Poetryzine magazine presents the selected poems by the Croatian writer Nikola Simic Tonin
Search atoms on the edge of the world
Soil metaphysics
where you were born
it is determined by the degree
minute and second
latitude and longitude
You were born there
that's where you learned to speak
began to breathe
eat from that soil
drink water from that source
to bask in the sun
on that ground
search atoms
on the edge of the world
soil metaphysics
A clamp called man
Metaphysics of the soil
The place you were born
is determined by the degree
minute and second
latitude and longitude
you were born there
that's where you learned to speak
began to breathe
eat from that soil
drink water from that source
to bask in the sun
on that ground
search atoms
on the edge of the world
metaphysics of the soil.
A bond called man
Reading Ethan Allen
In the animal body revived
Natural heritage
The nature of evil
The nature of good
No preference
Arbitrarily edits
Selfish
Old
Mixture
Of all the beings
Of our age
In space,
In
Complete
Scale of
Beings
A bond called man
eventually miss
not be better
than he would be
that he never existed
Black Africa
In broad daylight
Stopped
By a black
Rubber
Baton
Black man.
At a
Threshold
Heavy chains
Chained doors
By
White cop,
White uniforms,
White as walls
Churches for whites.
- I came
to sweep the church -
He said.
- Get in, the black sweeper.
White cop,
Threatening him:
- Throw as much as you like,
but if I just catch you,
to pray inside.
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