Virtual Earth Day - Día de la Tierra Virtual: April 22

EARTH DAY 
Wednesday, April 22nd marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Since 1970 environmental awareness has been raised to have consciousness about the state of our planet and the consequences of our actions to the environment. Several countries will had have  meetings to discuss this topic and some activities are given their lives to create awareness about the damage we are causing to our "Common House.".  Maybe a tiny virus and destructive pandemic, teach us to protect our Planet. 

Due to the present situation and social distance protocol, this year we celebrate Earth Day Virtually with poetry LuzDelMes. #VirtualEarthDay2020 🗺️

POETRY FOR THE SOUL LUZDELMES:

And the Earth begins to breath, 
the waters flow in harmony, 

the animals left their cages, 

the sky  cleared, 

the sun shone with joy, 

the moon illuminated with hope 

when humans hide in their houses,
six feet apart from each other,

and the machines stop its engines. 

@Mejia2020 
#StayHome

According to BBC Future, as industries, transport networks and businesses have closed down, it has brought a sudden drop in carbon emissions. Compared with this time last year. Read article 👉https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200326-covid-19-the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-environment

DÍA DE LA TIERRA 
El miércoles, 22 de abril es el 50 aniversario del Día de la Tierra. Desde 1970 se ha tratado de crear consciencia ecológica sobre el estado de la Tierra y el impacto de nuestras acciones en el medio ambiente. Varios países han tenido jornadas colectivas y activistas han dado hasta su vida para  alertarnos del daño que le causamos a nuestra "Casa Común," Tierra. Tal vez un diminuto virus y destructiva pandemia, nos enseñe a cuidar nuestro Planeta. 

Dadas la presente circunstancia y protocoles de distanciamiento social, celebraremos de forma virtual  el día de la tierra con poesía LuzDelMes. #DiadelaTierraVirtual2020 🗺️#LuzDelMes ✨

POESÍA PARA EL ALMA LUZDELMES:

Y la Tierra empezó a respirar, 
los mares a fluir en armonía,

los animales salieron de su cautiverio, 

el cielo se despejó, 
el sol destello con alegría, 

la luna brilló con esperanza,  
cuando el humano se encerró en su casa,
Seis pies de distancia

y las máquinas pararon sus motores... 

@Mejia 2020
#QuedateEnCasa

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Deep into Haiku with Luz Del Mes Tri-Anthology

Who has translated Haiku into English at the first time and introduced it to the world?

Professor Masashi Nakamura, Researcher of Japanese Culture History explains,

The West's first introduction to haiku was Mr. Basil Hall Chamberlain's great pioneer work, Japanese Poetry (1910), in a chapter entitled “Bashō and the Japanese Epigram.” However, Haiku itself was written in the chapter “蛙; frog” in “Exotics and Retrospectives 1898” by Mr. Lafcadio Hearn before Basil's publication.

Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) considered the greatest haiku poet: 芭蕉; Bashō was not only the greatest of haikai poets, but also a traveler. He died in Osaka, and was buried in "義仲寺; Gityuuji temple," Shiga Prefecture. The temple is the neighborhood of "石山寺; Ishiyama dera Temple “where Murasaki Shikibu wrote the Tale of Genji. 

"Haiku" and “The Tale of Genji” are both eternal Japanese literature sympathized by the world. 

Around 1000 AD when Murasaki Shikibu wrote “The Tale of Genji", Haiku is not yet in that era, but Waka was thriving as "Empathy Literature.” 

The origin of haiku's history is the formation of Japanese language characters in the Tale and Waka in that era. One of the most important forms of that Japanese verse tradition, haiku, remains popular in modern Japan, and in recent years its popularity has spread to around the world.

Haiku is a poem with three lines and usually 17 syllables, written in a style that is traditional in Japan.
Picture says 「古池や蛙飛び込む水の音」1681/6 
" furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto " 

Haiku seems to have the power of culture to "open the minds" of the people in our world. "LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology" will bring empathy to the world, too. Mather Maritza M. Mejia, sama said " A Global project was born.🍃🌞🌻Welcome to LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology! Meet the authors on September, 2019. !!! A Multicultural Chain for Nature with 30 authors, editors, translators, designers, teachers and students who answered THE CALL by LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology: Over the Nations, Through the Oceans, Across Religions, and Link by a Haiku. 🍃 🌞

Thank you! 🌷 ¡Gracias! 🌹ευχαριστώ🌺 Arigatou gozaimasu 🙏 Details on BLOG: http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2019/08/luzdelmes-tri-anthology-is-reality.html

Thank you all who submitted your work! 💐 

Multicultural Chain for Nature LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology is a REALITY thanks to you!

 Thank you 🌷 Gracias 🌻ευχαριστώ🌺 Arigatou gozaimasu🙏 

DIGITAL Version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YK5RRLF

Paperback: FALL 2019

Thank you all who submitted your work! 💐 

        

        LuzDelMes Publishing, Director   

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI, Florida
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Zoe Savina at Luz Del Mes Tri-Anthology

Zoe Savina

Zoe Savina was born in Athens. She is married to sculptor Vangelis Moustakas. She has published 22 poetry collections, the 7 of which are small poetic compositions.  Her collection Enchantress haiku-tanka, bilingual, its third edition was translated into 5 languages. Zoe published an “International Haiku Anthology” in 2002 The Leaves are Back on the Tree, 500 pages, featuring 186 poets from 50 countries. Her haiku book The House, 2008 was published in Colombia in Spanish, 2009. She’s a member of the National Association of Greek Writers, founding member of Coordinating Center of Hellenism, member of the World Haiku Association (Fujimi Saitama) Japan and honorary member of the Yugoslav Haiku Association. She has delivered speeches at conferences and symposia in Greece and abroad. She presented 34 poets in the context of Nuovi Poeti Greci (1982) for the Grafic Olimpia di Milano. Her poems have been awarded and published in several places, Who's Who, radio and television in 19 countries. Today she collaborates with the magazine "3rd Millennium".

E-mail: zoesavina@yahoo.com ~English translation: Constantine Fourakis~

oh! I’m a golden

goldfish in a bowl

-next to my mate 

 

oh, my pear-tree,               

you artfully hide         

your acridity

as if in the embrace

of lake Hiroshima

the moon is dying

gipsy and bear

came to our neighborhood

…with the rain

it is in fruit

God's voice lies

along with worms

H Ζωή Σαβίνα γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα.Είναι παντρεμένη με τον γλύπτη Ευάγγελο Μουστάκα. Έχει εκδώσει 22 ποιητικές συλλογές, οι 7 εκ των οποίων είναι μικρές ποιητικές συνθέσεις.Η συλλογή της «Μάγισσες» χαϊκού-τάνκα, (δίγλωσσο) στην Τρίτη του έκδοση μεταφράστηκε σε 5 γλώσσες. Το 2002 δημοσίευσε την  ««Παγκόσμια Ανθολογία Χαϊκού» -Τα φύλλα στο δέντρο ξανά-, 500 σελίδες,186 με ποιητές από 50 χώρες. Η ποιητική της συλλογή  «Το Σπίτι » δίγλωσσο, 2008, εκδώθηκε στην Κολομβία (2009) στα Ισπανικά. Είναι τακτικό μέλος της Εθνικής Εταιρίας των Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών, Ιδρυτικό στέλεχος του Συντονιστικού Κέντρου Ελληνισμού, μέλος της World Haiku Association –Fujimi Saitama-Japan,  Επίτιμο μέλος της Yugoslav Haiku Association of Yugoslavia. Έχει  λάβει μέρος και έχει δώσει ομιλίες σε Συνέδρια, Συμπόσια, στην Ελλάδα και στο εξωτερικό.Εκπροσώπησε 34 ποιητές στο πλαίσιο της «Nuovi Pοeti Greci” για τον εκδοτικό οίκο Grafic Olimbia di Milano-Italia.Τα ποιήματά της έχουν παρουσιαστεί σε έντυπα, Ανθολογίες, who is who, εφημερίδες, ραδιόφωνο, τηλεόραση σε 19 χώρες.Γράφει ποίηση, χαϊκού, Τάνκα,Μινουέτο,Δοκίμια, παραμύθια και κριτικές. Συνεργάστηκε με Λογοτεχνικά Περιοδικά στο παρελθόν και αυτό το διάστημα συνεργάζεται με το Περιοδικό "3rd Millennium". Μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί της στο:zoesavin@yahoo.com

  Thank you all who submitted your work! 💐 

Multicultural Chain for Nature LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology is a REALITY thanks to you!

 Thank you 🌷 Gracias 🌻ευχαριστώ🌺 Arigatou gozaimasu🙏 

Projected released date DIGITAL Version: October 21st, 2019

Paperback: May 2020

        

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI, Florida
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Yormán Mejías at Luz Del Mes Tri-Anthology

Yormán Mejías

Venezuelan professor and writer, graduated from the University of Carabobo, Venezuela with a degree in Education, mention in Language and Literature. He belongs to the board of the organization The Latin American Cultural Heritage where he actively participates in the dissemination of Spanish literature in New York City. In 2016 he published Minicuentos / Mini-stories. In 2017, he designed the Basic Guide to write contemporary stories, which he used as a basis to teach creative writing workshops and narrative techniques in the United States, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Venezuela. Some of his poems were published in the LACUHE 2017 Poetic Collection. In 2018 he published a book of stories entitled Introspectiva. In 2019 he ventured into the narrative for children with Ixpú and alux. Social networks: @Yormán Mejías

El Amazonas 
arde, las lágrimas no
calman su dolor

Profesor y escritor venezolano, graduado en la Universidad de Carabobo (Venezuela) de licenciatura en Educación, mención Lengua y Literatura. Pertenece a la directiva de la organización The Latin American Cultural Heritage donde participa en la divulgación de la literatura en español en Nueva York. Publicó Minicuentos/ Mini-stories, 2016. En el 2017 diseñó la Guía básica para escribir relatos contemporáneos, la cual usa como base para dictar talleres de escritura en Estados Unidos, República Dominicana Costa Rica y Venezuela. Algunos de sus poemas están Colección Poética LACUHE 2017. Publicó Introspectiva, 2018 y  narrativa para niños con  Ixpú y el alux, 2019. Redes sociales:   @Yorman Mejias

Thank you all who submitted your work! 💐 

Multicultural Chain for Nature LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology is a REALITY thanks to you!

 Thank you 🌷 Gracias 🌻ευχαριστώ🌺 Arigatou gozaimasu🙏 

Projected released date DIGITAL Version: October 21st, 2019

Paperback: May 2020

        

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI, Florida
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk

Yvona Fast Luz Del Mes Tri-Anthology

Yvona Fast

Yvona Fast’s love of books led her to become a librarian. Now retired, she writes poems, essays and articles which have appeared in several magazines, anthologies and newspapers. She has written a newspaper food column weekly since 2005. 

Her first book, Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies was published in 2004 by JKP.

In 2011, she co-wrote a memoir with her mother. In 2013, she published her cookbook, Garden Gourmet: Fresh & Fabulous Meals from your Garden, CSA or Farmers' Market. Her poetry chapbook, Different, was published by Foothills Publishing in 2017; Adirondack Blue Seasons, her second chapbook of poetry, came out with CWP in 2018. She lives in the northern Adirondacks, where she’s a member of the Adirondack Center for Writing and The Poetry Group. She’s also a member of SCBWI.

More on Facebook at words are my world: Author Yvona Fast

Warm winds blow through trees

creating a pleasant breeze

but sleep evades me.

El amor de Yvona Fast por los libros la llevó a convertirse en bibliotecaria. Está jubilada, escribe poemas, ensayos y artículos que han aparecido en varias revistas, antologías y periódicos. Ha escrito una columna semanal de alimentos en los periódicos desde 2005. Su primer libro, Empleo para personas con síndrome de Asperger o discapacidad de aprendizaje no verbal: historias y estrategias, fue publicado en 2004 por JKP. En 2011, coescribió una memoria con su madre. En 2013, publicó su libro de cocina, Garden Gourmet: comidas frescas y fabulosas de su jardín, CSA o Farmers 'Market. Vive en el norte de Adirondacks, donde es miembro del Adirondack Center for Writing y The Poetry Group. Ella también es miembro de SCBWI. 

Thank you all who submitted your work! 💐 

Multicultural Chain for Nature LuzDelMes Tri-Anthology is a REALITY thanks to you!

 Thank you 🌷 Gracias 🌻ευχαριστώ🌺 Arigatou gozaimasu🙏 

Projected released date DIGITAL Version: October 21st, 2019

Paperback: May 2020

        

Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator and Translator

Member: FWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Board of Advisors MCBD, Delegado ANLMI, Florida
FREE Reading Activities visit: www.luzdelmes.com

Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry, Latino Book Awards, Author’s Talk