—Bogomil Gjuzel, Macedonia
With all the past's weight,
All history seems an epitaph,
Some other time or place,
and we might root in earth,
Straight up through the soil
The clay is cracked...
After such pasts
(trans. from the Macedonian by P.H. Liotta)
More can be learned about Macedonian poet Bogomil Gjuzel (pronounced Dzyuzel), author of the book, The Wolf at the Door, at www.point-editions.com/poets/bogomil.html and www.arcpublications.co.uk/writers/bogomil-gjuzel