Tree And I
with my body, I am near to the roots
with my thoughts, I reach the longest branches
I soar towards the sun
I caress the green canopy
the tree records years in its rings
warm-cold, dry-wet
and I record emotions on a piece of paper
sadness-joy, love-loneliness
we are dear to each other
often, I embrace its trunk
maybe it will remember the touch of my hands
rustle with memories
Some Trees
tell me
was I your birch tree
white
slender
with life-giving sap
rustling love spells
with petite leaves
perhaps, a spreading linden
with flowers scented by honey
sheltering you from the summer swelter
with green coolness
who am I today
doubtlessly, a coastal pine
with thick boughs
gnarled by the wind
rooted in the sandy soil
I battle the storms
Alicja Maria Kuberska
Alicja Maria Kuberska –
awarded Polish poetess, novelist, journalist, editor. She writes both Polish
and English. She is an author of many volumes. Her poems have been published in
numerous anthologies and magazines in Poland, Czech Republic, the USA, the UK,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Israel, Canada,
India, Italy, Uzbekistan, South Korea,
Taiwan and Australia. She won : medal on Nosside poetry competition in Italy,
medal of European Academy Science, Arts and Letters in France, statuette in
Lithuania. 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 and IWA Bogdani, Albania. She is also a member of directors’ board of
Soflay Literature Foundation