by Dorina Brândusa Landén
A bewildering afternoon
where silence swam through my body
balances the movement of the air -
never ending shiver -
the ephemera is digging itself a shelter
under my ribs
it takes me beyond the brutal
and the stunning world
blind as a bee
whiffing of acacia honey.
A pellucid wind sweeps
the gardens of the summer
in an artesian of leaves.
Bleeding chrysanthemums and cineraria -
resting of flakes
on the hips of the earth
collapsing like a decaying god.
Nature is peeling itself of life.
The universe mellowed up to the lowest notch.
A stone a fluid root
a rambling thought
marks the hour at the crossroads
of the night and of the cold - space filled
with the remains of a grim agreement
between the solar light of the seasons
and a bird’s lost cry.
My friend
our expectation is over in the garden
it's time to open our eyes
in an empty square space
forcing one to follow
the other in the dark:
you - with bloody hands
on which are still lingering
the falcons’ feathers flashing the sky
broad bridge between past and future
I – an infant born from a laved memory
I can touch the dark depth of a rose
until the blackness
opens and is set on fire.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Dorina Brândusa Landén was born in the Transylvanian city of Deva, Romania in 1958. Presently she is resident in Sweden. She has received the following awards: Romulus Guga’s Prose Competition, second prize, 1983, Lucian Blaga’s The National Poetry Festival Award, 1984, Ion D. Sîrbu Foundations Prize for Poetry in 2012 for the book Judecata apei (The Judgement of Water), poetry book in Romanian, DaniMar Publishing House, Romania. Poetry, prose and translations of Swedish poetry into Romanian have been published in a wide array of the Romanian literary magazines including: Romania literara (Romania literary), Luceafarul (The Star), Cronica (The Chronicle), Vatra (The Hearth), Orizont (Horizon), Tribuna (Tribune), Transilvania (Transylvania), SLAST, Vatra Veche (The Old Hearth) Euphorion, Ardealul literar (Transylvania literary) and Pro saeculum. In 1986 she had a reportage featured in in the collective volume: Journey from the springs (Calatorie spre izvoare), Eminescu Publishing House, Romania. Books: Vanzatorul de imagini (The Image Vendor), poetry book in Romanian, Calauza v.b. Publishing House, Romania (2010). Followed by La nord de sufletele voastre (North of your Souls), a poetry book in Romanian, Calauza v.b. Publishing House, Romania. (2011). Judecata apei (The Judgement of Water), poetry book in Romanian, DaniMar Publishing House, Romania. (2012). North of your Souls e-book, Ardiganbooks, UK (2012).
Last updated May 25, 2014