Полуфиналист в Mili Dueli 20

Резултати от полуфиналите

Резултатите от третия кръг на международния поетичен конкурс са вече факт.

Десет автора продължават директно на полуфиналите, а между тях съм и аз.
Благодаря на Nermin Delic, Andjela Turukalo и Danja Gašpar Đokić за възможността да продължа в този невероятен конкурс.

Ето и коментиратите на журито:

Valentin Popov, I loved it. It’s deep and emotional and touching. This author just gets better and better. This poem contains such powerful imagery, it has to leave a mark on the reader. Really well done.

Andjela Turukalo

VALENTIN POPOV when it comes to war issues, a man can’t be immune and run out of emotions … very nicely woven and I believe that in the Bulgarian language it sounds nicer, here the rhythm creaks a little, as if there are no spaces to calm emotions and start again like an avalanche

Dana Gaspar Dokic

A eто и стихотворението, което успя да ме класира на полуфинал:

VALENTIN POPOV 1979 BUL Sofia

PERSEIDE

Perseide lete dalje
i u stazama ostavljaju
neostvarene želje.
Ispred ukrštanja prolazi dijete,
držeći igračku,
želeći da se igra,
boso,
prljavo.
Osveta
trulog mesa
i propalog djetinjstva:
vojnik povlači obarač.
Slomljena igračka
leži na ulici,
bombama rastrgana.
Perseide lete dalje:
„Neka nađe cipele u raju“.
On pali cigaretu,
peku ga oči.
Dok ih trlja, misli na Perseide:
ostavile su mu želju, neispunjenu,
da čuje odgovor „Da!“.
Sad leži u vrućini,
znoji se,
pucajući na sve što vidi.
„Želim novu igračku“,
zavapi drugo dijete,
u drugom svijetu,
netaknuto ratom
Perseida.

THE PERSEIDS

The Perseids fly on by
and trails they leave
in the unfulfilled desires
in front of the crosshairs a child runs by
holding a toy
wanting to play
barefoot
dirty
wreaking
of rotten flesh
and a failed childhood
the soldier pulls the trigger
a broken toy
laying on the street
by bombs torn asunder
The perseids fly on by
“May it find shoes in Paradise”
he lights a cigarette
it stings his eyes
as he rubs them thinking of the Perseids
they left his wish unfulfilled
to hear the answer “Yes!”
now he lies in the heat
sweating
firing at everything in sight
“I want a new toy”
a different child cries out
in a different world
unscathed by the war
of the Perseids