RIFAT ISMAILI
The poet, prose writer and essayist Rifat Ismaili was born on March 24, 1968 in Durres (Albania). After finishing high school, he did the mandatory military service for two years in Berat. From 1991 until today he lives in Italy, currently in Savona. Passionate about art and literature, he started writing and painting since school. Since 1986, he started publishing in the newspapers and magazines of the time and continues today. At the same time, in addition to working as an author, he was and still is engaged in translations. It was also published in Italian, English, Spanish, Russian, Uzbek, Arabian, etc., in some of the literary bodies of those countries. His inclusion in dozens of different publications as an editor or reviewer should be highlighted. Rifat Ismaili is the author of 24 books, and 3 books as a translator.
ANOTHER YEAR
How fast life goes by
You are left with only a handful of memories.
Among bare tree branches
My photos are hanging
and some lonely birds...
Autumn affects itself
As a forgotten woman
and looks at me surprised...
A sleepy sun
falls from the stairs of heaven
it falls into my hands...
still air,
silence stuck to the antennae,
a year has passed...
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