This article explores the poetic expression of national and spiritual values through traditional imagery in the works of prominent representatives of contemporary Uzbek literature—Zebo Mirzo, Farida Afruz, and Hosiyat Rustamova. In the poetry of these women poets, images such as "Motherland," "mother," "home," "spring," "sun," and "earth" become artistic symbols of the nation's historical memory, spiritual state, and cultural identity. Through these images, the authors organically combine ideas of national pride, kindness, selflessness, and creative vitality with the aesthetic thinking of modernity. The article provides a poetic analysis of the artistic and aesthetic functions of these images, their symbolic and philosophical meanings, as well as their connection to today’s socio-cultural reality. Special attention is given to the role of traditional imagery in the process of aesthetic renewal, poetic expression, and the female perspective on the world.  

Contemporary Uzbek poetry, women poets, traditional imagery

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