POET'S DAY - a poem by Teresinka Pereira

OCTOBER 20, POET'S DAY

2015

A Poet makes real

the world of dreams,

because in poetry

the desire never dies,

as well as the Poet.

From absurd flights

the Poet invents

mysterious occurrence

that serves in love

with magic elegance.

The Poet's Day marks

precisely what is necessary

to the life of all Poets.

* Poet's Day was created in the

UNESCO's General Conference

in 1999.

Teresinka Pereira

Kif jinqasam il-jum

Art Exhibition at St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta

KTIEB GDID F'RABTA MAT-TRADUZZJONI

Aspetti tat-Traduzzjoni Maltija jippreżenta approach ta’ sfida għal kif wieħed jaħseb fuq it-traduzzjoni Maltija. Huwa kors ta’ qari komprensiv fuq il-kwalità ta’ traduzzjoni Maltija, waqt li joffri spjegazzjonijiet ċarissimi fuq problemi teoretiċi involuti fis-suġġett tal-istudji tat-traduzzjoni.

Fih medda wiesgħa ta’ suġġetti bħal

· il-ġrajja storika tat-traduzzjoni Maltija

· bixriet kulturali fit-traduzzjonijiet Maltin

· xejriet teoretiċi mħaddmin mit-tradutturi Maltin

· xeħtiet letterarji fil-Malti bħala lingwa mira

U kull wieħed minn dawn is-suġġetti jinfetaħ, bħal murtal tal-ftuħ, f’topiks oħra bit-temi u l-argumenti tiegħu.

Fil-qofol tiegħu l-ktieb jimplika li l-ħidma tat-traduttur

· titlob ħakma xierqa ta’ żewġ lingwi

· fiha struttura progressiva

· tinvolvi teħid ta’ deċiżjonijiet fuq strateġiji

· taf tkun attività kreattiva

Aspetti tat-Traduzzjoni Maltija huwa għal dawk li jridu jaħdmu fil-qasam tat-traduzzjoni: studenti, professjonisti, riċerkaturi, awturi, xandara, u tradutturi.

A poem by Teresinka Pereira - Elvis Presley

ELVIS PRESLEY

1935-1977



It was not craziness,

it was rather a great

freedom shaped by talent.

The perfect voice

and a lighted presence

always made a glowing

performance, a love affair

between the public

and the man, who

by a vanity of destiny

left us prematurely.

Elvis, we miss you!

May your peacefulness

in eternity be filled

with rock and roll!

Teresinka Pereira

Not to forget... ever!

HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI

ALWAYS REMEMBERED

August 6-9, 1945

It was the worse day

for humankind when

President Truman authorized

using the atomic bomb

against the people of Japan.

More than 140,000 people

died then and many more

died from the atomic radiation

after it.

As it is not enough, the

United States of America

has 5,113 warheads prepared

to send any place in the world.

As it is not enough,

President Truman announced

in 1953 that the United States

has developed a hydrogen bomb.

From bad to worse, no president

of the United States has yet promised

to dismantle all of the atomic

and hydrogen bombs!

Teresinka Pereira 

Il-PONT ta' Awwissu 2015

Għadu kemm ħareġ IL-PONT ta' Awwissu 2015.

Din hija rivista letterarja virtwali li ilha toħroġ darba fix-xahar minn Ottubru 2012. Fiha wieħed jista' jaqra aħbarijiet letterarji, poeżiji bil-Malti u b'ilsna oħrajn, rakkonti qosta, intervisti ma' kittieba differenti, reċensjonijiet qosra dwar kotba Maltin u materjal ieħor. Tista' tinqara hawn:

http://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_awwissu_2015

Online literary magazine IL-PONT (The Bridge) of August 2015 is out. It is published mainly in the Maltese language. However, one can read poems in different languages. This month on page 19 one can read poems from Russia (Adolf Shvedchikov), USA (Teresinka Pereira), Italy (Roberto Malini) and Israel (Ada Aharoni).

IL-PONT of July 2015 on Zacharoula Gaitanaki's blog

IL-PONT online literary magazine founded and edited by Patrick Sammut from Malta is also on Greek poet's blog, Zacharoula Gaitanaki. See link :
https://zaharoulagaitanaki.wordpress.com/

Best regards and good luck to all my Greek friends and poets, and their families.

IL-PONT online literary magazine JULY 2015 is out

July issue of monthly online literary magazine IL-PONT, founded and edited by Patrick Sammut, is out. There are pages dedicated to poetry written by a number of Maltese poets and also non-Maltese poets. In this issue one can read poems by Sabahudin Hadzialic (B&H), Amerigo Iannacone (Italy), Zacharoula Gaitanaki (Greece) and Hsu ChiCheng (Taiwan).

One can find it at:

http://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_lulju_2015

Also mentioned on B&H site:

http://sabihadzi.weebly.com/malta-10072015.html

Aktar kotba ta' Geronimo maqlubin għall-Malti

It-Tieni Sett tal-Avventuri ta’ Stilton għat-Tfal

(tradotti għall-Malti minn Charles Briffa)

Għeżież tfal ħbieb, merħba fid-dinja ta’ Geronimo Stilton

L-istejjer ta’ Geronimo Stilton tant kienu suċċess bil-Malti li kellhom joħorġu sitta oħra.

Geronimo Stilton huwa ġurdien li jmexxi gazzetta, imma l-vera passjoni tiegħu hija l-kitba ta’ stejjer tal-avventura. Joqgħod fil-Belt ta’ New Mouse, il-kapitali ta’ Gżiret il-Ġrieden, u l-kotba tiegħu huma kollha best-sellers! L-istejjer tiegħu huma tad-daħk, tad-daħk b’mod famaws. Huma ħrejjef tajbin li jġagħluk tilgħaq il-mustaċċi, żgur!

Charles Briffa reġa’ qaleb sitta oħra minn dawn l-avventuri għall-Malti li ġew ippubblikati minn Miller Distributors Ltd f’Ġunju 2015. Il-kotba huma maħsubin għall-qarrejja ż-żgħar ta’ bejn is-6 snin u t-12-il sena, u t-traduttur ipprova kemm seta’ jżomm il-Malti għal-livell ta’ din il-brekit ta’ etajiet. Is-sitt kotba bil-Malti huma dawn:

Il-Fantażma tas-Subway

F’ġieħ il-ġobon tat-toqba! Kien hemm fatat jidher fil-mini tas-subway tal-Belt ta’ New Mouse. Mustaċċija jibdew jirtogħdu naħseb biss fuqu! Imma kont naf li kelli nġib l-iscoop* għal Il-Gazzetta tal-Gerriem. U allura tlaqt ninvestiga. Ma kontx naf li kont se nieħu l-akbar qatgħa ta’ ħajti – għax il-fatat inzerta kien QATTUS!

*scoop hija biċċa aħbar li gazzetta xxandar qabel ir-rivali tagħha

It-Teżor il-Mitluf tal-Għajn ta’ Żmerald

Kollox beda meta oħti, Thea, sabet mappa qadima misterjuża. Kienet turi teżor sigriet moħbi fuq gżira ’l bogħod. F’ħakka t’għajn, oħti ġibdet lili u lill-kuġin Trap fil-kaċċa għat-teżor. Kienet avventura li qatt ma ninsa...


Pizez Ħomor għal Konti Blu


Il-kuġin tiegħi huwa troublemaker, u darba nqabad fi Transratanja! U qabel ma stajt inwerżaq waħda, oħti, Thea, karkritni magħha fuq missjoni ta’ salvataġġ. Ma konniex nafu li Transratanja kienet l-art tal-friefet il-lejl vampiri! F’ġieħ il-ġobon, il-friefet il-lejl iqajmuli ġismi xewk xewk! Għala? Għax farfett il-lejl iħobb ideffes snienu f’xi ġurdien tajjeb kollu meraq...

L-Attakk tal-Qtates Furbani

Maqbudin mill-qtates! Din hija l-agħar esperjenza ta’ kull gerriem. Kollox beda meta kuġinuwi Trap ikkonvinċieni biex ningħaqad miegħu għat-tfittxija tal-gżira leġġendarja miksija bil-fidda. Tlaqna b’balloon tal-arja sħuna. Imma qabel ma stajt tgħid “ġobon sħun fuq toast”, konna attakkati minn ġifen ta’ qtates pirati! Immawsnappjawna u heddewna li se jikluna. Tgħid naħarbu... jew se nispiċċaw fis-soppa?

Dan Kollu Minħabba Kikkra Kafè


Jien, Geronimo Stilton, kont qed inħobb lil xi ħadd! Kont f’ħanut tal-kafè għodwa waħda meta lmaħt l-aktar gerriema sabiħa fid-dinja kollha. Sfortunatament, mal-ewwel tfixkilt u spiċċajt b’denbi maqbud fit-toaster. Kont ġurdien muġugħ ħafna! Imma xorta ridt nuriha mħabbti. Allura mort mal-familja tiegħi fuq vjaġġ għat-Tmien Meravilja tad-Dinja! Hemmhekk għamilt sejba tal-għaġeb, tant li kont naf li se nirbaħ il-qalb tal-għażiża ġurdiena tiegħi...

Vaganza Favumawsa għal Geronimo

Kultant businessmouse li jkun imħabbat daqsi jkun jeħtieġ btala sabiħa ta’ mistrieħ. Imma fost ix-xorti mgħarrqa tal-firien – kull darba li ppruvajt immur holiday, jiġini xi diżastru! Meta fl-aħħar irnexxieli nitlaq minn Il-Gazzetta tal-Gerriem, il-vjaġġi s-sbieħ kollha kienu diġà bbukkjati. U sibt ruħi mwaħħal f’ħotel qadim mimli briegħed, u kelli nixxerja kamra ma’ ċorma Ġerbils Scouts! Kelli seba’ mitt sena biex immur lura lejn dik it-toqba komda tiegħi fil-belt...

Two poems by Teresinka Pereira

MAY FIRST, LABOR DAY

2015

The internet did not change

the arms of the workers.

Neither did it change the society

of consumers that exploit them.

The only change

is the fast way in which it

can move human destiny.

The reality of who

makes the future

with their arms or their minds

is the work.

Long live the workers

of all nations!

MOTHER'S DAY

She carries in her arms

the children after

carrying them in her womb.

The universe of mothers

is heavens for

each one of us.

We go carrying on

her eternal being

in so many lives

of our children.

One day is not enough

to celebrate

such silent power!

 TERESINKA PEREIRA

Leonardo Sciascia - Se la memoria ha futuro - Rai Storia

Leonardo Sciascia - Se la memoria ha futuro - Rai Storia

Historian Godfrey Wettinger dead at 85 - MaltaToday.com.mt

Historian Godfrey Wettinger dead at 85 - MaltaToday.com.mt

Ħa Jerġgħu Jiltaqgħu l-Kittieba Għawdxin

Serata letterarja fil-Librerija l-Gimgha 5 ta’ Gunju 2015 fis-7.30pm

Is-Sajf magħna! Il-festi wkoll!

Jidher li d-diversi serati letterarji li għamilna matul dawn l-aħħar sentejn fl-okkażjoni tal-Karnival, tal-Gimgħa Mqaddsa, tal-Milied, eċċ,  bis-sehem ta’ wħud mill-kittieba Għawdxin li matulhom inqraw anke xogħlijiet ta’ kittieba li ħallewna, intlaqgħu tajjeb, u allura b’dan ir-riħ fil-qala’, ser nagħmlu serata oħra nhar il-Gimgħa 5 ta’ Gunju fis-7.30pm fil-Librerija Pubblika ta’ Triq Vajrinġa, Rabat Għawdex li matulha qed jiġu mistiedna l-kittieba Għawdxin, uħud minnhom magħrufa sew fostna.  Bla dubju nħeġġu lill-istudenti u lil dawk kollha li għandhom għal qalbhom il-Letteratura Maltija biex iżommu dik il-ġurnata vojta u jiġu jisimgħu xi ftit poeżija sabiħa, xi novella, xi ftit epigrammi li tant kien magħruf għalihom il-Poeta tan-Natura u ex President ta’ Malta Anton Buttiġieġ, magħruf bħala Toni l-Baħri mwieled il-Qala, xi storja, xi ftit folklore flimkien ma’ xi ftit mużika bil-għajnuna sħiħa ta’ Mro Antoine Mercieca.  

Billi jkun beda Gunju u allura s-sajf jinsab qrib u l-festi jkunu bdew ukoll, dis-serata qed insemmuha: Is-Sajf Magħna u l-Festi wkoll.  Se jinqraw xi siltiet mix-xogħlijiet ta’ Gorġ Pisani u Patri Mattew Sultana Kapuċċin mix-Xagħra minn Antoinette Grech u Lorna Tabone,  kif ukoll ser nisimgħu xogħlijiet minn fomm il-kittieba Charles Bezzina, li għadu  kemm tana ktieb dwar Għawdex fl-Aħħar Gwerra, Ganninu Cremona, Anton F Attard u Vanessa Attard, Joe Camilleri, Joe W Psaila, Patri Remiġ Galea Kapuċċin li għadu kemm ingħata Ġieħ Sannat, Mario Borg, Raymond Caruana,  Dr Alfred Grech, Frans Mizzi u Pierre Mejlak li dan l-aħħar għal kitbiet tiegħu rebaħ premju prestiġġjuż mill-Ewropa.  Jekk naraw li ma tħalluniex waħidna, għal ġejjieni nerġgħu noħolmu b’xi ħaġa oħra!   Tinsewx li l-bniedem ma jgħixx bil-ħobż biss!

Kif se tinqasam is-Serata:

Essay: Il-festi Magħna:  Kav Joe M Attard

Charles Bezzina:

John Cremona:

Joe Camilleri:

Intervent Muzikali:  Mro Antoine Mercieca

Antoinette Grech: Epigrammi ta’ Anton Buttigieg: Part 1

Joe W Psaila:

Mario Borg: Poeżija – ‘Ħabbejtek’.

Pierre Mejlak:

Lorna Tabone:  Poeżija ta’ patri Mattew Sultana: ‘is-Saltna Tiegħi’

Patri Remig Galea:

Anton F. Attard u Vanessa Attard: Festi titulari ta’ Gunju  -  Poeżiji

Intervent Muzikali: Mro Antoine Mercieca

Dr Alfred Grech:

Lorna Tabone: Poeżija ta’ Gorg Pisani: ‘Filosofija tal-Kampanja’

Francis Mizzi:

Raymond Caruana: Poeżija: Il-Bandiera Maltija

Antoinette Grech: Epigrammi ta’ Anton Buttigieg:  Part 2

Kav Joe M Attard

Victoria Għawdex

Ippubblikat IL-PONT ta' Mejju 2015

Il-Pont (The Bridge) is an online literary magazine published monthly since October 2012. It's main language is Maltese, but poems in other languages - mainly English and Italian - are regularly included too. Il-Pont is intended to bring together writers and readers from all over the world.

In May 2015 issue one finds poems by Alessio Stretti and Paola Mara De Maestri from Italy, Tatjana Debeljacki from Serbia, Eftichia Kapardeli from Greece, and Teresinka Pereira from USA.

Many more - news from the literary world, interviews, book reviews, essays - for those who read Maltese.
Il-PONT of May 2015 can be read on ISSUE.com:

http://issuu.com/patrickj.sammut/docs/il-pont_mejju_2015

Aktar attivitajiet f'rabta mal-ktieb u l-letteratura. Awguri lil Faraxa Publications.

Avvenimenti letterarji

L-avvenimenti f'rabta mal-ktieb u l-letteratura ma jonqsu qatt. Dan sinjal pożittiv ferm. Nagħtu daqqa t'id billi nattendu u nixtru l-kotba. Il-ktieb investiment. Proset dejjem lill-kittieba, organizzaturi, sponsors u persuni li jipprovdu l-ispazju fejn attivitajiet bħal dawn isiru.

‘Trifolju ta’ Lwien’ - a poetry collection by Mario Attard, Patrick Sammut & Frank Zammit.

From: http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-04-20/books/Trifolju-ta-Lwien-a-poetry-collection-6736134095

Therese Pace

Nowadays, it is not uncommon to come by a poetry collection compiled by more than one poet. This happens either because of the expenses one needs to publish a book or because the same poets see in themselves a similar trait or feel themselves to be related in some way. The latter is, for sure, a good reason for this collection, titled Trifolju ta' Lwien  as all three poets, namely, Mario Attard, Frank Zammit and Patrick Sammut were, or are, teachers at the same school - De La Salle College. This poetry compilation is  given to us in a very modern format and comes with a biography of all three poets and a foreward by Prof. Oliver Friggieri.

They felt the need to join forces for full effect. Three contemporary poets  writing in favour of nature, of the beauty of their country, the environment, their desire to right the wrongs that society does to country and lifestyle and of the many dissatisfactions felt due to the onslaught of time. This collection is a three-pronged dig at the deterioration of morals, of environment and harmony around them. While they bemoan the beautiful things lost to time, never to be retrieved again, at the same time they are not pessimists because hope is omnipresent in their lines, perhaps as a means of comfort.

Mr Attard, an ex-teacher, being the eldest of the three, is the one who mostly puts forth a nostalgic trend for the place where he grew up, his simple family life in a religious environment, as well as displaying patriotic and romantic elements. He remembers with nostalgia, the good morals his mother instilled in him. He is very critical of the changes to his direct environment, Cospicua and in a romantic twist laments love that goes astray, see Għaliex?

In Mr Zammit's poems, we see a patriotic trend as well, perhaps, because he lives in Australia, very much away from all things Maltese and therefore, tends to feel nostalgic of all he has known in his country. His love for the patria is visible in the poem Fejn Hi Dik Malta Li Ħallejt Warajja, where he says he is displeased with the many changes his homeland underwent. Like everbody else, he shows himself displeased with war and the throes it brings about, Jien Iben is-Sirja. He is the one who at times, turns to classic poetry when he feels very strongly about something.

Mr Sammut is a poet, a writer of children's books, textbooks, an excellent critique writer as well as a lecturer. His analytical essays portray an amazing grip of this art and are always  exhaustive of the subject in hand. His poems are very descriptive and show him to be very observant. They are indicative of a sensitive person who wants to better life, environment and lifestyle. He has a splendid way of describing things and places, situations that provide the readers with a clear picture as though they are living beside him, see Jum ta' Btala, Hemm Żminijiet... He does not feel comfortable in this materialistic world and yearns to better it. What is predominant in Sammut is the maternal-filial element. He feels strongly about family ties and the love his mother bestowed on him and feels that life is worse off without her presence in Tifkira ta' Omm. He feels one with nature and a good day for him is one that he spends outdoors with his family. Pawsa is a poem that shows him to be an up-to-date person with the entertainment scene.

Trifolju Ta' Lwien is a collection that should go down well with everyone as it has everything, an easily understandable verse that is also rich in metaphor and sensitivity  without  being overtiring to the mind. It is the work of three sound men who share the same ideals that make for a good citizen and a better world.

BOX

Mario Attard, Frank Zammit and Patrick Sammut

2014, ISBN: 978-99957-0-725-5

94 pages

POEM TO THE SOLITARY POET

Our universe is different:
we are closer to the stars
and soon we will be one of them
in time to avoid absolute
solitude.
Meanwhile, as we live,
the years are obstinate
in remembering our struggle
against death,
which at last,
is our greatest victory!

TERESINKA PEREIRA

Incontro tra poeti a Malta

Questo aprile, durante la pausa pasquale, si e' avverato un bell'incontro tra Paola Mara De Maestri, poetessa da Regoledo, Morbegno (Lombardia) e noi poeti e artisti maltesi Emmanuel Attard Cassar, Hilary Spiteri, Therese Pace e Patrick Sammut. Il luogo scelto e' stato il giardino pittoresco della Barrakka a Valletta. che guarda sul Gran Porto, giardino amatissimo dal poeta romanntico maltese Rużar Briffa (1906-1963).

Durante l'incontro abbiamo parlato di progetti futuri insieme.

Paola Mara De Maestri (poesie), Hilary Spiteri (illustrazioni) e Patrick Sammut (introduzione critica) hanno collaborato insieme alla raccolta di poesie "Con gli occhi del cuore" pubblicata a giugno 2014 con "Lampi di Stampa". 

Nella foto da sinistra a destra: Emmanuel Attard Cassar (secondo), Therese Pace (terza),   Paola Mara (centro), Patrick Sammut e Hilary Spiteri.