The fire of love that once erupted, gradually turns to ashes
Anna Keiko, the world famous poetess from Shanghai, China shares her poetry
Anna Keiko is a worldwide known poet, essayist. She has Bachelor‘s Degree of law from the School of Political Science and Law, Shanghai East China University. She is Founder and Chief Editor of ACC Shanghai Huifeng Literature Association; Chinese representative and director of the international cultural foundation ITHACA; partner of Immagine & Poesia in Italy; international member of the Canadian-Cuban Literary Union. Her poems have been translated into more than 30 languages, and over 2,000 poems have been published in more than 500 poetry journals, magazines, newspapers and self-media in over 40 countries. In 2023, her latest poetry collection “Absurd Language” was published in Chile and sold on Amazon. She has been awarded a range of awards and honors. In December 2023, the Cross Cultural Exchange in the United States awarded her the Medal and Certificate for Significant Contribution to World Poetry. In 2024, she was awarded the World Peace Ambassador Certificate and the World Peace Outstanding Award. In January 2024, she once again won the 30th International Poetry Award for “Octopus Bones” in Italy, which was awarded in honor of the late Italian poet Eugenio Montale, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975. Previously, she won several international awards. Anna Keiko has published six collections of her poems and co-authored dozens of literary books as well.
Remembrance of love
When you pass through the soul
Like divine light permeates the thick darkness,
Dawn comes, darkness hides,
The glimpse of sunlight is like the melody of love
I am charmed by the colors of the mountains like a shepherd boy
A heavenly creation
Where the spring scenery of love is warm enough
To calm the heart
Wonderful joy
Enters every inch of skin
A charming morning
Sweeter than anything
No more worries,
Sadness or hardships
However, when I don’t get any news for a while
As if the mountains were sloping,
Unable to extricate and disengage themselves,
Bitter tears well out
He’s still like Apollo,
Shines where needed,
The fire of love that once erupted
Gradually turns to ashes
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Why love you
Except for a few tears sacrificed during the years
Poor and with no possessions
Like the once green branches and leaves
Vainly rising towards the infinite sky
Breathing dew
Day and night soaring into the youthfulness
Happy and contented,
Love’s rage
Returns
The intoxicated heart leads to exhaustion
There’s you again
Arousing the falcon’s desire for rebirth
You are gorgeous
An unquenchable fire rises overhead
I’m striding forward toward the muse
Waving Homer’s magic pen
That must not sound like a Sappho’s poem
Oh, my homeland of misery,
You are overwhelmed
Your deserted heart
Is the pond’s hidden fountain
Why love you
When I can bestow you the most valuable thing
A song of the soul
A flying verse
To uplift one’s feelings
Note: Sappho (Sappho, about 630 or 612 BC ~ about 592 or 560 BC), famous ancient Greek lyric poet
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Crossing the boundary and loving you
A heart longing for understanding
Received an unfair treatment
I cannot stop thinking about you
My love have mercy on me,
Please don’t prevaricate or find excuses
You let me taste the love’s nectar
That comes from the earliest aspirations
Do not desecrate love
For a heart burning with desire
Moves restlessly
Crazy thoughts fly
I miss you; I love you,
The sky is so gray without you
This love breaks my heart
Oh, I cannot stop
Respecting you with all my heart
Love me, please,
I believe I will get a new you.
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