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RELU CAZACU
GEORGE MARIO
ANGEL QUINTERO
To have been
the fly’s buzzing,
across.
I’ve been sleeping in each and every passageway
untapped by you
I’ve been drinking until my life
has shrunk to vodka
and the world turned too big for me
I have written the poem all around you
lest I could touch you
when I’m too sad
a homeless man
is sharing the bread you gave him
with me
(poem translated into English
by Nicoleta Crăete)
To wait for hope,
in some languages
is redundant.
The spiral
turns inward.
Orbiting becomes
spinning.
Spinning becomes
an oscillating reflection.
Sediment concentrates,
until another's touch
scatters breathing,
lights the curvature
of skin after twilight.
In a year or a day,
every flower gives itself up.
Every bell bursts.
Is there an end
to how much less
living can be?
To have inhabited
the silence
between words.
RELU CAZACU is a Romanian poet, born
on November, 29th, 1983, in Bucharest.
He published poetry in various magazines
and collective volumes. He’s been a member
of Cenaclul 9 since October, 2016. His debut
collection, “Poems of use”, was released as an
award-winning of the ”Traian T. Coșovei” National
Poetry Prize (2020 edition), offered by Tracus
Arte Publishing House, in collaboration with
the Cultural Association Direcția 9 and
Agenția de Carte (the Book Agency)
GEORGE MARIO ANGEL QUINTERO
(California, 1964)
He has published poetry, fiction, and essays in
English and a book of short fiction, The Fifth
Season, won the 1995 Fiction Collective 2 Nilon
Award. A selection of poems, On the Voice, was
published in 2016. Since 1995, he has lived in
Medellin, Colombia, authoring seven books of
poetry, and three books of theater plays all in
Spanish as Mario Angel Quintero. He continues
to write and publish in both English and Spanish.
He is a visual artist and the director and playwright
of the theatre company Parpado Teatro,
as well as a founding member of several musical
groups.
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