Category: Poetry

Poetry
Summer’s End by Yuliya Musakovska

This poem asks us to remember and savour our summer of good friends and bad poems as, with a hopeful heart, we press on into the rain and grey mist.

Poetry
For My Good by Csenger Kertai

Storm, flood and overflowing river: Csenger Kertai talks about love in his poem with strong, impressionistic images.

Poetry
Maypole by Csenger Kertai

In this impressionistic love poem by Csenger Kertai, the confession of a lover intermingles with the image of the Maypole.

Poetry
The Home for Crazy Girls by Márta Júlia Nagy

In Márta Júlia Nagy’s poem, a home for beautiful crazy girls lies rotting as if from a modern nightmare or a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.

Poetry
Osmosis by János Marno

The Hungarian poet János Marno considers the bright optimism of the ageing Jorge Luis Borges in the face of death, and a new life in Buenos Aires.

Poetry
The Cat by Petr Hruška

A poetry of unrest and hidden dangers in everyday life, which confronts readers with a world seemingly familiar, and yet surprising in its reality.

Poetry
Advice to a Young Poem by Oksana Maksymchuk

In this advice to a young poem, the speaker praises the resilience and healing qualities of mysterious, elusive, and almost shapeless poetry.

Poetry
“i :says Marina: am a refugee-person” by Iya Kiva

In this poem by Ukrainian poet Iya Kiva, a “refugee-person” offers a self-definition that is as violent and sorrowful, as it is defiant and elusive.

Poetry
Three Poems by Ewa Lipska

Three short, brilliant poem by Polish poet Ewa Lipska.