. The poets can create a new world, regenerate the world by twisting the mysticizm.
It doesen't matter the time or the years. It is a dream or a wish about tomorrow.
Language of art is constantly changing, evaluating while poetry it is becoming really eloquent, to be touched and felt deep in the hearts and souls.
Agron Shele, writer, poet
Forces of nature are always stronger
Everyone sometimes wonders: again another poem. After all, there are already so many poems in collections of poetry, anthologies, magazines (digital, paper print), websites, on the Internet. Yet it turns out time and again that this smallest flower of all flowers is very steadfast and resistant. Almost indestructible. It hibernates in all seasons, whether it rains, the sun shines, twenty degrees below freezing, heat waves, tidal waves, hurricanes, tornadoes: the flower of poetry survives.
That in itself is a good sign. Also the fact that there are always poets, young and old, who pick up the pen and find it important enough to write a poem. On any subject. There are also always readers, listeners – albeit a heavy minority – who appreciate reading a poem: it takes you to a different world, to different thoughts, you taste the particularity of the words, their form and meanings, it provokes thought and insight, reflections, at a special moment, when something is filled in, a void, lack, a landmark, direction indicator, a performance. A different way of thinking and feeling.
Yet we will experience different times as everything fluctuates, each trying again and again to express underlying, often hidden feelings that come to the surface. With that surface we may be able to arrive at new insights, the depth is the depth and almost always the same, unfathomable, dark, deep. The surface is the reflection, the form, the content, the perceivable and demonstrable. You think you can write in complete freedom, but that's partly true. Everything has been said, thought, written before and the poet knows this too and gives it therefore a personal and individual interpretation, within his ability to shape language and mold it into expression.
Almost everything is artificial. Technology and knowledge (science) have taken over the task of the enigmatic, the magic of existence, the magic of tradition. In a way that is a pity, because there is less room for irrational interpretation and imagination. Still, there's plenty left. No cloud floating in the sky is exactly the same, even though we can predict exactly when rain is expected and in extreme drought we even can make a cloud rain by sending a drone at it. Nature is always stronger than the power of man to direct it, stronger than the power of a poet to make his words shimmer. That little stubborn flower remains motionless in the midst of all the violence and endless bustle that moves people into one direction or the other.
Deputy Editor in Chief: Hannie Rouweler
Literature allows a person to step back in time and learn about life on Earth from the ones who walked before us. We can gather a better understanding of culture and have a greater appreciation of them. We learn through the ways history is recorded, in the forms of manuscripts and through speech itself.
Literature allows a person to step back in time and learn about life on Earth from the ones who walked before us. We can gather a better understanding of culture and have a greater appreciation of them. We learn through the ways history is recorded, in the forms of manuscripts and through speech itself.
Literature has had a major impact on the development of society. It has shaped civilisations, changed political systems and exposed injustice. Literature gives us a detailed preview of human experiences, allowing us to connect on basic levels of desire and emotion.
Contemporary literature is a vast group of written works produced from a specific time in history through the current age. This literary era defines a time period, but it also describes a particular style and quality of writing.
Literature or to be more specific, Contemporary Literature helps the readers to develop their rational thinking.
Literature in the present times
Literature help us improve our empathy, it also makes us gain valuable insights, especially stories with deep meaning that resonates with the world today. It ensures that those insights we gain, help us better understand the world we live in.
Literature influences us and makes us understand the every walk of life. Narratives, in particular, inspire empathy and give people a new perspective on their lives and the lives of others.
In the present times where war and conflicts between the nations are so much prevalent, Literature helps us to gain knowledge and comprehend between the evil and the good, the positive and negative factors of the current affairs.
As it’s rightly said, “ A pen is mightier than a sword “, so is Literature a powerful medium to bring change in society. Atunis a very strong platform, under the able guidance of Agron Shele, my dear brother and friend, plays a great role in spreading literature, especially poetry and its creators across the globe. The team at Atunis always aims to promote literature and culture, give a broader exposure to the writers and artists and in the past years have successfully done so. The yearly anthology of the same is a major example where all the writers from different nations have jointly collaborated and thus produced this wonderful book of poems, articles and etc .
Sunita Paul - Founder of AABS Publishing House
Girolamo Comi, an Italian poet of the last century, said that through poetry the certainty of communion with the absolute is achieved. The more one has faith in the magical function of the word, the better the drama given, proposed and congenital to man is resolved.
Poetry, for him, is the awareness of the divine within us. In my opinion, poetry is an introspection tool, a chisel that pulls away the superfluous, a torch that illuminates the darkness because it helps us to reconcile with slowness in a world that goes at high speed and becomes maieutics, in the sense that Socrates attributed it . Poetry is a mirror of the soul, but it is also the mirror of the society that produces it or ignores it or even worse that boycotts it. In poetry the encounter with beauty and the encounter with the other takes place, making poetry is an exercise to learn to listen to the other and at the same time making poetry is knowledge because it leads us to reach those who suffer, to develop empathy and sharing.
The poet of the world, today, with rare exceptions, does not submit to editorial marketing logic, perhaps because the publishing giants are too expensive. The poets in this anthology are endowed with a utopian and revolutionary force, they use magical thinking to adapt to everyday reality, weave the testimony of past generations into it and implement a mapping of the social, economic, and environmental instability in which they live. There are voices that still tremble with extreme lyricism induced by the beauty of the places or by the experience of love, but the urgency is to resist, therefore the aesthetics are joined by logic, civil commitment, and critical thinking. Drawing on creativity to intentionally connote the message is the prerogative of all poets in the world, but the binomial utopia-freedom perhaps resonates more frequently in the southern latitudes.
Dr. Claudia Piccinno (Italy)
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