The Listeners

Walter de la Mare
"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grass
O the orest!s erny loor;
And a bird le" #p o#t o the t#rret,
Above the Traveller!s head$
And he smote #pon the door again a second time;
"Is there anybody there?" he said%
&#t no one descended to the Traveller;
'o head rom the lea(ringed sill
)eaned over and looked into his grey eyes,
Where he stood perple*ed and still%
&#t only a host o phantom listeners
That d"elt in the lone ho#se then
+tood listening in the ,#iet o the moonlight
To that voice rom the "orld o men$
+tood thronging the aint moonbeams on the dark stair,
That goes do"n to the empty hall,
-earkening in an air stirred and shaken
&y the lonely Traveller!s call%
And he elt in his heart their strangeness,
Their stillness ans"ering his cry,
While his horse moved, cropping the dark t#r,
!'eath the starred and leay sky;
.or he s#ddenly smote on the door, even
)o#der, and lited his head$((
"Tell them I came, and no one ans"ered,
That I kept my "ord," he said%
'ever the least stir made the listeners,
Tho#gh every "ord he spake
.ell echoing thro#gh the shado"iness o the still ho#se
.rom the one man let a"ake$
Ay, they heard his oot #pon the stirr#p,
And the so#nd o iron on stone,
And ho" the silence s#rged sotly back"ard,
When the pl#nging hoos "ere gone%
Mannen har ordet
Gran Palm
/# 0r 1vergiven, 2ag 0r ensam%
/# 0r mammab#nden, 2ag 0r v#*en%
/# 0r svag men 2ag 0r k0nslig%
/# 0r 1rskr0md men 2ag 0r reserverad%
/# 0r g#llig, 2ag 0r stilig%
/# 0r tr3ns2#k, 2ag 0r spr0ngk3t%
/# 0r villig, 2ag 0r varsam%
/# 0r ett r1, 2ag 0r din klippa%
+3 blir d# git
och 2ag g3r miste om min rihet4
5ag skaar l0genhet, d# s0tter bo%
5ag har ramg3ng, d# har t#r%
5ag 0r potent, d# blir med barn%
5ag ostrar dem, d# kramar dem%
+3 blir vi t#pp och h1na%
5ag 0r stressad, d# 0r hispig%
5ag 0r bohemisk, d# 0r slarvig%
5ag 0r retlig, d# 0r mopsig%
6n riktig liten n0bbg0dda4
7ratar d# p3 s3 talar 2ag till p#nkt%
8r d# manhatig 0r 2ag best0md%
8r d# listig 0r 2ag intelligent%
8r d# gnatig 0r 2ag envis%
5ag 2obbar 1vertid 1r barnens sk#ll%
/# 2obbar inte alls 1r barnens sk#ll%
-ar d# st0dmani 0r 2ag ordentlig%
8r d# likn12d 0r 2ag l#gn%
8r d# l#stig har 2ag h#mor%
8r d# s0llskapss2#k 0r 2ag social%
6n riktig s0llskapsbroder4
'0r 2ag 3r mage
mister d# din dragningskrat%
'0r 2ag 3r pond#s s3 tar d# dig ton%
'0r 2ag blir distingerad blir d# tantig%
'0r 2ag blir tankspridd blir d# virrig%
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'0r 2ag arg#menterar gr0lar d#%
'0r 2ag blir #rsinnig blir d# hysterisk%
Inleder 2ag ett 1rh3llande
aller d# 1r 1rsta b0sta%
+linka4
/# bara gr3ter, 2ag blir melankolisk%
5ag 3r 3ngest, d# blir 0ngslig%
/# hamnar i klimakteriet,
2ag genomg3r en livskris%
'# 0r 2ag tr1tt, d# bara sitter%
/# 0r rynkig, 2ag 0r 3rad%
5ag saknar arbetet, d# saknar barnen%
/# 0r 1rgr0md, 2ag 0r besviken%
5ag ger mig av, d# stannar kvar%
+pelet 0r sl#t4
/# 0r 1vergiven, 2ag 0r ri%
Amanda
Erik Johan Stagnelius,
I blomman, i solen
Amanda 2ag ser%
Kring 2orden, kring polen
hon +tr3lar, hon ler%
i rosornas anda,
i v3rvindens p#st,
i dr#vornas m#st
2ag k0nner Amanda%
'0r g#llharpan klingar,
n0r v0stan sig r1r
med s#sande vingar,
Amanda 2ag h1r%
Allt, 0ngel, bestr3lar
din himlagestalt,
lik skaparnas i allt
din g#dom sig m3lar%
+e4 +20larne ila
vid d1ds0ngelns b#d,
till gyllene vila
i amnen av 9#d%
+e4 .loderna hasta
med sk#mmande art%
I havet de snart
sig danande kasta%
Men aldrig min tr3nad
till m3let skall n3%
&lek, s#ckande, h3nad
2ag enslig skall g3,
skall evigt g#dinna,
lik st20rnan dig se
h1gt 1ver mig le
och aldrig dig hinna
BOB HANSSON
Hare!larn""
:i ska tycka om varanda
och det kommer att g3 3t helvete
det kommer att g3 3t helvete och det 0r inget
vi kan g1ra n3got 3t
1r#tom att tycka om varandra ska vi g1ra
d# kommer skrika 3t mig att 2ag 0r en
slapp hora och 2ag kommer svara att
dina kn0sk3lar 0r de #laste 2ag n3gonsin sett
och vi kommer tycka om varandra
inte bara 1r himmelrike och p#ss och
tvillings20l och o2 d3 k0nslan av r0tt hela tiden

inte bara d0r1r tycka om tycka om 1r det g1r vi 2#
n0r d# sk0ms 1r att 2ag healar maten
1r att 2ag lider n0r d# bara vill sova
n0r d# hatar att 2ag inte h1r vad d# s0ger
n0r 2ag spr0ngs 1r att d# sover med en man som bara 0r kompis
n0r bilen inte kr3nglar 1r att den inte ens inns
och att d# tycker det 0r mitt el
etersom 2ag inte ens har k1rkort
eller garage eller ens ritningar p3 n3got
garage
och 2ag kommer inte bergripa h#r n3gon kan bli s3 #ppr1rd
1ver en liten kvargl1md l0ck och en 0ppelskr#tt
/6T :A; 5< &A;A 6' 876)+K;<TT O=- -6):6T64

och vi kommer tycka om varandra n0r vi 0r s3 r0dda
1r att den andra ska 1rsvinna att vi s20lva #nderar p3 att hinna 1rst
och vi kommer tycka om varandra n0r vi 1rsv#nnit
och 3ngra oss
och komma tillbaka
och tycka att man inte vet
och l3tsas som man inte alls kommit tillbaka
eller att det n3gonsin varit egentligen s3 gott med
2ordg#bbar och havrelarn
och vi kommer att tycka om varandra och vi kommer
att vil2a spotta den andra rakt i ansiket och
gr3ta #t vid 1tterna och vi kommer g1ra det och vi kommer tycka om varandra
hela v0gen in i det vi kommer inte ha en chans vi kommer att sm0lta och rodna
och dra ner varndras by*or 2#st n0r 2ag sk#lle skrika +KIT men 3ngrade mig%
:i kommer att 1rl3ta oss%
:I kommer att rikta v3r spr1dhet till en p#nkt s3 sk1r att vi kommer sk0ra oss hela
och vi kommer 0ta lassvis med havrelarn
tycka att det 0r lite typiskt oss
lite som vigselring
eller likadana tat#eringar p3 h0larna sk#lle vi
aldrig 3 1r oss men havrelarn
och 0lska v0ldigt l3ngsamt #ppe p3 garderoben
ramla ner oss
kort sagt ramla ner och sl3 oss
och tycka om oss
<r ")#gna 7#ckarnas Mosebok", Med armarna rakt #pp i l#ten
andas #r att v0l2a,
att kyssa en r0mling i nacken, s0ga "hoppsan"%
andas 0r att v0l2a,
pl1tsligheten i att 3ka en h3llplats l0ngre 0n br#kligt,
se 'y+yner, M2#k-3ngla med livet, s0ga ""o""%
andas 0r att sp0rra #pp 1gonen, dansa sig in
i k#p>n och s2#nga dit hela 20vla v0rlden genom 1nstret,
b2#da granen p3 pralin eller /ramb#ie, s0ga "t2ena4"
Andas 0r att aktivera dagen,
att g1ra det man aldrig tidigare g2ort,
v0nda #pp
sitt an#s mot solen s0ga, "k1r4"
Att g1ra det man aldrig tidigare g2ort
badas i stark 0rg, gr3ta helt h1gt
p3 2obbet, skrika "aaaan4"
Och med vacklande steg kliva p3 den d0r b#ssen
den h0r g3ngen be cha#1ren gastrampa er till ett land
d0r m2#kheten inte l0ngre beh1ver krypa in ibagage#trymmet,
d0r det enda ordet som inns kvar i lagb1ckerna,
0r
"t2o4"
andas #r att l0gga sig ner 1ver
skrivbordetoch be cheen massera
ens innanl3r%
andas 0r att kl0ttra #pp i ett tr0d och sl0ppa taget,
bre #t sina nyckelben och 1rsvinna%
sv0va iv0g helt #tan
skam i kroppen, vr3la
"bl3b0rsdag"%
andas 0r att knyckla ihop bil2etten
egv0nda hem r3n stationen med en korv i handen,
s0ga "o2 d3"
att stanna kvar p3 en plats med 1gon stora som tamb#riner
dr1mma om kanske bl3b0rspa2,
skriva vykortbort
om int v0der och horisontstora k#ddar
andas 0r att s0tta sig ner
s0ga "ramme n#"
ringa #pp ramg3ngen s0ga,
n# har 2ag inte tid med dig l0ngre
sedan sl3 n#mret till sin granne
st0lla vinlaskorna i trappan
p3st3 n3n slags helgdag, n3n slags
b1r2an%%%
The Higher Pantheism
Alred, )ord Tennyson
T-6 s#n, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills and the plains((
Are not these, O +o#l, the :ision o -im "ho reigns?
Is not the :ision -e, tho#gh -e be not that "hich -e seems?
/reams are tr#e "hile they last, and do "e not live in dreams?
6arth, these solid stars, this "eight o body and limb,
Are they not sign and symbol o thy division rom -im?
/ark is the "orld to thee; thysel art the reason "hy,
.or is -e not all b#t tho#, that hast po"er to eel "I am I"?
9lory abo#t thee, "itho#t thee; and tho# #lillest thy doom,
Making -im broken gleams and a stiled splendor and gloom%
+peak to -im, tho#, or -e hears, and +pirit "ith +pirit can meet((
=loser is -e than breathing, and nearer than hands and eet%
9od is la", say the "ise; O so#l, and let #s re2oice,
.or i -e th#nder by la" the th#nder is yet -is voice%
)a" is 9od, say some; no 9od at all, says the ool,
.or all "e have po"er to see is a straight sta bent in a pool;
And the ear o man cannot hear, and the eye o man cannot see;
&#t i "e co#ld see and hear, this :ision(("ere it not -e?
A Psalm o! Li!e
-enry Wads"orth )ongello"
Tell me not in mo#rn#l n#mbers,
)ie is b#t an empty dream4
.or the so#l is dead that sl#mbers,
And things are not "hat they seem%
)ie is real4 )ie is earnest4
And the grave is not its goal;
/#st tho# are, to d#st tho# ret#rnest,
Was not spoken o the so#l%
'ot en2oyment, and not sorro",
Is o#r destined end or "ay;
&#t to act, that each tomorro"
.ind #s arther than today%
Art is long, and Time is leeting,
And o#r hearts, tho#gh sto#t and brave,
+till, like m#led dr#ms, are beating
.#neral marches to the grave%
In the "orld!s broad ield o battle,
In the bivo#ac o )ie,
&e not like d#mb, driven cattle4
&e a hero in the strie4
Tr#st no .#t#re, ho"e!er pleasant4
)et the dead 7ast b#ry its dead4
Act, ( act in the living 7resent4
-eart "ithin, and 9od o!erhead4
)ives o great men all remind #s
We can make o#r lives s#blime,
And, departing, leave behind #s
.ootprints on the sand o time;
.ootprints, that perhaps another,
+ailing o!er lie!s solenm main,
A orlorn and ship"recked brother,
+eeing, shall take heart again%
)et #s then be #p and doing,
With a heart or any ate;
+till achieving, still p#rs#ing,
)earn to labor and to "ait%
$ross
)angston -#ghes

My old man!s a "hite old man
And my old mother!s black%
I ever I c#rsed my "hite old man
I take my c#rses back%
I ever I c#rsed my black old mother
And "ished she "ere in hell,
I!m sorry or that evil "ish
And no" I "ish her "ell
My old man died in a ine big ho#se%
My ma died in a shack%
I "onder "ere I!m going to die,
&eing neither "hite nor black?
%ni&tus
W% 6% -enley
O<T o the night that covers me,
&lack as the pit rom pole to pole,
I thank "hatever gods may be
.or my #ncon,#erable so#l%
In the ell cl#tch o circ#mstance
I have not "inced nor cried alo#d%
<nder the bl#dgeonings o chance
My head is bloody, b#t #nbo"!d%
&eyond this place o "rath and tears
)ooms b#t the -orror o the shade,
And yet the menace o the years
.inds and shall ind me #naraid%
It matters not ho" strait the gate,
-o" charged "ith p#nishments the scroll,
I am the master o my ate$
I am the captain o my so#l%
+o "hat i it?s tr#e
I sleep "ith my books
There?s no need or yo#
To give me strange looks
It?s 2#st "hen I?m "eary
.rom every day strain
I "ant my books near me
To massage my brain
It?s a "ay to #n"ind
And let my tho#ghts go
It?s rela*ing I ind
To let the "ords lo"
Is that so insane?
+o "hat i I keep
The dictionary ne*t
To me "hen I sleep
+o I don?t get ve*ed
It?s 2#st "hen I?m dreaming
And "ake #p "ith "ords
)ike bright ribbons streaming
And songs o the birds
It?s best that I check them
To see i they it
;ather than "reck them
&eore they are "rit
Is that so abs#rd?
+o "hat i the sheets
I have on my bed
Are blank paper sheaves
To lay do"n my head
It?s 2#st "hen I "ake #p
With some s"irling rhyme
)ike leaves let to rake #p
.rom star scattered time
It?s better to scribble
The "ords on a page
And capt#re its riddle
&eore the spark ades
Is that s#ch a crime?
Ah! Sunflower
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!
William !lake
Springtime Sunshine
" love the tone of your voice,
and the sparkle in your eyes#
" love the way that you move,
reflecting style and grace#
"t's like lying in a $ed of flowers,
looking through the swaying trees#
"t's like springtime sunshine,
and a cool mountain $ree%e#
!rad &avid !uckley
###'ight $reaks on secret lots,
(n tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain;
When logics die,
)he secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And $lood jumps in the sun;
A$ove the waste allotments the dawn halts#
&ylan )homas
One Inch Tall
"f you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school#
)he teardrop of a crying ant would $e your swimming pool#
A crum$ of cake would $e a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would $e a frightening $east
"f you were one inch tall#
"f you were only one inch tall, you'd walk $eneath the door,
And it would take a$out a month to get down to the store#
A $it of fluff would $e your $ed,
You'd swing upon a spider's thread,
And wear a thim$le on your head
"f you were one inch tall#
You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum#
You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thum$#
You'd run from people's feet in fright,
)o move a pen would take all night,
*)his poem took fourteen years to write++
',ause "'m just one inch tall-#
Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends
)here is a place where the sidewalk ends
And $efore the street $egins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun $urns crimson $right,
And there the moon+$ird rests from his flight
)o cool in the peppermint wind#
'et us leave this place where the smoke $lows $lack
And the dark street winds and $ends#
.ast the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk+white arrows go
)o the place where the sidewalk ends#
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk+white arrows go,
/or the children, they mark, and the children, they know
)he place where the sidewalk ends#
Shel Silverstein
Dark, Dark Soul
go easy when you pass through me
things are different inside than out
it is like looking
through a large piece of smoked glass
set in $lackness
the darkness around the glass gives a sense of depth
as though the opening stood alone
with nothing around or $ehind it $ut dark
you could walk all the way around it
and still see nothing from the other side
you could $ecome lost
and never find your way out
$eing there is like a dream
every $link of an eye
is a deli$erate, e0aggerated gesture
time stretches out
and a cold icy mist envelops
one hair at a time on my skin
you are the only light left to that world
the $lackness goes on forever
$ut your small pool of light to surround
grows smaller $y the day
as if something pressed it $ack
or ate it
1ila 2ahima 3aipaul
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
)he lovely ga%e where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
And that unfair which fairly doth e0cel;
/or never+resting time leads summer on
)o hideous winter, and confounds him there;
Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves 4uite gone,
!eauty o'er+snowed and $areness every where5
)hen were not summer's distillation left,
A li4uid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
!eauty's effect with $eauty were $ereft,
6or it, nor no remem$rance what it was5
!ut flowers distill'd, though they with winter meet,
'eese $ut their show; their su$stance still lives sweet#
William Shakespeare
Ode to Sadness
Sadness, scara$
with seven crippled feet,
spiderwe$ egg,
scram$le+$rained rat,
$itch's skeleton5
6o entry here#
&on't come in#
7o away#
7o $ack
south with your um$rella,
go $ack
north with your serpent's teeth#
A poet lives here#
6o sadness may
cross this threshold#
)hrough these windows
comes the $reath of the world,
fresh red roses,
flags em$roidered with
the victories of the people#
6o#
6o entry#
/lap
your $at's wings,
" will trample the feathers
that fall from your mantle,
" will sweep the $its and pieces
of your carcass to
the four corners of the wind,
" will wring your neck,
" will stitch your eyelids shut,
" will sew your shroud,
sadness, and $ury your rodent $ones
$eneath the springtime of an apple tree#
.a$lo 6eruda
Me, Mself and I
)here they stand the three of them
poised to $e all that they could
ready in an istant if called upon
to appear for you and they would
2e is the self+centered one
always needing the center stage
hogging all the attention
yet sharing none of the $lame
2yself is second in line
ready to go anywhere with 2e
never really needing the glory
content with second place it seems
what will $ecome of " the last in line
will he fade away from 2yself and 2e
well " will always $e the lonely one
for you see ther is no " in )1A2
" shall live happily with 2yself
struggling forever with 2e
with out the other two
" would $e nothing you see#
3ames A$ell
The other two, slight air and purging fire,
Are $oth with thee, wherever " a$ide;
)he first my thought, the other my desire,
)hese present+a$sent with swift motion slide#
/or when these 4uicker elements are gone
"n tender em$assy of love to thee,
2y life, $eing made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppressed with melancholy;
8ntil life's composition $e recured
!y those swift messengers returned from thee,
Who even $ut now come $ack again, assured
(f thy fair health, recounting it to me#
)his told, " joy; $ut then no longer glad,
" send them $ack again and straight grow sad#
William Shakespeare
I Do !ot "o#e $ou E%cept &ecause I "o#e $ou
" do not love you e0cept $ecause " love you;
" go from loving to not loving you,
/rom waiting to not waiting for you
2y heart moves from cold to fire#
" love you only $ecause it's you the one " love;
" hate you deeply, and hating you
!end to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
"s that " do not see you $ut love you $lindly#
2ay$e 3anuary light will consume
2y heart with its cruel
9ay, stealing my key to true calm#
"n this part of the story " am the one who
&ies, the only one, and " will die of love $ecause " love you,
!ecause " love you, 'ove, in fire and $lood#
To M 'alentine
2ore than a cat$ird hates a cat,
(r a criminal hates a clue,
(r the A0is hates the 8nited States,
)hat's how much " love you#
" love you more than a duck can swim,
And more than a grapefruit s4uirts,
" love you more than a gin rummy is a $ore,
And more than a toothache hurts#
As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
(r a juggler hates a shove,
As a hostess detests une0pected guests,
)hat's how much you " love#
" love you more than a wasp can sting,
And more than the su$way jerks,
" love you as much as a $eggar needs a crutch,
And more than a hangnail irks#
" swear to you $y the stars a$ove,
And $elow, if such there $e,
As the :igh ,ourt loathes perjurious oathes,
)hat's how you're love $y me#
(gden 6ash
T(E !I)(T &E*O+E ,(+ISTMAS
- ,lement ,larke Moore
or (enr "i#ingston
')was the night $efore ,hristmas, when all through the house
6ot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
)he stockings were hung $y the chimney with care,
"n hopes that St# 6icholas soon would $e there;
)he children were nestled all snug in their $eds,
While visions of sugar+plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and " in my cap,
:ad just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
" sprang from the $ed to see what was the matter#
Away to the window " flew like a flash,
)ore open the shutters and threw up the sash#
)he moon on the $reast of the new+fallen snow
7ave the lustre of mid+day to o$jects $elow,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
!ut a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and 4uick,
" knew in a moment it must $e St# 6ick#
2ore rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them $y name;
;6ow, &asher! now, &ancer! now, .rancer and <i0en!
(n, ,omet! on ,upid! on, &onder and !lit%en!
)o the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
6ow dash away! dash away! dash away all!;
As dry leaves that $efore the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an o$stacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house+top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St# 6icholas too#
And then, in a twinkling, " heard on the roof
)he prancing and pawing of each little hoof#
As " drew in my hand, and was turning around,
&own the chimney St# 6icholas came with a $ound#
:e was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A $undle of toys he had flung on his $ack,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack#
:is eyes ++ how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
:is cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
:is droll little mouth was drawn up like a $ow,
And the $eard of his chin was as white as the snow;
)he stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
:e had a $road face and a little round $elly,
)hat shook, when he laughed like a $owlful of jelly#
:e was chu$$y and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And " laughed when " saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know " had nothing to dread;
:e spoke not a word, $ut went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
:e sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle#
!ut " heard him e0claim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Mina "o
"unar &aedeker
A silver 'ucifer
serves
cocaine in cornucopia
)o some somnam$ulists
of adolescent thighs
draped
in satirical draperies
.eris is livery
prepare
'ethe
for posthumous parvenues
&elirious Avenues
lit
with the chandelier souls
of infusoria
from .haroah's tom$stones
lead
to mercurial doomsdays
(dious oasis
in furrowed phosphorous
the eye+white sky+light
white+light district
of lunar lusts
Stellectric signs
W"67 S:(WS (6 S)A9WAY
=(&"A, ,A9(8S1'
,yclones
of ecstatic dust
and ashes whirl
crusaders
from hallucinatory citadels
of shattered glass
into evacuate craters
A flock of dreams
$rowse on 6ecropolis
/rom the shores
of oval oceans
in the o0idi%ed (rient
(ny0+eyed (dalis4ues
and ornithologists
o$serve the flight
of 1ros o$solete
And ;"mmortality;
mildews
in the museums of the moon
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.ocked with personification
the fossil virgin of the skies
wa0es and wanes
*>?@A-
)OOD!I)(T MOO!
"n the great green room
)here was a telephone
And a red $alloon
And a picture of
)he cow jumping over the moon
And there were three little $ears sitting on chairs
And two little kittens
And a pair of mittens
And a little toy house
And a young mouse
And a com$ and a $rush and a $owl full of mush
And a 4iuet old lady who was whispering BhushC
7oodnight room
7oodnight moon
7ood night cow jumping over the moon
7oodnight light
And the red $alloon
7oodnight $ears
7oodnight chairs
7oodnight kittens and goodnight mittens
7oodnight clocks
And goodnight socks
7oodnight little house
And goodnight mouse
7oodnight com$
And goodnight $rush
7oodnight no$ody
7oodnight mush
And goodnight to the old lady whispering BhushC
7oodnight stars
7oodnight air
7oodnight noises everywhere
)agore
./
9uke nam se o$avijaju, oci nam se upijaju5 tako pocinje povest nasih srdaca# 6oc je
u martu, mesecina svetli, vetar nosi slatki miris hene, moja svirala le%i na %emlji
%anemarena, a tvoj je cvetni venac nedovrsen# 'ju$av ova i%medju te$e i mene
prosta je kao pesma#
)voj preves $oje safrana opija mi oci# <enac jasminov koji si isplela %a me ispunjuje
mi srce drhatom kao hvala# )o je igra davanja i odricanja, otkrivanja i ponovnog
skrivanja; nesto osmeha i sasvim malo stidljivosti, i poneka tek slatka $esciljna
kavga# 'ju$av ova i%medju te$e i mene prosta je kao pesma#
6ikakve tajne i%van danasnjice; nikakve $or$e oko nemoguceg, nikakve senke i%a
ljupkosti; nikakvo pipanje u du$inama tame# 'ju$av ova i%medju te$e i mene prosta
je kao pesma#
2i ne lutamo i% reci u vecito cutanje; ne podi%emo ruke svoje u pra%ninu %a stvarima
i%van nade# =adovoljni smo onim sto dajemo i onim sto do$ijamo# 6ismo iscedili i
poslednju kap radosti, da i% nje pravimo vino patnje svoje# 'ju$av ova i%medju te$e i
mene prosta je kao pesma#
01
)ajnu svog srca ne %adr%i %a se, prijatelju! Da%i je meni, krisom, samo meni#
)i sto se osmehujes tako lju$a%no, sani tiho, moje ce te srce cuti, ne moje usi#
7luva je noc, dom je nem, pticja gne%da o$avija san# .overi mi tajnu svoga stva kro%
u%dr%ane su%e, kro% drhtavi osmejak, kro% sladak stid i jad#
22
<olim te, dragane, oprosti mi lju$av moju# 8hvacena sam kao ptica koja je %alutala#
(tkako se potreslo, srce moje i%gu$ilo je svoj veo i ogolelo# .okrij ga svojim
sa%aljenjem dragane, i oprosti mi moju lju$av#
Ako me ne mo%es voleti, dragane, oprosti mi $ol moj# 6e gledaj me pre%rivo i%
daljine# .ovuci cu se u svoj kot i sedeti u mraku# ($ema rukama pokricu svoju golu
sramotu# (dvrati svoje lice od mene, dragane, i oprosti mi $ol moj#
Ako me volis, dragane, oprosti mi moju radost# Ako moje srce ponese $ujica srece,
ne smej se mom opasnom %anosu# Ako sedim na svome prestolu i vladam nad to$om
tiranijom lju$avi svoje, ako ti kao $oginja poklonim svoju milost, podnesi oholost
moju, dragane, i oprosti mi moju radost#
23
&a te ne $ih lako po%nao, igras se sa mnom# =aseunjes me munjama svog smejanja,
da $i sakrila su%e svoje# .o%najem, po%najem lukavstvo tvoje; nikada ne ka%es rec
koju $i tre$alo#
&a te ne $ih ocenio, i%mices mi na hiljadu strana# &a te ne $ih pomesao sa drugima,
stojis odvojeno# .o%najem, po%najem lukavstvo tvoje; nikada ne ides putem kojim $i
tre$alo#
)voj prohtev je veci od prohteva drugih, %ato cutis# .ritvornom ravnodusnoscu ne
hajes %a moje darove# .o%najem, po%najem lukavstvo tvoje; nikada ne u%imas sto $i
tre$alo#
14
6everni osmeh prelece ti preko ociju kada dodjem k te$i da ti ka%em5 %$ogom! ,inio
sam to tako cesto da mislis opet cu se vratiti# .ri%nacu ti, istu sumnju osecam i ja#
3er proletnji dati opet idu; pun mesec u%ima %$ogom i ponovo dola%i; $ehar se
ponovo vraca i rumeni na granama i% godine u godinu; tako se i ja mo%da rastah od
te$e da se opet vratim# Ali cuvaj varljivu sliku neko vreme; ne goni je nelju$a%nom
%ur$om# .a kada ka%em5 ostavljam te %auvek, primi to %a istinu, i pusti $ar %a
trenutak da magla su%a pojaca mracni okvir tvojih ociju# A kada se ponovo vratim
osmehni se lukavo, kako ti je drago#
1.
Ee%nem da ti kaFem najdu$lje reGi koje ti imam reHi; ali se ne usuIujem, strahujuHi
da $i mi se mogla nasmejati# =ato se smejem sam se$i i odajem tajnu svoju u
Jali#(lako u%imam $ol svoj, strahujuHi da $i to mogla ti uGiniti#
Ee%nem da ti kaFem najvernije reGi koje ti imam reHi; ali se ne usuIujem, strahujuHi
da $i mogla posumnjati u njih# =ato ih o$laGim u neistinu, i govorim suprotno onom
Jto mislim# (stavljam $ol svoj da i%gleda glup, strahujuHi da $i to mogla ti uGiniti#
Ee%nem da upotre$im najdragocenije reGi koje imam %a te; ali se ne usuIujem,
strahujuHi da mi se neHe vratiti istom merom# =ato ti dajem ruFna imena i hvalim se
svojom surovoJHu# =adajem ti $ol, $ojeHi se da neHeJ nikad sa%nati Jta je $ol#
Ee%nem da sedim nemo pored te$e; ali se ne usuIujem, jer $i mi inaGe srce iskoGilo
na usta# =ato $r$ljam i Haskam olako, i %atrpavam svoje srce reGima# 7ru$o u%imam
svoj $ol, strahujuHi da $i to mogla ti uGiniti#
Ee%nem da te ostavim %auvek; ali se ne usuIujem, strahujuHi da $i mogla otkriti moj
kukaviGluk# =ato ponosito diFem glavu i dola%im veseo u tvoje druJtvo# 6eprekidne
strele i% tvojih oGiju Gine da je moj $ol veGito sveF#
15
&r%im joj ruke i ste%em je na svoje grudi# .okusavam da ispunim svoje narucje
njenom ljupkoscu, da poljupcima opljackam njen sladak osmeh, da ocima svojim
ispijem njene tamne poglede# Ali, avaj, gde je to sveK Do mo%e lisiti ne$o njegova
plavetnilaK .okusavam da shvatim lepotu, ali mi ona i%mice i ostavlja mi na rukama
samo telo# .revaren i umoran, vracam se# Dako mo%e telo dotaci cvet koji sme da
dodirne jedino dusa#
64
Secam se jednoga dana i% svoga detinjstva, kada sam spustio cunic od hartije u
jarak da plovi# !io je vla%an julski dan; a ja sam $io sam i srecan igrom svojom#
.ustio sam svoj cunic od hartije u jarak da plovi#
(djednom su se poceli gomilati urni o$laci, vetar duvao na mahove i kisa je
pljustala# .otocici prljave vode jurnuse, recica na$uja, i moj cunic potonu# 7orko sam
mislio da je vihor jedino dosao da ra%ori moju srecu; sva njegova pakost ticala se
mene#
($lacni julski dan traje jos i danas, i ja ra%misljam o svima igrama u svom %ivotu u
kojima sam gu$io# Stao sam da korim svoju sud$u %a mnoge pakosti, kada mi na um
pade cunic od hartije sto potonu u jarak#
7.
Sta mi to tako gluho sapuces na usi, o smrti, smrti mojaK Dad uvece cvece klone i
marva se vrati svojim torovima, prila%is mi kradom i sapuces reci koje ne ra%umem#
2oras li me tako prositi i vr$ovati, opojnim otrovom uspavljujuceg sapata i hladnih
polju$aca, o smrti, moja smrtiK
=ar nece $iti ohole svecanosti %a nasu svad$uK 6eces li oplesti vencem svoje mrke
kudrave viticeK =ar nema nikoga koji ce poneti %astavu pred to$om, i nece li se noc
upaliti od tvojih crvenih $uktinja, o smrti, moja smrtiK
&odji sa svojim skoljkama i %asviraj mi u $udnoj noci# (grni me purpurnim plastom,
u%mi mi ruku i povedi me# 6eka me pred vratima cekaju tvoja kola sa tvojim
nestrpljivim konjima u vrisku# .odigni preves svoj i pogledaj me rsko u oci, o smrti,
moja smrti!
:uan 9amon :imenes
8uto prole9e
April se uspostavio,
pun Futih cvetova;
Futi potok, Futi dol,
$reg Futi,
i deGije Futo gro$lje,
poFutelih, vrt, lju$avi#
Sve je pralo, Futim, sunce,
svojim kosim od$lescima;
po %laHanim ljiljanima,
%latne kapi, Fute, mlake;
Futi leptir nad ruFama,
Futim, Futim; i girlande
Fute, u% drveHe pu%ale su;
dan je $io ljupkost
%latom namirisan,
u %laHanom tr%aju Fivota#
Eak je i !og raJirio,
Fute svoje ruke, dole
meIu leJinama#
Tro:e
&a,
8 nasrtaju gonetanih istina,
"% va%dashnje u%astopnosti
&ola%ish, dola%ish, dola%ish,
8 nama%u $oje, nemiru ritma,
Shikljanju svetla;
Svud i u svemu;
" cepash gustinu lju$avi;
.rodiresh u mene;
6edogled si mog puta#
;#ek pri#uchen mo:im magnetom
@>, @@, @?, AA, LA, MN, MM
Walt Whitman
O ,aptain! M ,aptain!
>
( ,A.)A"6! my ,aptain! our fearful trip is done;
)he ship has weatherOd every rack, the pri%e we sought is won;
)he port is near, the $ells " hear, the people all e0ulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring5
!ut ( heart! heart! heart!
( the $leeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my ,aptain lies,
/allen cold and dead#
@
( ,aptain! my ,aptain! rise up and hear the $ells;
9ise upPfor you the flag is flungPfor you the $ugle trills;
/or you $ou4uets and ri$$onOd wreathsPfor you the shores a+crowding;
/or you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
:ere ,aptain! dear father!
)his arm $eneath your head;
"t is some dream that on the deck,
YouOve fallen cold and dead#
A
2y ,aptain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
2y father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
)he ship is anchorOd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
/rom fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with o$ject won;
10ult, ( shores, and ring, ( $ells!
!ut ", with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my ,aptain lies, /allen cold and dead#
Aleksandar )iJma
<redostro=nost
!udi istinolju$iv +
nemoj niJta govoriti o onima
koji su mrtvi#
6e reci nikad5
on $i sedeo u senici
igrajuHi pasijans
niti reci5
ona se o$laGila
raskoJno
jer HeJ se samom upotre$om
liGne %amenice
%a neJto
Jto niti je lice
niti ima
lica
niti ima iJta
sem tog tr%aja
u jednoj vijugi
tvoga mo%ga
naHi u poloFaju
alkoholiGara
koji u svojoj deliriGkoj predstavi
o$likuje scene
i likove
na i%miJljenoj po%ornici
i%a pljuska nepostojanja#
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Opsesi:a
.rodu$i svoj odnos prema !iHu, $udi
.ra%nina kojom diJe svet! )o je .oema +
)a Gudna o$u%etost Stihom koga nema
" 9imom# )o je Gin# Ako u%$udi
.ra%na misao5 Eist primer potpunosti,
Ako na $e%o$liGnom tlu iJGe%ava
<reme, to je .oema! )o se smr%ava
Smisao u hladnom podsticaju veGnosti#
=a$oraviJ li %nano, naIeno ako
"%gu$iJ, misao ako prepo%na se
8 .ra%nom, to je .oema! .redeo tka se
Sred glave + ogoljen# Svet nastaje polako#
Svet tvojim duhom naveden na 9eG! "%
'akog %ahvata nemom povrJinom
"skaGu o$lici i love )iJinom5
7las! )o je .oema + taj progledali ni%
9eGi, to u%letanje u Stih# .ra%nina
Svojstvena prostoru, tamna, $e%o$alna,
)a so$om opsednuta misao, stalna
.risutnost, ta neoGekivana daljina
8nutar stvari, to nesamerivo Gelo5
.reruJava se u <reme alO ne %a$oravlja
Se$e, iako pokretom sve o$navlja
" svoje pamHenje okiva u telo#
Skrivenu mu%iku ne sputaJ li kada
"%jednaGi se s )iJinom miaso i svako
!ivanje mine5 )o je .oema + to lako
.ripajanje .ra%nini, to le$denje# Sada
3e =a$orav koji se priseHa svoga
.orekla i raIa se svet pro$uIen Stihom#
)o je .oema + to lutanje po tihom
.rividu jave# Stvarnik je usnuo, ko ga
Sad moFe liJiti predela i% sna
" reGiK )o je .oema + to %amiranje
Doje $udi Gin, to pra%no poniranje
&uha u se$e, u temelj $e% dna#
.rodu$i svoj odnos prema !iHu, $udi
.oema kojom diJe svet! )o je .ra%nina +
)a Gudna o$u%etost Stihom i% du$ina
" tamnim sluhom 9ime koja rudi#
3ose 'uis :idalgo
!e
6oH te uniJtava da $ih
te traFio
kao ludak, u tami, u
snu, u smrti#
2oje srce i%gara kao
osamljena ptica#
)voja me odsutnost
ruJi, Fivot se %atvorio#
Dakva samoHa i mrak,
kakav suh mesec na
ne$u,
kakvi daleki putnici po
nepo%natim telesima
pitaju %a tvoju krv, %a
poljupce, %a kucanje
tvog srca,
%a tvoju neoGekivanu
odsutnost u noHi koja
raste#
2oje ruke te ne steFu i
moje oGi te ne po%naju#
2oje su reGi uspravne
traFeHi te utaman#
Spokojna noH u meni,
hori%ontalna i duga,
pruFena kao reka sa
samostalnim o$alama#
Ali idem da te traFim,
otimam te i Gupam
i% tame, i% sna,
prikrivam te %a svoje
seHanje#
)iJina gradi tvoju
neo$jaJnjivu istinu#
Svet se %atvorio#
Sa mnom ostajeJ#
:erman :ese
>a#odnik
.red mnogim vratima sam Gekao,
na mnoga uha Japnuo svoju pesmu#
" uvek kad se usta jedna predavala
i FeIu $ila ugaJena,
jedna $laFena ilu%ija u gro$ $i sila%ilaQ
(stalo $i samo telo u prevarenoj ruci#
.upoljci koje strasno moljah,
duge noHi koje gro%niGavo iJGekivahQ
na kraju $ehu kao %gaFen cvet,
$e% mirisa nestala lepota#
"% mnogih postelja ustao $ih tuFan
kad je Fudnja postala mi navika#
!eFeH' od uFitka traFio sam san,
opet novu Felju i svoju samoHuQ
taj uFitak moje je prokletstvo,
jer nesreHnim me Gini
da svaki san o njoj stvarnost uniJtava#
(klevajuHi, ruku ka novom cvetu pruFam,
da novom uhu svoju pesmu Japnem5
!rani se, najlepJa moja, %akopGaj haljinu svoju
opGini me, i%muGi meQ nikad mi ne reci &A#
7radimir StojkoviH
;spomena
8mrlo je leto,
samocom jesen pro%hdire veche,
u kostur mosta uranja mesec R
a &unav teche i techeQ
"shche%ao je moj mir kameni,
nemir puteve noci seche,
le%him dok trava oko mene vene,
a &unav teche i techeQ
=huto mi lishce prekriva ne$o,
i%gu$ljen gledam R nestaje veche
u travi tra%him tvoje ruke R
a &unav teche i techeQ
/ernando .esoa
Odlagan:e
.rekosutra, da samo prekosutra###
Sutra Hu poGeti da mislim na prekosutra#
)o je jedina moguHnost5 danas nikako ne###
6e, danas niJta; ne mogu danas#
=amrJena upornost moje o$jektivne su$jektivnosti,
san moga stvarnog Fivota, umetnut,
i%nemoglost prerana i $eskrajna,
i%nemoglost svijeta da se uIe u tramvaj#
)a vrsta duJe###
Samo prekosutra###
&anas $ih htio da se pripremim,
htio $ih da se pripremim, kako $ih sutra mogao misliti
na iduHi dan###
(n je presudan#
<eH imam nacrtan plan; ali ne, danas ne crtam planove,
Sutra je dan planova#
Sutra Hu sjesti %a stol da osvojim svijet;
ali svijet Hu osvojiti tek prekosutra###
"mam Felju da %aplaGem,
imam Felju da %aplaGem naglo, i%nutra###
6e, ne pokuJavajte sa%nati niJta viJe,
to je tajna i neHu govoriti#
Samo prekosutra###
Dad sam $io dijete, cijeli tjedan sam se radovao nedjeljnom
cirkusu#
&anas me raduje samo nedjeljni cirkus od cijelog tjedna
mog djetinjstva#
.rekosutra $it Hu drugi#
2oj Fivot He triumfirati###
Sve moje sposo$nosti inteligentna, odgojena i praktiGna Govjeka
$it He dekretom sa$rane,
ali sutraJnjim dekretom#
&anas hoHu da spavam, a sutra Hu sve urediti###
=a danas, ima li kakva predstava, koja $i o$novila moje
djetinjstvoK
.a Gak da i sutra kupim ula%nicu,
jer tek prekosutra He $iti do$ra predstava###
.rije ne###
.rekosutra Hu se latiti poslova, koje Hu sutra prouGiti#
.rekosutra Hu konaGno $iti ono, Jto danas nikako ne mogu $iti#
Samo prekosutra#
.ospan sam kao i%gu$ljen pas na hladnoHi#
<eoma sam pospan#
Sutra Hu ti reHi rijeGi, ili prekosutra,
&a, moFda jedino prekosutra###
!uduHnost###
&a, $uduHnost###
/ernando .as Dastiljo
Strah
"
Dada pustim da mi ruka
padne van kreveta,
meIu senke,
uvek se $ojim
da He doHi neJto,
skriveno,
neoGekivano
da mi je pomiluje
hladnim poljupcem nekih usana
koje je vreme uGinilo nemim#
""
" taj strah Fivi sa mnom
od detinjstva#
"%nenadio me u jednom trenu
koji je ostao nejasan
u mojoj svesti,
ili u $eskrajnoj noHi
seHanja#
"""
"pak, nehotice,
puJtam da mi ruka padne
meIu senke###
" dok se ponovo $ojim
milovanja,
pitam se, gotovo i%nenaIen5
6ije li taj strah seHanje
na neku osujeHenu lju$avK
&ragana Donstantinovic
<r#a l:u-a#
6emoj da mi uputiJ viJe
nijedan pogled,
Gak i ako $i smeo#
Svaki tvoj pogled samo nove uspomene piJe
i tiho, neGujno ure%uje tvoje ime
u neke moje joJ neroIene rime
%ute i plave $oje,
a ja nisam sigurna da li $i ti to hteo#
6e $udi moje orkane snene
da se neki ne %akovitla i% pene,
ponaJaj se i dalje kao da ne postojim,
i kao Jto si do sada umeo
nastavi da gledaJ kro% mene
u nedogled
iako tu ispred te$e stojim#
6emoj uopJte da me gledaJ,
%a$oravi me#
.otroJi svoje poglede na one druge,
na one Jto %naju da se kikoHu,
da od svega naprave vaFnu temu,
na one i%gu$ljene u $eskraju
Jto ne %naju %a samoHu,
na one Jto se trude
da uvek nose Jminku,
na one kojih se sve tiGe
a tako malo %naju###
7ledaj njih,
%a$oravi mene, klinku,
ja nisam takva niti takva mogu da $udem,
ja sam i% neke potpuno druge priGe#
6emoj da mi uputiJ viJe
nijedan osmeh#
3edan je dosta#
.omisliHu da u tom novom joJ neJto piJe
i $ojim se, i%a%vaHu podsmeh
kod onih kojih se sve tiGe###
8 meni se rodi i osta
Felja koja klija i raste,
i i%vija se i trudi
da i%leti u ne$o
i nemoguHe preraste#
" %ato nemoj, nemoj nikada viJe
da mi poklonis nijednog smeJka#
=amisli da me nema,
da ne postojim, tako je $olje#
2oram to da te molim jer se $ojim,
straJno se $ojim
da je tvoj osmeh samo greJka#
.okloni tvoj osmeh tamo nekoj drugoj,
i petoj, i sedmoj,
pokloni ga onima koje He %nati da ga vrate,
onima koje ne vole Gekanje,
kojima nije pro$lem da svojim osmehom u%vrate
odmah, $e% ra%miJljanja,
a da ga prime joJ manje#
.okloni ga njima, meni nemoj,
jer moj osmeh predugo sanja
dok ne ugleda svitanje,
predugo Ge%ne da i%leti,
predugo plete Jarene duge,
predugo trepti dok ne sine,
a %a sve to vreme
moje usne su neme#
=ato me %a$oravi
jer ja nisam kao te druge,
ja sam i% neke sasvim druge Jeme#
6emoj da mi uputis vise
nijednu reG,
Gak i ako to FeliJ#
Sve reGi mogu da imaju i drugo lice,
i Jta ako ti to prekasno shvatiJ
i poFeliJ da ih vratiJ
i priGuvaJ %a neku drugu %godu
kad vidiJ Jta u mojim oGima piJe,
pa se sneveseliJ,
a veH je kasno, veH si ih pustio da oduK
6e, nemoj mi reHi ni jednu reG viJe,
$ojim se da He i moje reGi da poteku
i%a%vane tvojim
pa He da se sliju u moHnu reku
i da teku i teku###
)ako se $ojim
da He i% mene $ujica da provali,
da mi neHe $iti dovoljno sve vreme u naJem veku
da iskaFem sve Jto smo do sad otHutali#
6eka tvoje reGi odu na tamo neke
oGima $li%u
a mislima daleke,
na one Jto imaju raspletene kose,
Jto uvek sluJaju ali retko Guju,
na one Jto se o$laGe u 9imu i .ari%u,
na one kojima je vaFno Jta He da o$uku
i Jta He da nose,
na one Jto se stalno utrkuju###
6a mene ne $acaj reGi,
%amisli da ne postojim,
jer ja se $ojim, straJno se $ojim
da neHe niJta da me spreGi
jednom kad moja $ujica krene,
kad se otkaGi i provali i dotakne sve vaseljene
koje nam dele sreHu i tuge#
=ato te molim, najlepJe molim,
%a$oravi mene,
ja sam jaka i sve Hu moHi da pre$olim
jer ja nisam i nikad neHu
$iti kao te neke druge#
" nemoj, nikada nemoj da me traFiJ,
Gak i ako se osmeliJ
pa to poFeliJ,
Gak i ako se na to odvaFiJ#
Eak i ako ti konaGno sine da sam ja (na,
jedina prava samo %a te$e,
ona jedna od miliona
koja ti pruFa more tiJine
i svu silinu uragana
u istom trenu#
6e, nemoj da me traFiJ,
pusti me da sama svoje dane $rojim
dok postojim,
dokle god trajem nekih dana,
dokle god moje vreme curi#
6e daj da ti misli na tu stranu skrenu,
nipoJto ne daj#
3a se nei%vesnosti viJe ne $ojim
ali $ih radije da poFurim
i da se sakrijem u uspomenu#
.otraFi one neke druge
koje su svikle
da nose Jtikle,
koje samo sa de$elim slojem Jminke postoje,
koje joJ uvek ispredaju pra%ne priGe,
koje se joJ uvek utrkuju da sve vide i Guju,
koje nose samo u%duFne pruge
jer im samo takve do$ro stoje,
koje ne priGaju nego se dovikuju###
2ene nemoj,
mene ne traFi
jer ja sam samo drhtaj jednog trena,
samo kap rose opijena jutarnjom vlagom,
samo nei%recivo malo parGe istine u laFi,
i nestalna kao morska pena
od koje sam saGinjena#
!ojim se, straJno se $ojim
ako me naIeJ
da Hemo %ajedno da poteGemo istom snagom,
istom silinom,
istom Festinom,
i da Hu poGeti da postojim,
stvarno postojim
od tada pa sve do svog kraja#
.ro$udiHeJ moje orkane
i $ujice i reke,
moji snovi He da do$iju lice
i da ostvare Felje daleke#
Ali, Jta je sve toK
Sve He to jednom morati da stane
jer kad + tad stane sve Jto jednom krene,
jer kratak je ovaj ljudski vek
i prola%an poput lepote maja#
A ako me ne naIeJ,
ako me nikada ne naIeJ,
ja Hu imati te$e i ti HeJ imati mene
odavde pa do veGnosti, %auvek,
$e% poGetka i $e% kraja#
2atija !eHkoviH
?ad -i ti oti@la iA o#og grada
Dad $i ti otiJla i% ovoga grada
Dome $ih levu ruku pre$acio preko ramena,
A desnom poka%ivao o$ronke dalekih $rda i
rekao5
;.riroda je puna mojih pogleda na svet#;
S kim $ih %astao pred raspuklim orahom
govoreHi5
;8 ovom orahu moFda raste moj sanduk
Dad sam $io dete njegovo je sta$lo posaIeno#;
=$og koga $ih prekinuo ove reGi i rekao neJto
radosno,
2ada se ne %na Jta $ih sve mogao da kaFem
6a osnovu cele Jume i drugih elemenata!
S kime $ih se vraHao u grad ponosan kao u
mojim pesmama,
Dome $ih govorio o sajdFiji koji Fivi u %emlji
" o mom srednjem uvu koje je gusto kao JeHer#
S kime $ih podi%ao glavu prema $esputnim
ne$esima,
Dome $ih poka%ivao ko%je sta%e meIu %ve%dama#
Eiji $i %u$i %vonili kao promr%la ja$uka u
pJeniGnoj plevi
S kime $ih pomenuo5 tajge, sneg na 1tni, ljude
po tamnicama,
!ela ptica na snegu, plastu snega u vodi,
Dome $ih rekao kako mi se Gini
&a u reGi Ararat kljuGa kamenje
" ko $i me %$og toga voleoK
&anas svi %naju da sam na te$e mislio kad sam
rekao5
;(na kaFe $alkonu da ga voli
" $alkon se sruJi u tom Gasu#;
.oJtari $i Jirom sveta ra%nosili jedno isto pismo
&ok %ver skupog kr%na drema u glupoj toploti
na )i$etu
" $ilo kakav mesec prela%i preko smetova#
S kime $ih dugo u noHi govorio protiv svakoga
" ko $i me %$og toga voleoK
=ato Jto si me ti volela ja sam voleo se$e#
Dad $i ti otiJla i% ovoga grada,
7ovorio $ih u%alud5
2oje reGi se ne $i ni na koga odnosile#
1#1#,ummings
when faces called flowers float out of the groundBBB
when faces called flowers float out of the ground
and $reathing is wishing and wishing is having+
$ut keeping is downward and dou$ting and never
+it's april*yes,april;my darling-it's spring!
yes the pretty $irds frolic as spry as can fly
yes the little fish gam$ol as glad as can $e
*yes the mountains are dancing together-
when every leaf opens without any sound
and wishing is having and having is giving+
$ut keeping is doting and nothing and nonsense
+alive;we're alive,dear5it's*kiss me now-spring!
now the pretty $irds hover so she and so he
now the little fish 4uiver so you and so i
*now the mountains are dancing, the mountains-
when more than was lost has $een found has $een found
and having is giving and giving is living+
$ut keeping is darkness and winter and cringing
+it's spring*all our night $ecomes day-o,it's spring!
all the pretty $irds dive to the heart of the sky
all the little fish clim$ through the mind of the sea
*all the mountains are dancing;are dancing-
S S S
what if a much of a which of a wind
gives the truth to summer's lie;
$loodies with di%%ying leaves the sun
and yanks immortal stars awryK
!low king to $eggar and 4ueen to seem
*$low friend to fiend5 $low space to time-
+when skies are hanged and oceans drowned,
the single secret will still $e man
what if a keen of a lean wind flays
screaming hills with sleet and snow5
strangles valleys $y ropes of things
and stifles forests in white agoK
!low hope to terror; $low seeing to $lind
*$low pity to envy and soul to mind-
+whose hearts are mountains, roots are trees,
it's they shall cry hello to the spring
what if a dawn of a doom of a dream
$ites this universe in two,
peels forever out of his grave
and sprinkles nowhere with me and youK
!low soon to never and never to twice
*$low life to isn't5 $low death towas-
+all nothing's only our hugest home;
the most who die, the more we live#
S S S
2e up at does
m sweet old etcetera
aunt lucy during the recent
war could and what
is more did tell you just
what every$ody was fighting
for,
my sister
isa$el created hundreds
*and
hundreds- of socks not to
mention shirts fleaproof earwarmers
etcetera wristers etcetera, my
mother hoped that
i would die etcetera
$ravely of course my father used
to $ecome hoarse talking a$out how it was
a privilege and if only he
could meanwhile my
self etcetera lay 4uietly
in the deep mud et
cetera
*dreaming,
et
cetera, of
Your smile
eyes knees and of your 1tcetera-
S S S
this is the garden5colours come and go,
frail a%ures fluttering from night's outer wing
strong silent greens serenely lingering,
a$solute lights like $aths of golden snow#
)his is the garden5pursed lips do $low
upon cool flutes within wide glooms,and sing
*of harps celestial to the 4uivering string-
invisi$le faces hauntingly and slow#
)his is the garden# )ime shall surely reap
and on &eath's $lade lie many a flower curled,
in other lands where other songs $e sung;
yet stand )hey here enraptured,as among
)he slow deep trees perpetual of sleep
some silver+fingered fountain steals the world#
S S S
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the $each *to play one day-
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldnOt remem$er her trou$les,and
milly $efriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased $y a horri$le thing
which raced sideways while $lowing $u$$les5and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone#
/or whatever we lose *like a you or a me-
itOs always ourselves we find in the sea
a prett a da
a pretty a day
*and every fades-
is here and away
*$ut $orn are maids
to flower an hour
in all,all-
o yes to flower
until so $lithe
a doer a wooer
some lim$er and lithe
some very fine mower
a tall;tall
some jerry so very
*and nellie and fan-
some handsomest harry
*and sally and nan
they trem$le and cower
so pale5pale-
for $etty was $orn
to never say nay
$ut lucy could learn
and lily could pray
and fewer were shyer
than doll# doll
S S S
i thank You 7od for most this ama%ing
day5for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a $lue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
*i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's $irthday;this is the $irth
day of life and love and wings5and of the gay
great happening illimita$ly earth-
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
$reathing any++lifted from the no
of all nothing++human merely $eing
dou$t unimagina$le YouK
*now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened-
S S S
i carry your heart with me *i carry it in
my heart-i am never without it*anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
$y only me is your doing,my darling-
i fear
no fate*for you are my fate,my sweet-i want
no world*for $eautiful you are my world,my true-
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret no$ody knows
*here is the root of the root and the $ud of the $ud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide-
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart*i carry it in my heart-
S S S
;ne0t to of course god america i
love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh
say can you see $y the dawn's early my
country tis of centuries come and go
and are no more what of it we should worry
in every language even deafanddum$
thy sons acclaim your glorious name $y gorry
$y jingo $y gee $y gosh $y gum
why talk of $eauty what could $e more $eaut+
iful than these heroic happy dead
who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter
they did not stop to think they died instead
then shall the voice of li$erty $e muteK;
:e spoke# And drank rapidly a glass of water
Darmen !ernos de 7astold
2olitve i% 6ojevog kovGega
!o:e#a molit#a
7ospode, kakva je ovo menaFerijaT
(d Juma tvoga pljuska
" krikova ovih Fivotinja
6e moFeJ da GujeJ ni
Sopstvene misli!
8Gini neJto, 7ospode!
Amin
MaCkina molit#a
7ospode,
3a sam maGka!
6i %a Jta ja, %apravo,
6e nameravam da te molim#
6e###
3a nikog nikada ni %a Jta ne molim#
Ali, ako sluGajno
8 nekom am$aru ne$eskom imaJ
2alog $elog miJa
"li Ginijicu mleka
3a %nam nekoga kome $i prijalo to#
" hoHeJ li moFda jednog dana
.rokleti Gitav pseHi sojK
Ako hoHeJ, i%govaram smerno
Amin#
Mi@:a molit#a
=ar da ja
(vako mali i siv
&ragi 7ospode
=ahtevam od )e$e
&a i o meni misliJK
8vek me neko vre$a
8vek me juri neko,
6iko nikad da mi dade neJto#
Samo poneJto sam gricnem u Fivotu#
=ar mi %ameraJ Jto sam miJK
.a ti me takvim stvori, 7ospode!
2olim te samo da ostanem neprimetan#
.odari mi Gime glad da utolim!
" saGuvaj me od kandFi sotone
=elenih oGiju#
Amin#
"eptiro#a molit#a
7ospode!
7de sam to jaK
(h da! (vaj cvet, sunce ovo,
:vala ti %a njih, 7ospode#
)voj svet je lep!
(vaj miris tuFa###
7de sam to jaK
Dapljica rose skotrlja se
&a %a$lista usred krina#
2oram da idem####
DudaK 6e %nam!
<etar je i%atkao Garolije
.o krilima mojim#,
Earolije###
7de sam to jaK
(h, da! 7ospode,
"mao sam neJto da ti ka+em5
Amin#
Molit#a #ola
&rago 7ospode, molim te %a
<iJe vremena#
'judi se uvek toliko Fure#
8Gini da oni shvate
&a ja hitati ne mogu#
8deli mi vreme %a jelo#
8deli mi vreme %a miran hod#
8deli mi vreme %a spavanje#
8deli mi vreme %a ra%miJljanje#
Amin#
<etlo#a molit#a
6e %a$oravi, 7ospode,
&a sam ja onaj koji nagoni
Sunce da se jutrom rodi#
)voj poni%ni sam sluga
Ali s o$%irom na vaFnost
=animanja moga
.otre$no mi je malo viJe
Sjaja i Jepurenja#
"pak, sluga sam ja tvoj#
Samo### ne %a$oravi, 7ospode,
3a sam ja, onaj koji nagoni
Sunce da se jutrom rodi#
Amin
Stanislav <inaver
!a ru-u .44. no9i
!rat $agdadskoga $er$erina prodaje staklariju i i%vikuje svoju ro$u#
Staklarija, staklarija
svih pri%ora ocharija
svemelemna vidarija
mesechine nestvarija
nei%gorna i%gorija
nemerena merarija
staklarija, staklarija!
Staklarija staklarija
slatkih snova ostvarija
%henskih dojki re%$arija
spol+spolova stiskarija
devichanstva mashtarija
%acharana %latarija
najumnija majstorija
sunchareva peshadija
staklarija, staklarija!
Stevan 9aiGkoviH
<o#ratak
(na ima ruke od trave#
(na ima glas od vetra i Fita#
(na ima oko od kiJe#
=aJto sam i%mislio da se ne vratimK
(na ima grudi od ruFe#
(na ima koleno od $elutka#
(na ima oko od kiJe#
=aJto sam i%mislio da se ne vratimK
(na ima smeh od liJHa#
(na ima hod od vode i peska#
(na ima koFu od protegnutog la$uda#
=aJto sam i%mislio da se ne vratimK
(na ima kosu od mojih prstiju#
(na ima mo%ak od mojih godina#
(na ima sluh od mojih koraka#
=aJto sam i%mislio da se ne vratimK
D#o:nik
(n nema oci + al me vavek gleda#
"ma %a mene uvek rec nemustu#
(n prvi sane onu miso sustu
(d koje $e%im ko od vatre, leda#
Dad podjem %a njim + osvanem sred $lata#
Strasno me dr%i, a neima sake#
"li me pusta ne$u pod o$lake,
A kada padam + on me ne prihvata#
=$og njega cutim danima ko mutav
" nosim suvu stenu i%nad vode
*A sam se pravim + pra%an, lak i plutav-#
Dad rec %austim + ja umesto eha
6aje%en cekam da me sveg i%$ode
Slomljeno staklo njegovoga smeha#
S S S
&odji u travu visoku da ti cvetovi polju$e kolena#
,vetovi lepo lju$e kao jedina %ena#
)u le%im i ja i provodim svoje leto kako umem#
)rava koju preko dana ulegnem
=a malu noc se ispravi
" vlati opet kao suma sume#
" ponovo se, u jutro, pri dnu, pokrenu mravi#
8 svako jutro ovde je do$ro kao i u svako vece#
8 podne5 crnim od sunca, %a%ednim, pa pijem#
.osle, senka pocinje da raste i da me tiho krije#
Dad je suton5
3a le%im nau%nak i cekam da prva %ve%da potece#
3a, naivni gospodar i crni sluga ptica,
<oleo $ih i ne $ih voleo da neko svrati#
2o%da se ispod drugih stopala nece
ispraviti vlatiK
;snuli ka#eA
&ola%i noc koja $udi
8 te$i usnuli kave%
8 kome %veri i ljudi
Sklapaju $ratstvo, save%#
)i samo %nas sta $ruji
8 toj d%ungli od tela5
Dolju se lav i slavuji
" krice jata $ela#
6i% te$e sav krvari
2edved sa vencem od inja
" slepe slonovi stari#
.repun si %mija, majmuna#
&ok negde u dnu tek tinja
8 setnom snu %latna kuna#
OdlaAak
.rvo su prsti
prvo su ruke isce%le
i pojednostavile se s va%duhom
koji je postao plav gde si ostala#
&aljina te je %atim pretvorila u tacku
u malu crnu tacku $e% ociju $e% kose $e% nogu#
6a kraju; ko kamen si pretegla u vodu ra%daljine#
6aj%ad si celovitija no ikad na dnu ovog secanja
!ranko 2iljkoviH
;Aalud :e -udim
!udim je %$og sunca koje o$jaJnjava se-e -il:kama
A-og ne-a raAapetog iAmeDu prsti:u
-udim :e A-og reCi ko:e peku grlo
#olim :e u@ima
tre-a i9i do kra:a s#eta i na9i rosu na tra#i
-udim :e A-og dalekih st#ari ko:e liCe na o#e o#de
A-og l:udi ko:i -eA Cela i imena prolaAe ulicom
A-og anonimnih reCi trgo#a -udim :e
A-og manufakturnih pe:Aa=a :a#nih parko#a
-udim :e A-og o#e na@e planete
koja He moFda $iti mina u raskrvavljenom ne$u
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ako nije tako odsecite mi ruku i pretvorite me u kamen
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Dao ograda evo dola%i crni konjanik
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8%hasnutim putevima koji su se posvadjali
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,rni konjanik koji nas je jedini
)ra%hio van nas i klao nashu odsutnost
( strashna pomisao na crnog konjanika
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.resechena grla odsechenih ruku
6emocni da viknemo i da u%memo
( strashna pomisao na crnog konjanika
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(vo ce se nei%vesno kretanje %avrshiti
suncem# (secam to pomeranje juga u svome srcu# 2ajushno podne se ruga
u kamenu, varnica shto ce osvetliti
%ve%dani sistem moga krvotoka#
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8teha nam ne tre$a# )o trajanje se ruga
.retnji crnog i otrovnog nekog soka#
6e, nece se otrovom to putovanje %avrshiti#
6eki ce svemir ponovo da nas stvori#
2akar slepog lica i mrachnog srca rech pravu i%govori#
8 kamenu spava malo sunce shto ce nas osvetliti#
,hujesh li %ve%dani sistem mog krvotoka!
.onavljam5 neki ce svemir ponovo da nas stvori
2akar slepog lica i mrachnog srca dok sunce ne
.rogovori
6ad pretnjom crnog i otrovnog soka#
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6a krajevima vatre
.redmeti koji ne svetle
6iti se nechim drugim odlikuju
)raju u tudjem vremenu
.tica koja sama chini jato
"% nje i%lece
8%mite shaku sve%heg pepela
"li $ilo chega shto je proshlo
" videcete da je to josh uvek vatra
"li da to mo%he $iti
2ilan &edinac
Tra#a u snu i na :a#i
)ri noHi, tri puta opGinjen $ejah od trave#
2esto meseca i Sunca, druga sad gledah %namenja,
i sa%nadoh da sagreJih sa svoje mahnite glave
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a travu po%navao nisam# )ri dana, tri teJke noHi
rasla je meni kro% snove, na javi ta sita mora,
pa strepah veH da mi lice, u %loslutnoj toj samoHi,
ah, neHe nikada viJe %racima umiti %ora#
)ri noHi, tri puna dana minuJe $e% svetla Farka,
i ja ga u%alud Gekah da dom i mene po%lati#
6ada mnom cvetaJe samo njegova utvarna varka5
suncokret, mesto Sunca, koji se u ne$u klati#
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pa mene, %veri i Jume o$u%e predsmrtna strava#
"spod tog ogromnog cveta svud vlada svemoHno trava#
&o podne svakoga dana i% grdnog kratera cveta
$ili su mla%evi trave s hukom iskonskih gleGera,
od podne u mrak tog grotla sve trave ovog sveta
vraHale su se, sumorne, ko %raci Suncu s veGera#
8 snovima, do ponoHi, i% %emlje sam kido travu,
i ne slutih da to Gupah, i% ne$esa, kiJu crnu#
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mesto toga, preko mene, ponoH kiJni plaJt ogrnu#
(d ponoHi, strasno FuIah da se spasem travnih Gini,
al u%alud! 8%alud sam ja Gupao svoje kose#
(d jave mi, i od snova, osvanuo trag jedini5
u ruci sam pritiskao pregrJt trave, s kapljom rose#
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6e umivam ih %orom, nego ih pustim da se ohlade
mirne#
)iho se ruke hlade, a te$e nema pod ne$om mog
do%ivanja#
9uke se sve vishe hlade, i glas ti i% ugashenog sna
sve sla$ije sada chujem#
Ali i drug ako mi pridje R josh necu da se rukujem#
!o9 du=a od sno#a
.evam da mi dan ovaj ne ode u priviIenja#
)ol'ko se minulog leta sruJilo sunGanih jata,
toliko %ve%dane vatre u oGi pra%ne od $denja,
da o$nevideh oIednom pod pljuskom ognja i %lata
i glava mi se pomuti od nenadnog pomraGenja#
.a tek Jto sam sveo oGi da se od $ola umire,
%aiskah opet da vidim, joJ jednom, visoke $oje,
al Sunca viJe ne $eJe5 crni se koluti Jire
i samo na o$alama iskre se poslednje roje#
6e %nadoh da je s vidika odavno Sunce klonulo,
jer skitah spuJtene glave jedino $leskom %anesen,
i ne slutih a je leto u svoju sen utonulo,
da je noH duFa od snova i da se smrknula jesen#
.a prihvatih se %a granu, traFeHi od nje spasenja#
;7rana je, grana je!; + Januh# (, naJto ta
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6e$eskih svetlila nema, al pomrGinom ne $ludim,
jer sam tog %latnog leta toliko sjaja skupio
da mi se veH ka%ivalo da mesto %ora ja rudim
i da svud ra%livam sjajnost koju sam s ne$a upio#
!udim se, a i% mog tela, gle, svetlost sama i%vire!
.oIem li, pod mojim hodom %raGna se sta%a stvara,
preda mnom sva ustreperi, ali veH %a mnom umire,
a istkana je od mora, i sva je od ne$eskog Fara#
"%dignem ruku ka ne$u + u tavnom srcu svemira
novoi%niklo sa%veFIe od moje Jake %a$lista#
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da l kroJnja mog krvotoka il sre$rom maslina lista#
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il moje udara srce, veH ludo od u%$uIenjaK
.a ridaj da ti dan ovaj ne ode u priviIenja!
" vidim da, osim mene, svuda %are i% polutame
do%ivi, $ilje i stenje, i luGe svetlost ko u snu#
" plime morske promatram kako se varniGe same
i dime sumpornim sjajem kad meIe kopna %apljusnu#
Sve Jto se napilo sunca + rasipa %raGenja noHu#
7las prhne, a %a njim sjaji, joJ dugo, drhtava struna#
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a mesto 2eseca greje svakog drveta kruna#
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al druga, okolo mene, sada nad %emljom lete5
i% tame smokve i nara %ve%dano kolo u%leHe
i mladu .utanju 2leGnu maslina od granja plete#
<arnicu hvatam u letu, sav skrhan s nepoverenja5
svitac mi na dlanu gori# 6e, neHu ja snoviIenja!
=astrepi da ti dan ovaj ne ode u priviIenja!
Damen li dohvatim rukom + iskra u njemu sneva,
i tinja u svakom cvetu po jedan ugarak skriven#
Uut odsjaj ilinskih munja u grudima mi joJ Jeva
i sav sam od meseGine i sav od sunca saliven#
" vidim5 gu$e se meIe i%meIu noHi i dneva,
2oj Fivot, %ve%de i $ilja prominu u magnovenju,
al istrajaHu sve dotle dok sjaj i% mene i%greva
da opet prigrlim Sunce pri njegovome roIenju#
3a Hu ga Gekati mirno da put prevali do mene,
no ako mi pre te %ore crn dvojnik S8nGev %asja,
paJHu u njegovoj senci pod kojom sve mre i svene,
al umiranje He moje i njegov mrak da o$asja#
.a %ato ne strepim viJe od potpunog uniJtenja,
jer mojim prestankom %raGim i SunGev dvojnik se
menja
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&o$riJa ,esariH
Eesen:e :utro
($ukoh se#
.ro%oru pridjoh,
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2oj prijatelj udje u mokrom kaputu
" cijelu mi so$u namirishe kishom#
6e veli ni5 %dravo!
Sjedne#
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"%usti5 ;3esen;#
)a rijech je $ila tako svje%ha
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6akon kishe#
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Sva srdachna i sva du$oka,
" tekla je $ash ko shto teku
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ovaj dan R to nije pravi dan#
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spava# Dadikad otvori ochi i gleda o$lake kako putuju
u $eskraj# Dadikad R %achuvshi %ov visine R rashiri
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udariti o %hice kojima su mu ukrali %hivot#
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8po%navshi mu mudru dvojnost5
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.ostat ce najvisha opojnost#
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8 mome srcu stvara %lato#
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8 vecem sjaju je umino#
" tako vrshim po%iv svoj5
(d su%a praveci vam vino#
Tishina
Sjedim u travi#
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&o mojih nogu sjedi jedan leptir,
" mirno med mu i% modrine sishe#
6e $oji me se# Dao da se sviko
<ec posve na me#
6e smeta nas niko#
<ochetak prol:eca
### 8 mladoj travi
)ad se javi
=vi%hdanjem glasnim prvi kos#
" gle! (d pjesme %hutokljunca
(djednom vrt je prepun sunca#
)iptip### do puta
&oskakuta,
" digne krilo, pa se suncha#
A onda se u travu vrati,
" slusha gdje ga hvale vlati#
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Svjetalce jedno gori u daljini5
3edino svejtlo u nocnoj dolini#
" trepti nje%hno#
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Do da se smijeshi#
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=ashto ti $ude odjedanput %hao#
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.osve polako, o posve polako
)ajna se svjetlost u meni shiri#
)o %amrla radost otvara ochi#
Ah, sunce u moje srce vec viri#
6e, nije josh jako#
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" ne gleda cijelim okom, vec %hmiri#
Ali polako, polako, polako
7u$e se pred njim nocni vampiri#
Mala ka#ana
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" stol u kutu %a dvoje R
.a ti me lju$ishm %$ilja me lju$ish,
&rago, jedino mojeK!
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!io sam sam, ispijen od che%hnja,
A tako $li%u sreci#
&a l' mogo sam slutiti ovoga jutra,
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Srca nam %amiru i ginu#
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6estati htio ja $e% traga#
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?ao s#e druge krotka si sad
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<rekasno odAi# t#o: na l:u-a#!
<ada:u na moga srca mrak
":u-a#ni t#o:i pogledi #reli
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<ri#ila crna AenaH
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2ladiHa, premda jedan mnogo $leIi
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2ogu da kaFem, i otmeniji
6o onaj drugi Jto me prisno u svoj
=agrljaj steFe R kako ljupko $lag
!iva mu smeJak tad, a pogled $laFen!
Datkad se desi da venac od maka
S njegove glave dotakne mi Gelo
", miriJuHi Gudno, $ol odagna
"% moje duJe R al to olakJanje
.rekratko traje; posveo%draviti
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8dahnuo mi strast R sad Far
6e moFeJ da ugasiJ#
8sne na usne! 'judski je dah
!oFanstven# 3a Hu piti,
"spiti tvoju duJu svu R
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9eci5 %aJto je toK
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6a severu $or stoji,
Sam vrh gologa $rega+
Sanjiv je; pokriva ga
.laJt od leda i snega#
( jednoj palmi sanja
S istoGnih strana snenih
Vto Hutke tuguje sama
6a uFarenoj steni#
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=ar moFe drukGije $itiK
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=ar moFe drukGije $itiK
8 srcu nosim mnoge %mije,
A tu si, mila, i ti#
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'ju$av pri%nati hteli;
&uJmanski gledali se R
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9astav se, tek $i katkad
8 snu se ugledali;
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3edva da su to %nali#
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2raGi se, meni se drema,
8morio me dan#
6ad posteljom mi sta$lo R tu slavujak peva mlad;
( lju$avi on peva,
Eujem to i u snu#
Osta#i me
&an je %alju$ljen u noH,
.roleHe u %imu,
Uivot je %alju$ljen u smrt R
A ti, ti voliJ mene!
<oliJ me R gro%ne te veH
($u%imaju senke
" sav ti vene cvat,
" krvari ti duJa#
(stavi me i voli
<esele leptire samo
Vto leprJaju na suncu R
(stavi mene i ko$#
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9astu %idovi njene tamnice,
kao u straJnom snu#
'epa maska se promenila,
ali, kao i uvek, jedinistvena je#
Eemu moji talismani5 $avljenje knjiFevnoJHu, nepou%dana erudicija, uGenje reGi koje
je koristio oJtri sever da opeva svoja mora i svoje maGeve, vedrina prijateljstva,
galerije !i$lioteke, o$iGne stvari, navike, mlada lju$av moje majke, ratniGke seni
predaka, $e%vremena noH, ukus snaK
!iti sa to$om ili ne $iti sa to$om
mera je moga vremena#
<eH se vrG ra%$ija na i%voru, veH Govek ustaje na cvrkut ptice, potamneli su oni koji
gledaju sa pro%ora, ali tama nije donela spokoj#
)o je, veH %nam, lju$av5 nemir i olakJanje kad Gujem tvoj glas, Gekanje i seHanje,
uFas Fivljenja u $uduHnosti#
)o je lju$av sa svojim mitologijama, sa svojim nepotre$nim malim vradF$inama#
"ma jedan uliGni ugao
kojim se ne usuIujem da proIem#
<ojske me veH opkoljavaju, horde#
*(va so$a je nestvarna; ona je nije videla#-
"me jedne Fene me odaje#
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