JETON KELMENDI

JETON KELMENDI

THE WORD CROSSED THE SILENCE

I am accustomed yesterday

To speak a little

I am full with the respiration of sadness

In the most remote areas

Of your eyes

Since long ago I begun to arrive

From you

To speak silently to you

To confess in you

For you

And for me

Yesterday I thought

To say to you

That you are

The bread of the verses

The water of the word

Me for you

The most sung song

Of all ages

Yesterday I wanted to be quiet

To talk a little

To become a shadow

To cover the Sun light

I wanted

To trespass

All maliciousness of

The whole humanity

Yesterday I saw

How I can be discovered again

From you

How can I

Be found again

From you

Early or later

Yesterday

I have struggled

To become happy most of the time.

FOR THE GLASS OF WORRY

Man, drink

Your glass

The red wine of her

Worry

Drink it all

Finish it

And don’t

Leave the verses

Drops

Which are written in solitude

Neither like this,

Not drunk you are not a person

NUDO

With no one I would change

The language

But today with you I will change it

One hour

Two

Three

Until it touches the end of the word

I would say everything

In a nude fashion

Just like the first kiss

You are cold looking through my eyes

Nudo

I would never change you with anything.

JETON KELMENDI

JETON KELMENDI: Poet, player, publicist, translator, publisher and a professor of university and academic.  Born in the city of Peja, Kosovo (1978), Jeton Kelmendi completed elementary school in his birth place. Later he continued his studies at the University of Pristina and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Mass communication. He completed his graduate studies at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, specializing in International and Security Studies. He finished his second master degree in diplomacy. Kelmendi did a PhD in the “Influence of media in EU Political Security Issues”. He is professor at AAB University College. He is active member of the European Academy of Science and Arts in Salzburg Austria. For many years he has written poetry, prose, essays and short stories. He is a regular contributor to many newspapers, in Albania and abroad, writing on many cultural and political topics, especially concerning international affairs. Jeton Kelmendi became well known in Kosova, after the publication of his first book entitled: “The Century of Promises” (“Shekulli i Premtimeve”), published in 1999.  Later he published a number of other books. His poems are translated in more that twenty-seven languages and published in several international Literature Anthologies. He is the most translated Albanian Poet and well known in Europe. According to a number of literary critics, Kelmendi is the genuine representative of modern Albanian poetry. International critics and poets wrote for him a lot of article, considering him as great European poet. He is a member of many international poetry clubs and is a contributor to many literary and cultural magazines, especially in English, French and Romanian Languages. The wisdom of his work in the field of Literature is based in the attention that he pays to the poetic expression, modern exploration of the text and the depth of the message.  His Genre is focused more on love lyrics and elliptical verse intertwined with metaphors and artistic symbolism. Currently resides and works in Brussels, Belgium and in Pristina, Kosovo.