The Desert

Poetry
Avatar of Marieta MaglasBy Marieta Maglas
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”When nature suffers because it is destroyed by human activities, the notion of beauty is really losing its meaning because nothing is more aesthetic than the natural beauty.”

desert

There’s something
to teach in the desert- holy words,
not simple words.
‘Tis about some thirst.
‘Tis about one huge desert,
which is always peopled by
a lot of walkers,
those moribund walkers with
small, leaden eyes,
eyes being like lost objects
and really not useful
at night.
At night,
many, tiny, miscellaneous
stars start to shine
in that unique, leaden sky,
but even so,
it is very hard to see around.
Those ancient stars become
golden leaders
for those losers walking
and singing heavy songs,
but searching for new pools –
wherever they are elsewhere.

The teacher said, and he said once,
‘I’ll turn the desert into a pool of water, ‘-
it is not only about the thirst.

Those dying people
still have a will, but maybe
they all will not lose
all their hope.

At least, they cannot die twice
and they think that they
will lose everything
because
there is nothing left to save.

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Marieta Maglas

    Ardus Publications, Sybaritic Press, Prolific Press, and some others published the poems of Marieta Maglas in anthologies like Tanka Journal, edited by Glenn Lyvers, The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry, edited by Yossi Faybish, A Divine Madness: An Anthology of Modern Love Poetry, edited by John Patrick Boutilier, Near Kin:A Collection of Words and Art Inspired by Octavia Estelle Butler, edited by Marie Lecrivain, Three Line Poetry #25, edited by Glenn Lyvers, ENCHANTED - Love Poems and Abstract Art, edited by Gabrielle de la Fair, and Intercontinental Anthology of Poetry on Universal Peace and Love, edited by Madan Gandhi.

    Her work has also appeared in some journals including Poeticdiversity Los Angeles edited by Marie Lecrivain, The Velvetillusion Literary Magazine Alabama, The Secret (La Revista) in Italy, FWM Magazine in the US, Trần Thu Trang in China, GNOSIS - A Poetry Journal™ in the US, I Am not a Silent Poet edited by Reuben Woolley and so many others.
     In 2013, Marieta Maglas has been nominated at The International Festivals of Poetry in Canada and Mexico.

    2 Comments
    1. Avatar of Michael Staib
      Michael Staib says

      Thank you for such a spiritually enriching poem! May we all ineluctably flourish from those challenges evidenced throughout the desert wilderness places of life! Matthew 4:1-11.

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    2. Avatar of Michael Staib
      Michael Staib says

      Thanks again for such a riveting read!

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