ILDIJE XHEMALI (ALBANIA)

Ildije Xhemali is a writer and poet who has published 10 books. She currently lives in the city of Tirana (Albania). She is a pensioner, but her spirit is renewed every day, by the verses she knits every day.

MISS OF FREEDOM

In the World
Full competitions are held
For Miss,
Where human eyes marvel
with the feminine beauty.
My land, the land of The Arber
Another competition,
From the old,
Re-covered by greatness!
Miss in sacrifice:
For life, for language,
For Continuity, for the Future
and above all
FOR FREEDOM!
There is no one, not two.
Like flowers to spring.
In our nation, when winter is at risk!
And misses
They have names!
I call you, let me call you a name.
ANTIGONA!
It’s Dardan, it’s
And OURS

Prepared Angela Kosta Executive Director of MIRIADE Magazine, Academic, journalist, writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator