PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA

 

I Want To Be Me

 

I am passing

through the meadows of life

only once and that’s way

I want to deep my hair

in the sweet perfume

of blossoming grass.

 

I want to bath my feelings

in the pearls of morning dew.

So, my wings can spread free

from the dust and debris

catching the sky,

I want to be me.

 

F-R-E-E-D-O-M

 

F - for Fire inside to give light in a gloomy day

R - for Riding ahead when things are not ok

E - for Efforts to learn and grow from every mistake

E - for Energy to fight for life and peace to the last breath

D - for Dear ones who you treasure and the land you protect

O - for Ocean of hope and love you give to the ones in needs

M - for Music in your heart when you achieve all these

 

Peace With No Border

 

Two soldiers fought on both hills,

One from the left side of the tiny river,

the other from the hill of the right.

Then, as always, came the dark.

 

With their tired dusty hands

both lightened cigarettes,

on both sides of the bank.

Each one was dreaming of having a home,

bunch of kids and yard with no fence.

 

In the next morning, the war came to its end.

The treaty was signed. They both left this bank

soaked with blood and paved with mines.

One day they reached a foreign land,

healed the wounds and cleaned the minds.

 

Look at them, playing chess in the back yard

under an old olive tree. Only the horde

of their happy kids disturb the morning peace.

Smiles with no fence and peace with no border

-        They really exist. Two soldiers already know this.

 

PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA

 

Miss PETROUCHKA ALEXIEVA: “You must face life obstacles with strength and dedication, but healthy dosage of humor is the best weapon to survive” (P. Alexieva). Ms Alexieva is known as a well-developed LOVE poetry and a feminist writer, a guest-lecturer, academic mentor, key note speaker, TV talent and a highly recognized scholar. She was first published at age of 16 in the national poetry magazine “Rodna Rech”, Bulgaria. She is a Cum Laude graduate at CSULA (2009) and “All American Scholar Award“recipient (2008). She is a life-time member of four distinguished scholar societies. Ms. Alexieva’s poems appeared every Wednesday on ”Daheli Live!”  TV show. Ms. Alexieva speaks 8+ languages. Her literary, scholarly and photo-documentaries were highlighted in academic publishing, anthologies, feminist magazines, newspapers, opening ceremonies and numerous open mics in USA, Australia, Hungary, Romania, Transylvania, Bulgaria. Her lectures and poetry writings include, but not limited to ethnic cultures, ethnomusicology, and Japanese Tanka, as well. Most of them relates to women in traditional perspective, gender identity and contemporary feminism. She worked tirelessly with gifted and talented children – in ICAF, NASA, Visa Olympics and more. For her outstanding life-long honorary achievements, Ms. Alexieva’s name was included two times among the most distinguished Earth’s citizens list of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (2003) capsule and Science Laboratory Rover (2011) list, for which she has awarded with honorable certificates, as well. Her poem “My Gypsy Soul” dedicated to Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, was recently selected for “Message in the Bottle" program of NASA's Europa Clipper Mission.