Poems of Raisa Melnikova (Vilnius, Lithuania)

MEANINGS
 
We have lost the meanings of words,
Those that were laid in the beginning.
The logo light of living foundations,
As the Holy Grail lost.
We try to earnestly seek
What was special in those words.
They were hidden by time stamp -
Indicated by other samples.
The hidden truth is big
Do not make out the smoke behind
As behind a concrete wall
Battles and dangers are not seen.

© Raisa Melnikova, Vilnius, Lithuania
 
In February
 
The moon hangs unnoticed, deprived of power.
Pretending for a while to be a small moon,
it realizes it's not spring on earth,
and is surprised by the thin crescent.
 
And the funniest thing is that in February
the conversation turns to ink,
and on the old table, sown with poems,
the pen suddenly gains strength.
 
On this night,
the poet's lips are open.
And on the white page of February,
God's fingerprint is formed,
like sparks of fire on ashes.

© Raisa Melnikova, Vilnius, Lithuania
 
Unsolved Dreams
 
I hold my heaps of dreams
In my slender, slightly trembling palms.
And they, like a polyphonic rain,
Rush in pursuit of one another.
 
I try to decipher the dreams
And I ask the universe for answers,
And I pray to the sorceress moon,
But the secret cannot be wrested from captivity.
 
You stretch your arms out to me from sleep –
I extend my arms to meet you.
And in the crystal silence of the night
Dreams fluttered away. Such a loss.
 
Moonlight, a silvery stream,
Spreads through the transcendental spheres.
Dreams vanished, glowing above the earth,
And melted into the ethereal haze.

© Raisa Melnikova, Vilnius, Lithuania
 



Brief creative biography
Raisa Melnikova is a poet, prose writer, publicist, essayist, translator. She lives in Lithuania, Vilnius. She is a
Master of Educational Studies and an author of 40 books. Her works have been published in more than 400 editions and anthologies in Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Argentina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Great Britain, China, India, Latvia, Russia, Serbia, the USA, Japan and other countries, and have been translated into many languages. Academician of the International Academy for the Development of Literature and Art. Raisa Melnikova has been awarded the honorary title of "Citizen of Literature". She is the owner of 6 Nika statuettes, the "Literary Unity" and "Keeper of Traditions" orders, and has been awarded the following awards: "Golden Pen of Russian Literature", "Living Pen of Poetry", "Literary Phoenix", "Art of the Word", "Rising Word" and other titles. For literary work in the spirit of Russian cultural traditions, she was awarded three badges of distinction of the Imperial House: the "Heritage" star, 19 medals and other badges of distinction. Laureate of 20 International Literary Festivals and Competitions. In 2025, Raisa Melnikova was included in the Encyclopedia of Great Literature. Member of the Creativity and Potential Club, the Eurasian Creative Guild (London), member of the literary association "Logos". She is a member of the International Writers' Unions: SPR, ISP and SPSA.