Tag: literary

  • Poetry corner: August
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    Poetry corner: August

    poetry becomes the most difficult thing     when you are clutching tears like secrets close to your chest, not letting a drop fall in case it shatters your world. “to speak or to die” – we keep the phrase engraved in our veins, yet speaking in poetry becomes difficult when you have died a hundred…

  • Nothing good ever happens after 2 AM

    Nothing good ever happens after 2 AM

    I’m clutching the glass of water in my hands as if it’s going to shatter if I only squeeze a little harder. His gaze drills holes through me, as if he’s asking me why I am here. Why am I here at 04.22 AM when I should have downed two glasses of water at home,…

  • Poem: [library science]

    Poem: [library science]

    [library science]    te scriu  te citesc  viața ta e o carte necunoscută  ținută în lanțuri în sihăstrie  o jumătate de sărut ca o dragoste incompletă  aș fi vrut să îți scriu mai multe  să mă placi mai mult  dar, indiferent, rămân cu zâmbetul pe buze  acelea pe care nu le vei mai atinge   …

  • Girl with Peaches

    Girl with Peaches

    The story might start with me going to the nearest supermarket to buy something or just to clear my mind after a noisy office on a Thursday night. I had been working for several years as a clerk in a bank. The weather was surprisingly warm and pleasant for this time of the day. I…