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Vasile Baghiu —
Poet, Piatra Neamt, Romania
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Vasile
Baghiu (b. 1965) is a Romanian writer, author of six books of
poetry, a collection of short stories and a novel published in his
country. He has been awarded a few “writers-in-residence” grants, in
Germany, Austria, Scotland and Switzerland. Some of his poems
written in English can be read in “Poetic Diversity”, “The Blue
House”, “Subtle Tea”, “Magma Poetry” and “Southern Ocean Review”.
Co-author of “Transatlantic Crossings: The Constant Language of
Poetry,” a poetry book released in 2006 by TJMF Publishing. Vasile
lives with his family in Romania, working in the education for
health field and completing his studies in psychology. |
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Under Wave
It is as if I
were ill,
feverish, lonely,
abroad.
I do not share
myself between
me and my own person.
The world swishes
inside;
and the heart,
agreeing secretly with the brain,
makes waves to show I am still alive.
Despite the
smile,
I am not on the wave --
quite under it.
Maybe I am in
vacation
and try to take advantage of
the good weather.
Striving to be at
least
a part of what I will never be,
I dare not venture too deep
but splash a bit with the oars here,
where I suppose the shore is nearby
helping me feel safe.
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Numbers
At Kunstmuseum in
Bern,
I consciously wrote - like
students do in their note-books -
the years between which
the artists lived.
So close to the
city,
Paul Klee lived
from 1879 until 1940.
Picasso had also
two numbers
immediately after
his name: 1881-1973.
Further on, on
the labels
of the two paintings of Modigliani
it could be read: 1884-1920.
Beside Dali’s
“Collosus of Rhodos”,
a whole life was placed
between1904 and 1989.
To no comparison,
while writing, I thought
there would be a label for me, too,
some time, somewhere,
in a future.
Later, in the
train, watching
through window,
still I saw the empty place
next to 1965,
my birth year.
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