Your beautifully weaved verses /poesy is characterized by a powerful dictionary command and decorated by verbal ambivalence. The depth of verbiage and flowery expression of thought /belief /courage /optimism is poetic justice to this literary exhibition that depicts on spiritual dedication/love matters /heartily embrace of humankind. This unique/unsuspected/usual style sums up that poems are supplications to the sacred spaces, epistles/letters to gods, to self and to spiritual proximities. Iris Calif, your poetry are proverbs and psalms of prowess to humankind. Your literary messages are didactic and saves to transform the humanity for peace/freedom/harmony/love. Your poetry is simple, deep, internalized and spiritual, the verbal play wrenches the gut than titling the mind/than rending the heart. It is refreshing profiling a unique theme, fascinating style, and a wonderful literary voice from Israel Iris Calif (internationally -published writer/poet)- mbizo chirasha(curator).
A woman in brook of desert
With in the letter love, biding the violin of eternity
Embroidering melodies to my nude body;
The words of heaven
Miracles occurs;
Sun sets the world apart
I roar silently, naked,
Carving souls of existence,
Saints hover cratt in rain gloves
Reviving the cradle of waters
crossing my dress,
my heart, in the warmed up sand,
the night enchants consolation,
silence of human delusions
The creation wind is racing in her bound beauty,
To the mountain coast
I am breached now, a woman,
Brook of desert.
From the book “The daughter of God”
אשה כנחל מדבר /איריס כליף מהספר ‘בת אלוהים ‘
בְּאוֹת הָאַהֲבָה
רוֹכֵן כִּנּוֹר הַנֶּצַח
רוֹקֵם נִגּוּנִים לְגוּפִי הַמְּעַרְטֵל
דִּבְרֵי שָׁמַיִם
נִסִּים
שֶׁמֶשׁ פּוֹרֶטֶת עוֹלָם
אֲנִי הָרוֹעֶמֶת דְּמָמָה עֵירֻמָּה
חוֹטֶבֶת נְשִׁימוֹת קִיּוּם
רוֹחֶפֶת קִדּוּשִׁים בִּכְפָפוֹת הַגֶּשֶׁם
מְחַיָּה עֶרֶשׂ מֵימֶיךָ בַּחֲצוֹת שִׂמְלָתִי
לִבִּי
בַּחוֹל הַנִּכְמָר הַלַּיִל מְכַשֵּׁף נֶחָמָה
שׁוֹקֵט תַּעְתּוּעֵי אָדָם
בְּרִיאָה
הָרוּחַ דּוֹהֶרֶת
בְּיָפְיָהּ הַנִּכְבָּל
חוֹפָהּ הַר
גּוּפִי
אֲנִי
הַפּוֹרֶצֶת
אִשָּׁה כְּנַחַל מִדְבָּר
The daughter of the living God
God creates the heavens
of the spirit in the light of the world
Springs with the authentic names of life
You are my strength
In my image the moon;
Man’s salvation.
Behold, I am the Iris; the daughter of the living
naked in sight of the sick of the kingdom of above
Adorned with gold and drops of moon light.
The sun in the clouds, and the rays wanders
My body like the burning of the darkness
Of Arch,
The night is heart breaking from time to time,
Embroiders in the mountains to the Iris grace,
And at the gate of the earth, Gabriel.
The temple house of the dead,
was founded in me
and the snowy days of the blood
of my soul.
Kneels in the light of the prophets
Down touches a human-
Blooded kiss,
And in the image of the soul of God,
Our father in heaven,
In the beginning of the wilderness.
Temple of the scriptures of the world
In the voice of psalms, creator of the human
EVE
Daughter of love, daughter of God
A girl of life
From the book “Daughter of God”
בת חיים / איריס כליף
טָמִיר וְנֶעֱלָם בּוֹרֵא לְזֵפִיר רְקִיעִים בְּאוֹר עוֹלָם פּוֹדֶה מַעְיָנוֹת שֵׁמוֹת חַיִּים
הִנְּךָ עֻזִּי וּבְצַלְמִי כִּירֵחַ הָאָדָם
יְשׁוּעוֹת
הִנְנִי הָאִירִיס בַּת חַיִּים עֵירֻמָּה בִּפְנֵי חוֹלוֹת מוֹלֶכֶת מָרוֹם
קוֹשֶׁטֶת בְּחֹם זָהָב רוּחַ טִפּוֹת יְרָחִים
שֶׁמֶשׁ בְּעָבִים קַרְנֶיהָ נוֹוְדוֹת גּוּפִי כִּבְעֵרוֹת לַחֹשֶׁךְ הַקָּמֵר
הַלַּיִל לֵב רוֹקֵם מְפַעֵם בֶּהָרִים לַחֲנֵי הָאִירִיס
וּבְשַׁעַר אֲדָמָה יוֹסֵד בִּי גַּבְרִיאֵל מִקְדָּשׁ בַּיִת עוֹלָמִים
וּבְשֶׁלֶג יָמִים דֹּם נְשִׁימָתִי כּוֹרַעַת בְּאוֹר נְבִיאִים
הַשַּׁחַר נוֹגֵעַ נוֹשֵׁק בְּדָמִי אָדָם
וּבְצַלְמֵי נְשָׁמָה טָמִיר וְנֶעֱלָם
בְּרֵאשִׁית מִדְבָּר
מְקַדֵּשׁ כְּתוּבֵי עוֹלָם
בְּקוֹל תְּהִלִּים
בּוֹרֵא אֱנוֹשׁ
חַוָּה
בַּת אַהֲבָה
בַּת אֱלֹהִים
בַּת
חַיִּים
מתוך הספר ‘בת אלוהים
The daughter of the living God
‘
My body; mankind in front of universe gate
The rivers of sunshine, the beat of the night
But I am a nude petty grain
A purple moon breathes his gage
And in the sounds of rain, gathering my youth,
naked in the silent violet
wrapping my chaste virgin memory
my spirit created
Bathing love in heaven, paradise
Fields of confident shelter,
and I am a gold grain crown
with my nude body
in front of universe gate.
From the book “Daughter of God”
גופי עולם מול שעריך /איריס כליף
לְנַהֲרוֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ פְּעִימַת הַלַּיִל
שִׁבֹּלֶת עֵירֻמָּה אֲנִי
יָרֵחַ סָגֹל מְאַצֵּל מַבָּטוֹ
וּבִצְלִילַי גֶּשֶׁם מְלַקֵּט נְעוּרַי
עֵירֹם בְּסִגְלוֹן הַשֶּׁקֶט
גּוֹלֵם נֶצַח בְּתוּלֵי זִכְרוֹנִי
רוּחַ בְּרוּאָה
גַּן עֵדֶן
רוֹחֶצֶת אַהֲבָה בְּכָרֵי מִבְטַחֶיהָ
וַאֲנִי שִׁבֹּלֶת עֲטָרָה זְהֻבָּה מַאֲמִירָה
וְגוּפִי עוֹלָם מוּל שְׁעָרֶיךָ
מהספר ‘בת אלוהים
Iris Calif biography
Iris calif, resident of the State of Israel, Poet, writer and dancer.member of the Composers’ Association of Hebrew authors and publishers in Israel named “ ACUM.I AM 48 years old: married and mother of three daughters.Her three books were publisher:In a fascinating (or magic) lane breathes (or blows) Lolita on On 2001,Wild moon On 2017.And The daughter of GOD on 2020.She is currently working on her fourth book of scripture.Her poems have been published on radio, television, magazines in Israel and abroad, literary websites, the Internet and newspapers.Her poetry reflects the inner journey of my soul, which looks through love, dreams life, and breathes holy worlds in the hidden spirit, and is a symbol and expression of my victory over Anorexia , and my choice of choosing life and love with courage
Mbizo Chirasha(curator is an African Writing Associate Contributor to The Evergreen Review( USA), ihraf publishes, USA. Poetry London , UK. Oxford School of Poetry, Blackwell Pamphlet of Poetry ,UK. Monk Arts and Soul Magazine, UK. Bezine.Com, USA.FemAsia, UK. Aloka Magazine,UK.Demer Press, Netherlands , WorldPoetry Almanac, Mongolia, StreetVoices( bilingual digital collection), Germany, Gramnet blog , SCOTLAND, WordCitylit, Canada, Poesi.si, SLOVENIA,DiogenPlus,TURKEY Atunis Galakatika, BELGIUM.Chirasha is the author of A Letter to the President, Pilgrims of Zame , Co-author of Whispering Woes of Ganges and Zambezi. Editor of Secomd Name of the earth is Peace( WorldBeyond War,USA), Editor of Voices of Africa, a call for freedom (ihraf books,USA), Co-editor of Corpses of Unity( Framce and Cameroon).He is the founder/curator of his projects, Time of the Poet Republic ,Writing Ukraine Prize,,AfricanWilliamBlake , Womaword literary press, PamWriters Caravan and Brave Voices Poetry Journal.Mbizo was the 2019 Ihraf African Fellow, 2020 Writer/Poet Guest for Uniersity of Glasgow Creative Writing Programme, Visiting Poet to Medellin International Poetry Festival, Resident Curator of all Africa 100 thousand Poets for Change-global. 2020 Free-Speech Fellow ,PEN Germany Writers in Exile Program, 2020 poet in residence of the Fictional Café ,USA,2019 Producer ,Live literature Hub at Sotambe Film Festival, Zambia,2009 Poet in Residence , ICACD ,Ghana, 2007 Tribute to Kofi-Anann, United Nations Poet,2003 100best books of Africa Zimbabwean Delegate to Goteborg Book Fair, Sweden,
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