Collected Poems of Vasko Popa

by Popa, Vasko

• ISBN13: 9780856462689
• ISBN10: 0856462683
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Born in 1955, Francis R. Jones lectures in linguistics at the University of Newcastle in England.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface	xix
Introduction	xxi
Translator's Preface	xxxi
Anne Pennington (1981)	xxxiii
BARK (1953)
Besieged Serenity
Acquaintance	3	(1)
Conversation	4	(1)
The Iron Apple Tree	5	(2)
Echo	7	(1)
Departure	8	(1)
Journey	9	(2)
Landscapes
In the Ashtray	11	(1)
In a Sigh	12	(1)
On the Table	13	(1)
In a Groan	14	(1)
On the Hatstand	15	(1)
In Forgetting	16	(1)
On the Wall	17	(1)
On the Hand	18	(1)
In a Smile	19	(2)
List
Duck	21	(1)
Horse	22	(1)
Donkey	23	(1)
Pig	24	(1)
Hen	25	(1)
Dandelion	26	(1)
Chestnut Tree	27	(1)
Creeper	28	(1)
Moss	29	(1)
Cactus	30	(1)
Potato	31	(1)
Chair	32	(1)
Plate	33	(1)
Paper	34	(1)
Quartz Pebble	35	(2)
Far Within Us
We raise our arms	37	(1)
Look here's that uninvited	38	(1)
Unquiet you walk	39	(1)
Green gloves rustle	40	(1)
The nights are running out of darkness	41	(1)
From the wrinkle between my brows	42	(1)
Toothed eyes fly	43	(1)
At the crossroads	44	(1)
Venomous green	45	(1)
How with these buttons of bronze	46	(1)
The house have turned out	47	(1)
Murky passages flow	48	(1)
The pillars supporting heaven crumble	49	(1)
If it were not for your eyes	50	(1)
The streets of your glances	51	(1)
You put a decent light on	52	(1)
I would sleep in the sea	53	(1)
I carry you	54	(1)
Our youth is in leaf	55	(1)
Birds drink living water	56	(1)
Your hands glow on the hearth	57	(1)
Our day is a green apple	58	(2)
Without your glances I am a river	60	(1)
I go	61	(1)
I am the yellow floor	62	(1)
In this morningless night	63	(1)
Between my palms	64	(1)
Beneath your eyelids	65	(1)
These are your lips	66	(1)
I peel the dusk from my body	67	(4)
UNREST-FIELD (1956)
Games
Before Play	71	(1)
The Nail	72	(1)
Hide-and-Seek	73	(1)
The Seducer	74	(1)
The Wedding	75	(1)
The Rose-Thieves	76	(1)
Between Games	77	(2)
He	79	(1)
The Seed	80	(1)
Leapfrog	81	(1)
The Hunter	82	(1)
Ashes	83	(1)
After Play	84	(1)
Bone to Bone
At the Beginning	85	(1)
After the Beginning	86	(1)
In the Sun	87	(1)
Underground	88	(1)
In the Moonlight	89	(1)
Before the End	90	(1)
At the End	91	(3)
Give Me Back My Rags
Just come to my mind	93	(1)
Give me back my rags	94	(1)
Listen you monster	95	(1)
I won't carry you pick-a-back	96	(1)
Get out of my walled infinity	97	(1)
You get harebrained puppets	98	(1)
Damn your root and blood and crown	99	(1)
What about my rags	100	(1)
And you want us to love one another	101	(1)
Flee monster	102	(1)
Black be your tongue black your noon black your hope	103	(1)
I've wiped your face off my face	104	(1)
Enough chattering violets enough sweet trash	105	(1)
Don't try your tricks monster	106	(1)
The Quartz Pebble
Quartz Pebble	107	(1)
The Heart of the Quartz Pebble	108	(1)
The Dream of the Quartz Pebble	109	(1)
The Love of the Quartz Pebble	110	(1)
The Adventure of the Quartz Pebble	111	(1)
The Secret of the Quartz Pebble	112	(1)
Two Quartz Pebbles	113	(4)
SECONDARY HEAVEN (1968)
Yawn of Yawns
The Star-Gazer's Legacy	117	(1)
A Forgetful Number	118	(1)
A Conceited Mistake	119	(1)
A Wise Triangle	120	(1)
Petrified Echoes	121	(1)
The Story of a Story	122	(1)
Yawn of Yawns	123	(2)
Signs
An Intruder	125	(1)
A Winged Pipe	126	(1)
An Obstinate Bundle	127	(1)
A Homeless Head	128	(1)
A Condemned Dagger	129	(1)
Burning Hands	130	(1)
The Last Rope	131	(2)
Dissension
A Crowned Apple	133	(1)
A Blue Noose	134	(1)
A High Path	135	(1)
Hardworking Threads	136	(1)
Foster Brood	137	(1)
Fertile Fire	138	(1)
Free Flight	139	(2)
Imitation of the Sun
Death of the Sun's Father	141	(1)
Blind Sun	142	(1)
Clash at the Zenith	143	(1)
Preparations for a Welcome	144	(1)
Midnight Sun	145	(1)
Foreign Sun	146	(1)
Imitation of the Sun	147	(2)
Schism
Gluttonous Smoke	149	(1)
A Cake of Ashes	150	(1)
An Extinguished Wheel	151	(1)
A Fireproof Spool	152	(1)
A Clot of Darkness	153	(1)
The Fiery Sunflower	154	(1)
An Incandescent Kiss	155	(2)
The Limetree in the Heart
The Song of Young Truth	157	(1)
A Dragon in the Womb	158	(1)
The Taming of the Dagger	159	(1)
A Fish in the Soul	160	(1)
The Suffering of the Golden Stool	161	(1)
A Dove in the Head	162	(1)
The Limetree in the Heart	163	(2)
Heaven's Ring
The Star-Gazer's Death	165	(1)
Heaven's Ring	166	(1)
Nothingness	167	(1)
Orphan Absence	168	(1)
The Shadow Maker	169	(1)
The Starry Snail	170	(1)
Fugitive Stars	171	(4)
EARTH ERECT (1972)
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage	175	(1)
Chelandarion	176	(1)
Kalenic	177	(1)
Zica	178	(1)
Sopocani	179	(1)
Manasija	180	(1)
Szentendre	181	(2)
St Sava's Spring
St Sava's Spring	183	(1)
The Life of St Sava	184	(1)
St Sava	185	(1)
St Sava's Pastoral Work	186	(1)
St Sava's Forge	187	(1)
St Sava's School	188	(1)
St Sava's Journey	189	(1)
St Sava at His Spring	190	(1)
The Blackbird's Field
The Blackbird's Field	191	(1)
Supper on the Blackbird's Field	192	(1)
The Blackbird's Song	193	(1)
The Battle on the Blackbird's Field	194	(1)
The Crowned One of the Blackbird's Field	195	(1)
The Warriors of the Blackbird's Field	196	(1)
The Blackbird's Mission	197	(2)
The Tower of Skulls
The Tower of Skulls	199	(1)
Initiation of Black George	200	(1)
Black George	201	(1)
Rose over Cegar	202	(1)
Dirge	203	(1)
The Death of Black George	204	(1)
Song of the Tower of Skulls	205	(2)
Return to Belgrade
Return to Belgrade	207	(1)
The Upper Fortress	208	(1)
Terazije	209	(1)
Apothecaries' Field	210	(1)
Fearless Tower	211	(1)
Great Lord Danube	212	(1)
Belgrade	213	(4)
WOLF SALT (1975)
The Worshipping of the Lame Wolf
Go back to your lair	217	(1)
I have prostrated myself before you	218	(1)
Accept my poor gifts	219	(1)
Turn your face on me	220	(1)
Lift the stone from your heart	221	(1)
Let me approach you	222	(1)
Go back to your lair	223	(2)
The Fiery She-Wolf
The she-wolf lies	225	(1)
They imprison the she-wolf	226	(1)
They catch the she-wolf in steel traps	227	(1)
The she-wolf bathes in the blue	228	(1)
The she-wolf rises on her hindlegs	229	(2)
Prayer to the Wolf Shepherd
We pray to you wolf shepherd	231	(1)
Beat us to death or accept us	232	(1)
Seize our father unfather	233	(1)
Break your staff in three	234	(1)
Don't leave us here alone	235	(2)
The Wolf Land
Father I cannot see our sunny land	237	(1)
My son I see our land asleep	238	(1)
Father I cannot see our beautiful land	239	(1)
My son I see our land crucified	240	(1)
Father I see the wolf	241	(1)
Through the wolf's ribs my son	242	(1)
Hymn to the Wolf Shepherd
Rejoice O wolf shepherd	243	(1)
We've wrenched ourselves out of our paws	244	(1)
Around us white-fleeced she-clouds	245	(1)
We fly to meet you	246	(1)
Rejoice O red shadow	247	(2)
The Lame Wolf's Tracks
On their shoulders the beaters carry	249	(1)
With his paws the lame wolf strokes the axe	250	(1)
On a burning gusle	251	(1)
On his back the lame wolf carries	252	(1)
The lame wolf walks the world	253	(2)
The Wolf Bastard
You bark	255	(1)
Without asking your leave	256	(1)
I go on a search for my true father	257	(1)
With hammer fist and head	258	(1)
From the brotherly constellation of Seven Sheepboys	259	(1)
Astride my head-wolf	260	(1)
You bark	261	(4)
RAW FLESH (1975)
Earthly Constellation	265	(1)
The Idol of Vrsac	266	(1)
Rejuvenated Waterfall	267	(1)
The Unknown Citizen	268	(1)
In the Village of My Forefathers	269	(1)
The Lost Red Boot	270	(1)
Time Swept Up	271	(1)
The Last Dance	272	(1)
Walking in a Circle	273	(1)
Unbroken Lesson	274	(1)
The Poet's Ladder	275	(1)
Imminent Return	276	(1)
Be Seeing You	277	(1)
Poetry Lesson	278	(1)
At the Sign of the Wolves	279	(1)
Not Quite Nice	280	(1)
The Game of Creation	281	(1)
Wolf Ancestry	282	(1)
Wolf Eyes	283	(1)
The Wolves' Foster-Father	284	(1)
The White Boat	285	(1)
Broken Horns	286	(1)
The Next World	287	(1)
Wolves' Tenderness	288	(1)
The Cherry Tree in the House of Death	289	(1)
Absolute Goal	290	(1)
Man's Job	291	(1)
Conversation with Poppies	292	(1)
Endless Youth	293	(1)
How Like the Family	294	(1)
Secret Joke	295	(1)
Wolf Shadow	296	(1)
Meeting with my Forefathers	297	(1)
Protector of the Corn	298	(1)
Heavenly Journey	299	(1)
The Chariot of Vrsac	300	(1)
Beautiful Nothingness	301	(4)
THE HOUSE IN THE HIGHROAD (1975)
Houseguard
I Defend	305	(2)
Letter to a Friend from Abroad	307	(1)
Stecak	308	(1)
Peace-Bearing Song	309	(1)
Belgrade Library	310	(1)
Novi Sad: New Orchard in Blossom	311	(2)
The Wall
Eye to eye with the wall	313	(1)
If I were lichen	314	(1)
Burn out grass	315	(1)
And you	316	(1)
Armed Goodness
The sky the sky is blue	317	(1)
In despair	318	(1)
Years years	319	(1)
The earth the earth is dumb	320	(1)
The Eyes of Sutjeska
Dog unspeakable dog	321	(1)
Sutjeska rises up to the cloud	322	(1)
Here all lights perish	323	(1)
Sutjeska began to flow towards her source	324	(1)
From our raw flesh the earth is born	325	(1)
Sutjeska thunders through our bones	326	(1)
The House in the Highroad
Our house stands in the middle of the highroad	327	(1)
Since then monsters have streamed out onto the highroad	328	(1)
Sky splits from earth now and then	329	(1)
The highroad goes on minding its own business	330	(1)
Weathercok
Black Migrations	331	(1)
The Poet's Monument Resurrected	332	(1)
The Red Brass Band	333	(1)
The Golden Horn	334	(1)
Wooing the Rocks	335	(2)
Notes on The House in the Highroad
Note on the Young Wood-Cutters	337	(1)
Note on the Terazije Gallows, 1941	337	(1)
Note on the Trowel	337	(1)
Note on the Stone	338	(1)
Note on the Earth	338	(3)
THE CUT (1981)
Breakfast in the Big City	341	(1)
Crazy Way Out	342	(1)
The House	343	(1)
The Poplar and the Passer-By	344	(1)
Harmony of Opposites	345	(1)
Declaration of Love	346	(1)
Swallow Language	347	(1)
Poetry Reading for the Gastarbeiters	348	(1)
Reading Fear Through	349	(1)
Legend of the Big City	350	(1)
Secret Post	351	(1)
Cape of Good Hope	352	(1)
Dispute about Dew	353	(1)
Bowl of Nourshing Snow	354	(1)
Street Monster	355	(1)
Dream Education	356	(1)
Building	357	(1)
The Beautiful God-Hater	358	(1)
A Critique of Poetry	359	(1)
Poem in View	360	(1)
Old Age in Leaf	361	(1)
Self-Managers	362	(1)
The Man's Four Wheels	363	(1)
The Fruits of Battle	364	(1)
High School of Love	365	(1)
United Apples	366	(1)
Respect for the Axle	367	(1)
Rastko Petrovic's Grave	368	(1)
Poet's Refuge	369	(1)
The Tall Silent Ones	370	(1)
The Betrothed of Death	371	(1)
The Origin of Love	372	(1)
Hand-Reading	373	(1)
Limetree Revenants	374	(1)
Trouble within Trouble	375	(1)
Advice and a Half	376	(1)
Big City Poem	377	(4)
from IRON GARDEN (unpublished)
The Little Box
The Little Box	381	(1)
The Little Box's Admirers	382	(1)
The Little Box's Workmen	383	(1)
The Little Box's Owners	384	(1)
The Little Box's Hirers	385	(1)
The Little Box's Enemies	386	(1)
The Little Box's Victims	387	(1)
The Little Box's Judges	388	(1)
The Little Box's Benefactors	389	(1)
The Little Box's Prisoners	390	(1)
Last News of the Little Box	391	(2)
Translator's Afterword	393	(4)
Notes on the Poems	397	(22)
A Guide to Serbo-Croat Pronunciation	419	(2)
Index of Titles	421