Another Prague poem:

Divine Inspiration

Prague's beauty

Inspires

Artisans

Sensitive

To the flow

Of her touch

To create

Hauntingly

Exquisite

Pieces - for

Art resides

In the soul

Of this city

© Alice Vedral Rivera 2009 cz

Another poem in my Prague series:

Destination Prague

Lost in a

Fog of thoughts

Ancestors

Reach out with

Grasping hands

Bony clasp

Of fingers

Pulls me toward

The Mother

Of Cities

And I am

Home once more

Not where I

Was born, but

Where my heart

Vibrates with

Hope, my soul

Sings of love

My spirit

Remembers

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2007 – Czech Republic 

This, the English version, seems to have disappeared from my previous post – it should have been one post.

One of my Prague poems – English version and Czech version (see previous post):

Mother Prague

Bewitched by your beauty

I lost my soul in your streets

Long ago and I return

To you periodically

To drink from your fountain

Of acrid remembrance

To feel the powerful

Grip of your outstretched arms

To hear the steady beating

Of your heart in sync with time

As it continues to pulse

Marching into new millennia

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2007 – Czech Republic 

Matka Praha

Okouzlená tvou krásou

Ztratila jsem duši už dávno

V ulicích tvých a vracím se

K tobě čas od času

Napít se z tvé studny

Trpkých vzpomínek

U cítit tvou mocnou

Otevřenou náruč

Poslechnout si bití

Tvého srdce jak současně s časem

Stále pokračuje a dál

Pochoduje do nových století

© Alice Vedral Rivera – 2007 – Czech Republic

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There is an error in the bio - I was born in a refugee camp in Germany to Czech parents.

I do not have a Czech version of this as yet although I have been asked to write one. 

Mother of Cities

Unseen home

Tugged at my

Heart for years

Shadows of Prague 

Haunting my

Soul long before

Pre-ordained

First encounter

Powerful

Emanation

Of beauty

Even though clothed

In cloak of

Intentional

Oppressive

Decrepitude

Overdue

Restoration

Re-polished

Jewel of light

Refracting

Prism of love

Touching all

Whose paths cross hers

 Praha – matka měst!

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2006

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Written for a young woman who briefly touched my life and reminded me who I am.

This is the Czech version:

Denisa

Paprsek sluníčka

Když se usmívá

Energetická

Slunečnice

Moudrý mladý anděl

Seznámil nás čistý osud

Vidím v ní mladší

Verzi sebe v jejím

Kinetickém elánu

Par dní v Chicagu

Odpoledne v Praze

Se soucitnou duší

Dochází mi jak

Jsem požehnaná

Že jsem se setkala

S touhle sestrou-dcerou

Opět v tomto mém

Posledním životě

© Alice Vedral Rivera 23.9.09 cz

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