Rozi Theohari

Poezite e Rozi Theoharit ne shqip dhe ne anglisht do vijojne ne kete teme
Lexim te kendshem.

Rozi Theohari eshte nje nga shkrimtaret e mirenjohura shqiptare.Ajo ka lindur ne fshatin Dardhe te Devollit dhe ka jetuar ne Korce dhe Tirane. Sot jeton ne Boston. Ne Vitin 2006 Shoqata e Shkrimtareve Shqiptare te Amerikes themeluar nga Gjeke Marinaj e nderoi Rozin me Cmimin "Pena e Arte" per Publicistike. Libri i saj "Mbi Thinja Fryn Ere" ishte me cilesori i botuar ne vitin 2005. Cmimi ju dha ne Takimin Vjetor te SHSHSHA ne Cikago.


DREAMS ARE NOT BLACK OR WHITE
Nga Rozi Theohari

In the old days,
The black women
Brought up white children.
Today, I,
A white girl, baby-sit
A black child,
My little curly Cherub.
Her eyes are bright
Like May sunshine.
Her skin is soft as silk.
When she smiles
Violet roses
Flush her cheeks.
She dreams of becoming a pianist,
And I a surgeon.
(Dreams are not black or white)
Little brown fingers close
Over my pink ones
Creating
A butterfly with striped wings.
By our command
The butterfly
Begins to fly....
And with it... our dreams..

In The Veteran's Death

The flag finishes fluttering
The monuments--echoing
The ocean refrains from waving
The wind ceases blowing
Birds stop migrating
Flowers stop blooming
People quit moving
The nation retreats from honoring
The invalid's wound begins cauterizing
The friend's tear lies freezing
The candles dim shinning
Children no longer smiling
WHEN THE VETERAN IS DYING