SILVANA DIMITRIEVSKA

 

 

May

 

I loved her in May.

Under the clear eye of the sky.

Among the meadows of my land.

Among the high mountains,

raised like breasts.

A spring wind filled our breath.

Springs ran down her ankles.

Wild flowers are smelling from her feet.

Spring rose with her breathing.

Up and down to the rhythm of the tapping

of my breezy dreams.

The veins in our bodies pulsate,

our palms are full of rosy kisses,

they blush at every touch of the sun’s rays.

The clear eye of the sky is blushing.

With blushing cheeks hides

and the sun behind the clouds.

She is hiding too, in the depths

behind my Adam’s apple.

That apple from which together

we created the world.

 

Shackles

 

I have freed the word from its shackles.

I have freed the language from the frames.

Let him breathe, let him live, let him love.

And when a song turned into a bird

I nailed my wings to the doorstep.

Someone needs to go inside,

feed the rooms, and

wipe off the dust.

Someone needs to go outside

and learn to fly.

 

SILVANA DIMITRIEVSKA

 

SILVANA DIMITRIEVSKA: She was born in 1981. in Skopje. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology 'Blaze Koneski' - Skopje at the Department of General and Comparative Literature in the Macedonian language, and later she also completed the One-Year School for Journalists at MIM (Macedonian Media Institute). She was the coordinator of the literary circle 'Mugri' and the editor of the poetry almanac of the same name. Silvana writes poetry, short prose, essays and haiku verses. She is the author of the anthology Angels with five wings, published as part of Struga evenings of poetry. She is the winner of the second and third 'Blaze Koneski' prize for a scientific essay. For her first collection of poetry, “You, who came out of a song”, she won the prestigious national award 'Atso Karamanov'. For her short story 'Butterfly Skirt' she won the first prize at the national competition 'I tell a photo 2021'. She is the winner of the third prize at the international poetry festival 'Vigil of Kokinski Mugri 2022' and the second prize at the same poetry festival for 2023. In 2023, she won the second prize at the international poetry festival for children's poetry 'Stihuvalki'. In 2023, at the international poetry festival 'Literary Sparks 2023', she was also the winner of the second prize, and at the same poetry festival in 2024, she was again the winner of the second prize. In 2023, she was declared one of the laureates of the prestigious 'Naji Naaman' world prize for poetry and was awarded the title of honorary member of the Academy of Culture of the same name in Lebanon. In 2023, she won the third prize for poetry at the international poetry festival 'Tafil Kelmendi' in Kosovo. In 2024, she was also the winner of the third prize at the international poetry festival 'Antevo slovo'. In 2024, she was announced as one of the winners of the prestique International Acadenic Award of Conttemporary Literature “Lucius Annaes Seneca” from Academy of Philosophical Arts and Science, Italy. Her poetry is translated in many languages, such as English, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Chinese and more.