Marjeta Shatro Rrapaj was born in Gjirokastra. She is one of the contemporary Albanian poets. Rrapaj studied Albanian Literature at the University of Gjirokastra. She is the author of 12 volumes of poetries and a book of prose. 2 poetic volumes published in France in French. 1 poetic volume published in English and Spanish and one other volume published in 5 languages: Albanian, English, French, Italian, German. Her poems are a mixture of imagination and reality. In 2019, she received the Alphonso G. Newcomer Poetry Train Prize in the United States and Canada for the poetic volume "Vesta" and the first prize of the Poetry Festival in Bulgaria.
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| Marjeta Shatro Rrapaj |
Editions
“In the sea of my eyes” poems (2016)
“Migration at dusk”poems (2017)
“Glittering seagulls” prose 2017
“To always be the smile of God”poems (2018)
“Nerthus”poems (2018) in French (2019)
“Vesta”poems (2019)
“Hestia” poems (2019)
“Far from illusions” poems in 5 languages (2020)
"Marevita"poems (2024)
"Latona's blessing"poems(2024)
"The kiss of the sun"poems(2025)
"In the suits of words"poems(2025)
Translations
“Espalier in the wind” poems (2020)
“Poems” (2020)
“Poetic melodies” poems (2020)
“Whisper from another world”poems (2020)
“Fugacious whispers” poems (2021)
“From one meeting to another” prose (2021)
“Letters of silence” poems (2021)
“The Return of Prometheus”poems (2021)
“The indifferent destiny” poems (2021)
THE MAGIC OF WORDS
They wrote something
It implies a lot
You think you are understood
But you are misunderstood more
What you express
Cannot be what they understand
Everything hidden in the depths
Raises doubt about writing on the surface
Everyone understands as much as they know and as much as they can
If not all a part of the thought is revealed
When the whole is covered with the clothing of words
The magic of words is not revealed by everyone
What seems simple
Can be more complicated
The energy of words creates a source of light
For open minds that live with light
Mystery how this magic affects those
Who offer themselves to the art of words
The miracle that awakens love for life
Through the good intention of words
THE FERMENTATION OF TIME
Yesterday
it was naivety
speaking.
Today
it is suffering
acting.
Tomorrow
will be the fermented time
that will be released.
SELF-PORTRAITS
I appear and disappear
I rejoice and mourn
I remain silent and write
I
The surviving ascetic of modern times
I
The sincere right
On lies and deception
RUNNING TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN
In the darkness of the night
The wind plays with the branches of the trees
The moon blesses dreams
The song of the hawk lulls sleep
The tearful eyes slowly fall asleep
With the hope of good news
The wandering soul suffers from worries
For unfulfilled fantasies
For unrealized desires
Looks at the darkness
Bathes in the moonlight
Runs to unknown shores
Until the dawn of a new day
GORDIA OR ALEXANDER?!
1.
Every day a new word
Color of the soul
A swirling fragment
With all the reasons to feel the consequences
For the being in transformation
2.
Unforgettable moments
Verses that arise spontaneously
Where the self proves to itself
How can it untie the Gordian Knot
To conquer the art of speech
To be Gordia or Alexander?!
