ALICJA MARIA KUBERSKA

 

 

Transcendence

 

Letting go of emotion is never easy,

nor is forgetting the pull of desire,

clearing the mind of its restless storm

and gazing inward.

There, in that quiet depth,

one may find the first light—

a radiance that shines upon

the tree of knowledge of good and evil,

whispering that love is the only thing

that truly endures.

No one will remember

the brand of your car,

the color of your walls,

the tags sewn into your clothing.

The scent of costly perfume will vanish;

everything will crumble into dust.

But someone, years from now, may recall

a smile you once offered,

a few words of comfort,

a handful of coins pressed into a palm,

the warmth of a handshake, a fleeting kiss.

These things—

insignificant yet essential,

without price yet priceless—

carry a person’s memory

into eternity.

 

Poetry

 

Poetry, tell me—along which path

will you guide my steps?

Will you reveal the legacy you guard?

Shall I wander through a graveyard of thoughts,

where unborn words died upon empty pages,

where no consonant, no vowel ever rose to speak,

and the blankness froze emotions

before they had a chance to breathe?

Or will you lead me through a garden instead—

a place blooming with metaphors and comparisons,

where words unfurl like petals

or spill across the page

like a waterfall in motion?

Between being and non-being lies

a narrow, fragile border

I cross again and again

in search of your beauty,

O poetry.

 

Satisfaction

 

It takes many years to understand

that life rarely grants us grand events,

and that the quiet moments, small and fleeting,

hold a charm of their own.

Time will race forward, refusing

to give us back what it has taken.

A child’s smile, tiny hands

will grow into a thoughtful gaze

and a firm, adult grip.

In the mirror, the reflection will fade.

The lovely girl and the handsome boy

will disappear,

and the old will limp slowly

toward their fate.

It is not worth waiting only

for Sundays and holidays—

that is merely waiting for the death

of all the other days

of the week.

 

ALICJA MARIA KUBERSKA

ALICJA MARIA KUBERSKA – awarded Polish poetess, novelist, journalist, editor. In 2011 she published her first volume of poems entitled: “The Glass Reality”. Her second volume “Analysis of Feelings”, was published in 2012. The third collection “Moments” was published in English in 2014, both in Poland and in the USA. In 2014, she also published the novel – “Virtual roses” and volume of poems “On the border of dream”. Next year her volume entitled “Girl in the Mirror” was published in the UK and “Love me”, “(Not) my poem” in the USA. In 2015 she also edited anthology entitled “The Other Side of the Screen”. In 2016 she edited two volumes: “Taste of Love” (USA), “Thief of Dreams” (Poland) and international anthology entitled “ Love is like Air” (USA).Next year she published volume in Polish entitled “ View From the Window”, collection of love poems in Arabic and English entitled “ Love like arabesque ( together with Egyptian poet Mandour Saleh Hikiel). In 2018 she published international anthology “Love Postcards” and her volume in Russian entitled “Selected poems”. She is a chief editor of series of anthologies entitled “Metaphor of Contemporary” (Poland). Her poems have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Israel, the USA, Canada, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Uzbekistan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria and Australia. Her volumes were translated into Albanian language by famous poet and academic Mr Jeton Kelmendi, into Telugu language by famous Hindu poet Mr Lanka Siva Rama Prasad, into Turkish by famous Turkish poet Metin Cengiz, into Italian by famous Italian poetess Maria Miraglia and into Arabic by famous Syrian poetess Shurouk Hammouud. She won: distinction (2014) and medal (2015) on Nosside poetry competition in Italy, statuette in Lithuania (2015), medal of European Academy Science, Arts and Letters in France (2018)), award of Cultural Festival International “Tra le parole e l’ infinito” Italy (2018) She was also twice nominated to the Pushcart Prize in the USA. Alicja Kuberska is a member of the Polish Writers Associations in Warsaw (Poland), E- literaci (Poland)and IWA Bogdani, (Albania). She is also a member of directors’ board of Soflay Literature Foundation (Pakistan), Our Poetry Archive (India). She is Polish Ambassador of Culture of The Inner Child Press (the USA). She belongs to Editorial Advisory Board of Sahitya Anand (India) and IPA Editorial (India).