My Anima, A Feather
It was just a
quick embrace, like
the elusive
flight of a butterfly
brushing in an
instant your hair.
It was just a
warm hug inside a
body that
trembled like a leaf,
that anonymous
world, which
was a thousand
times much
more familiar
than my house.
It was nothing
more than a hug,
but who knows
why—in those
moments, my
anima felt so light,
like a feather
that ascends to the sky.
To Be Loved, To Be Hated Again
You recall of me
details,
secret and
unexpressed desires,
my travels, my
hidden dreams,
musical notes,
famous names.
You remember my
jokes
that make you
laugh still;
my passions, my
insomnia,
my emotions, my
fears.
Many doubts and
delusions
we’ve faced on
the way.
Surely, we’ll
meet one more time—
to be loved, to
be hated again.
The Naked Doll
It doesn’t seem
true: in a few days
the keys of my
apartment I’ll have.
As fragmented
echoes, the memories
do not leave me
alone for a second.
My childhood
dream to have a nice
and lovely house
wakes me up,
with a large
room for all my toys
and windows
caressed by the sun.
But I did not
even have the toys
except a very
little and naked doll,
whom I dressed
only in my dreams,
scared in bed it
slept with me.
Over the passing
of months, years,
the yen
approached, then vanished;
it took refuge
in my lines and hair,
like this, we
both grew old together.
My childhood –
that naked doll,
I’ve placed in a
corner of a suitcase,
I’ll bring it
with me to the new house
covered ... with
love and affection.
IRMA KURTI
IRMA KURTI is an Albanian poet, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator and has been writing since she was a child. She is a naturalized Italian and lives in Bergamo, Italy. All her books are dedicated to the memory of her beloved parents, Hasan Kurti and Sherife Mezini, who have supported and encouraged every step of her literary path. In 1980, her poem “To my homeland” received the first prize in the national competition for the 35th anniversary edition of the magazine Pionieri. In 1989, she won the second prize in the national competition organized by Radio Tirana celebrating the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Albania. Kurti has won numerous literary prizes and awards in Albania, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Philippines, Lebanon and China. She was awarded the Universum Donna International Prize IX Edition 2013 for Literature and received a lifetime nomination as an Ambassador of Peace by the University of Peace, Italian Switzerland. In 2020, she became the honorary president of WikiPoesia, the encyclopedia of poetry. In 2021, she was awarded the title of Liria (Freedom) by the Italian-Albanian community in Italy. She received the Leonardo da Vinci and Giacomo Leopardi prizes from the Chimera Arte Contemporanea Cultural Association of Lecce. The same association also honored her with the European Ambassador Award and named her the Best Poet of the Year in 2022. In 2022, she was also nominated as the Albanian ambassador to the International Academic Award of Contemporary Literature Seneca of the Academy of Philosophical Arts and Sciences, Bari. That same year, she was awarded the title of Mother Foundress and Lady of the Order of Dante Alighieri by the Republic of Poets. She received the Grazia Deledda medal and diploma of merit from the National Committee of WikiPoesia on the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Italian poet. In 2023 she was awarded a Career Award from the Universum Academy Switzerland. She also won the prestigious 2023 Naji Naaman's literary prize for complete work. Irma Kurti is a member of the jury for several literary competitions in Italy. She is also a translator for the Ithaca Foundation in Spain. Irma Kurti has published 29 books in Albanian, 26 in Italian, 15 in English, and two in French. She has written approximately 150 lyrics for adults and children. She has also translated 20 books by different authors, and all of her own books into Italian and English. Irma Kurti is one of the most translated and published Albanian poets. Her books have been translated and published in 16 countries.
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