APRILIA ZANK

APRILIA ZANK

THE RAIN EVOCATORS

the rain evocators

dance

with soft naked feet

in the blazing dust

juvenile bodies

covered with foliage

under the fiery sun

may the rain

come

the long-awaited

may the rain

wash away

the rotting seagulls

from the shore

may the rain

drive up the sap

in barren branches

and unleash the springs

in dried up fountains

may the rain

rinse off the dust

from blind turning eyes

THE VISITOR

this house

so peaceful

with its wooden panels

polished by weathers

the heat of summer

winter frost

the ripeness of autumn

with grapes

hanging from the gutter

and pathways

chequered with quinces

and wall nuts

they had found bones

when they broke it down

to build it anew

bones of man –

stories went around

about a merchant

who came from afar

after completed trade

seeking for night shelter

on his way home

which he never reached

sometimes at night

watching the stars

so much closer here

than anywhere else

I hear a moan

a clink of steel

an owl call

a woman wailing

in the distance

of four generations

TWILIGHT

walking around the lake

brooding on yellow lilies

a sense of solitude

drips on algae-coated

obsolete nymphs

behind wire fences

the sun fades away

trickles down

light dissipates

like burning silk

I call a name –

in a void of answers

birds flutter away

hurry

to precarious shelters

APRILIA ZANK

Dr. APRILIA ZANK is an educationist, freelance lecturer for Creative Writing and Translation Theory, as well as a multilingual poet, translator, editor from Munich, Germany and an Author of the Poetry book BAREFOOT TO ARCADIA. Born in Romania, she studied English and French Literature and Linguistics at the University of Bucharest, and then moved to Munich, Germany where she received her PhD degree in Literature and Psycholinguistics for her thesis, THE WORD IN THE WORD Literary Text Reception and Linguistic Relativity, from the Ludwig Maximilian University, where she started her teaching career. The research for her PhD thesis was done in collaboration with six universities from Europe, and as a visiting lecturer at Alberta University of Edmonton, Canada. Dr Aprilia writes verses in English and German, French and Romanian and was awarded a distinction at the “Vera Piller” Poetry Contest in Zurich. Her poetry collection, TERMINUS ARCADIA, was 2nd Place Winner at the Twowolvz Press Poetry Chapbook Contest 2013. In 2018, she was awarded the title “Dr. Aprilia Zank – Germany Beat Poet Laureate”, by the National Beat Poetry Foundation (USA). She has been an acclaimed guest at cultural events in Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Turkey, Singapore and Romania, where she read her poems, delivered lectures on various topics. Her poems and articles are published in many ezines and Anthologies of different countries.