Two Poems by Marieta Maglas

 

Zen Poem for Peace



Some folks still live in the memories of their homes; floods, hurricanes,

quakes, volcanoes, insecurity, disorientation, panic, and confusion.



They look at the wars and air their views about what they breathe,

see, hear, and feel because they are still alive. The view of life can be



shaped by truth. People need lands of love to create new citizenries;

bright tracer fires of the wars and the red of Aurora on the sky can redden



the snow, the trees, the moon; blood and sufferings; hearts;

to bless and to sprinkle holy water; expiation and inspiration.



to harm life for the purpose of conquering the whole world; getting

nowt: to own something that no longer exists; to be a symphonic poem,

a dwelling place for words needing interconnectedness to enhance understandings; telltale 

signs of love; loaves belonging to an otherworldly

dimension; God, the gift; folks like pink sandcastles or like age-old allegories undergoing

the Renaissance; all are born to run into their shadows.



To be buried in order to become living worms; a part of us; not useful;

missing words; living words that grow up and multiply; memories.

Words and Echoes

 

An echo reflects a voice, fading into the distance

and transforming into a celestial resonance.

 

A voice emerges when someone speaks.

Imagine the echo of a long-winded monologue.

 

A word breaks free from the self, no longer tied to its origin~

to become a ghost; a specter; not in self any longer.

 

A specter can resemble the remnants of the paraphernalia of

those screaming sorcerers that have intriguing insights.

A word is a tangible idea, a vocal expression.

Sometimes, the impact of the heavy expressions can generate

 

seismic restlessness around; butterfly effect,

volte-face, and transmogrification; weaving tales in the haze;

 

the cantankerous and splenetic tones can resonate

atop the mountains, where the prayers are being billed as

 

messages to heaven; ascension; clear-sightedness;

to kneel in prayer, despite the tension of

 

clenched teeth for the essence must always find an assumption

in the deep-rooted words;

 

to craft mellifluous verses that captivate the hearts of all who listen.

Imagine the ashes of those hearts still aching for holiness, akin to echoes;

 

enduring suffering and sacrifice for a willable deity

existing in both the past progressive and future perfect tense.

 

The words are refracted echoes of their former selves.

Imagine the void of divinity and the thoughts that have been forsaken.

 

Marieta Maglas - The MockingOwl, Roost, Lothlorien Journal, Verse-Virtual, Massticadores, Silver Birch Press, Sybaritic Press, Kingfisher Poetry, Oddville Press, Prolific Press, Dashboard Horus, Coin-Operated Press, Mayari Literature, Synchronized Chaos, Al-Khemia Poetica, PentaCat Press, The Queer Gaze, Phoenix Z Publishing, All Your Poems Magazine, Journal of the Akita International Haiku Network, Tuck Magazine, Southern Arizona Press, Antarctica Journal, Ardus Publications, and others published the poems of Marieta Maglas in anthologies like Near Kin: A Collection of Words and Art Inspired by Octavia Estelle Butler, Nancy Drew Anthology: Writing and Art Featuring Everybody's Favorite Female Sleuth, The Cardinal Anthology Vol. 3, Ain’t no Deadbeats Around Here, Startled by MUSIC 2023, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Line Poetry, Tanka Journal, and The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry. The editor of The Aquillrelle Wall of Poetry, Yossi Faybish, published her poetry book, Cubic Words.