| Two Poems by Mile Ristovic | ||
| QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE View with eyes in the general sense Two ways of existing One in the East Another in the West One is birth Another is death One is going from circle to square Another from square to circle Between the tower aleph and the tower Omega Between the Athos and Kappadocia Between the male and female Between the cube and the sphere A perfect number The measure which describes The infinitely small Between two dreams
POET In the shape of ancient play He dreams trails for the people In the radiance of the rainbow He calls dreams for the bird He eavesdrops on the messages of the plants It continues all of the year Captured in childhood He points the future He forgives to the water and sun. On his palm he stirs up the fireplace. With love in his eyes He memorizes the beauty with poems _________________________________________________________________________ MILE RISTOVIC is the author of three books of poetry. He was born in Yugoslavia in 1953.
Ristovich graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics in Yugoslavia and has taught
Mathematics in High School for ten years. His poetry has appeared in many well-established
newspapers in Yugoslavia. Mile Ristovich received first place out of 315 poets in the 13th
Yugoslav poetry review Vukovi Lastari 1986. The review was held in
Trsic-Loznica,Yugoslavia. Ristovich's poems have appeared in several American anthologies,
including Windows of the World, In a Different Light, and Awaken
to a Dream. He is presently writing poetry and dramas in Martinsburg, West Virginia. http://www.beograd.com/iris/ |