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Category: Poetry

Ici, là, nulle part / suite – extraits

Valery March 30, 2025

as Published in La Page Blanche Six Poèmes extraits du recueil “Ici, là, nulle part” de Valery Oisteanu(traductions de G&J) Air asphyxiant Anti-poème Une poétique anarchie jaillit des cheminéesLa gravité

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Itaca, Anul XI Nr. 42

Valery October 8, 2023October 8, 2023

Dublin, IrelandApril-June, 2023 Sunflowers of Bucha The sun is bursting with gunfire across the UkraineLooking at Stash’s photos fro the front lineHuge yellow flowers blossom on abandoned tanksGrowing over and

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The Dark Sun of War

Valery October 8, 2023November 9, 2024

The rain falls over the ruins of BahmutTanks, with Z painted on them, burn in the fieldsSilence is a luxury during these battlesWhere every artillery shell equals a casualtyYesterday’s hardened

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The Cafe Review

Valery July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Volume 33, Summer 2022 The Peace Enigma of Stillness Herds of trees stumble out in the distanceWailing in a low undertoneSome falling towards the skyBurning with the speed of an

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Lost & Found

Valery April 24, 2022April 24, 2022

A chandelier of clouds twists over the mountainsSignaling the launch of the morningBut that will not end my dreamsWhich refuse to stop the apocalyptic nightmareThe invisible reality lies undetected by

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Itaca Online Romanian Diaspora

Valery April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

English Corner The Peace Enigma of Stillness Herds of trees stumble out in the distanceWailing in a low undertoneSome falling towards the skyBurning with the speed of an invasionHow hard

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Rent My Shadow

Valery April 3, 2022April 3, 2022

published in current online issue of tribes.org. Once I had a liquid shadow, kept it in a jarBut I know it hid in a black box at night And in the

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2 Poems in North Gates Magazine

Valery February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

Rent My Shadow Once I had a liquid shaw, kept it in a jarBut I know it hid in a black box at nightAnd in the morning stained my curtains

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The Endgame

Valery February 20, 2022February 20, 2022

French TranslationTranslation by Gilles&John Le Jeu Final Quand il n’y a pas assez de temps pour rêverQuand la toute dernière note est jouéeQuand les musiciens ont quitté la fêteQuand les

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Speechless Poetry for the People

Valery July 25, 2021July 25, 2021

Wandering downtown, apocalypticallyAlong the river, bikers swish consecutivelyLonely insanity, beacons so sweet, so saltyFrom a savage shore with Vivaldi on my lipsMy eyelashes blink at the bottom of the riverTraveling

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