Vesna Denčić
Vesna Denčić - born 30.11.1963 in Belgrade. Graduated in journalism from the Political Studies Department in Belgrade. Writes aphorisms, poems, haiku, prose,literary sketches, criticism, commentaries, etc.
Her previous publications are : “U društvu se ne šapuće” (1987), “Svet ne može propasti bez nas” (1996), “Put do pakla” (2001), “Inverzije” (2003),“Horizonti/Horyzonty” (bi-lingual, 2006,“Inverzije” (2007 edition), „Stradanje u ciklusima” (2007), „Plavi pogled” (2008), „Podijum / Podium” (bi-lingual-2008).
Has edited: “Iz dnevnika budueg luđaka”, Rade Petković, (2003 - a collection of literary heritage), “Stradija danas” (2003 - co author Vladimir Jovićević Jov), “Satirične priče 2003" (2004 - co author Đorđe Otašević), „Satirične priče 2008” (2009), „Dnevnik nepristajanja” (2009), „Satirične priče 2009” (2010).
Has translated: the poetry triptych „Tri dana kasnije”, by Włodzimierz Gąsiewski (2007- co-translator Olga Lalić-Krowicką)
Multi-media: CD Rom “Smeh do bola” (2003) and “Smeh do bola 2” (2005)
Her work has been published in over 40 anthologies of short stories, poetry and aphorisms, some of them translated into Polish, German, Russian, Bulgarian, English, French, Italian, Macedonian, Slovenian etc. She is co editor of many journals and newspapers.
Recipient of many prizes, the most important being: Radoje Domanović (2000), Satira Fest (2003), „Nosorog I reda” (2003), Đorđe Fišer (2004), Dragiša Kašiković (2005), honourable mention in the short story category from the literary journal “AKT” (2005), honourable mention in the international “Leopold Staff” poetry contest, Starahowice (2005), Milivoje Ilić (2006), Golden Stamp from the Cultural-Educational Community of Serbia (2007), III prize in the Akt competition for the shortest story (2007), nominated for the "Poet of the Year 2007" Award (USA), prize for haiku (Bulgaria, 2007), prize for spiritual poetry (2007).
Member of the Literary Association of Serbia.
Author of more than twenty websites, notably “Smeh do bola” (Aphorisms and everything about aphorisms) which has won many awards: www.aforizmi.dencic.com
She founded and is editor of the first Serbian satirical online magazine, “Etna” (www.etna.dencic.)
SKY BLUE CHINA
Paint me on china
it’ll be easier
to break me
smashing things is tiring.
Scattered into a thousand pieces...
a comic picture of irony.
Professionally made false teeth
fly overhead.
The Walkman deafens irony,
rubs out the world of stupidity
that you defend.
My eyes wander over the china
as over oil,
you stare at them from your stupid world.
Don’t touch my eyes!
They’re no longer sky-blue.
I can’t see what they are anymore.
***
LIKE A GUEST
I play
next to an empty beer can
my stomach clenches
under the weight
the souls of the lonely
experience
in extended form
the blessed waves of light
through the room a parade
of the unknown
the un-experienced
emptiness
in the hands
a temporary warming
of winter
ignoring the world
outside
myself
I invite myself
to visit.
***
WINGS
By the candle flame
Katja undoes her braid
Surrounding with shadow
the sleeping child,
who dreams
that he too is undoing a braid.
The child dreams.
He dreams that he walks
along the edge of the abyss
That he flies along a path of snow clouds
delicate
as the body of the girl
he met leaning to see
through the keyhole.
Clouds have breasts,
naughty curls,
belly button
and nimby knees
they drown
in one burning glance.
The child dreams.
***
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