Translation Tuesday: Introducing Three Young Poets from Romania and Moldova Bridges by Stela Brix, 2018 Cristina Discusar the wall and the windowrooms entering other roomsand maybe only your grey faceso weakjust like in herefights the boredomSaturdaya warm day in Januaryboats tied to a deck somewhereand we look perhapsonly at the little white statuethat looks so much likemy mum Translation: Cristina Discusar Toni Chira I didn’t even get to rejoice,When everybody else was already grasping the slope of excessI come back with consumerist poetry, with an inflatable hedgehog,Captive between my ribs,With a chaotic dance: hands-feet-hands,With the typhoon controlled from caravansAnd gas masks.The image of the girl with short hair.The pace at which we existed from morning till nightAnd afterwards.The insistence that found me greedy,Well stuck with my cheeks in a pillow. I’m back with the end-of-year celebrations,With the imaginary boy and the masses of peopleBursting into the banquet hall,With Duchamp’s urinal and his passion for nonconformism,With the perforated vest and the bullet found in his chest pocket. Translation: Andreea Popescu Simina Popescu Our children will grow From the soil on our faces.I lock the window, Then the head of a match Begins to burn like holy waterWhat about the leavesThat fall from your body?Shall I glue it like a spoonOn my foreheadAnd walk on my handsOnly to wipe juices from the pavements? Sometimes when I look at myself I can see a dog beggingFor a piece of bread. Translation: Natalie Nera About the Authors: Cristina Dicusar (1993) is a young poet from Chisinau, The Republic of Moldova. She published her first poems in the „Clipa” magazine and in a poetry collection: „Casa Verde”/„The Green House”. Now she is writing her PhD with a thesis on contemporary Romanian poetry. She read at various literary clubs: The “Vlad Ioviță” Workshop (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova), “Tram 26” (Romania), “Mihail Ursachi” House of Culture (Romania), Bar Behind the Curtains (Czech Republic), Prague Writers’ Club (Czech Republic), Beseda Castle, Švrček Theater, (Slovakia) etc. She is member of the “Vlad Ioviță” Creative Writing Workshop and of the “Republica” Cenacle. Toni Chira (2003) is a teenage talent from Bucharest, Romania. He has co-organised the TRILL Cenacle, the Online Poetry Marathon 2020 and SAD Festival. His poems have been published in the magazines Poesis International and Vatra. He is the winner of the Poetry Prize at the 2019 edition of the Young Writers’ Colloquia. Simina Popescu is a 19- year old poet and translator from Bucharest, Romania. She is a 12th-grade student at the National Bilingual College “George Coșbuc”. Currently, she is preparing for the University of Fine Arts. She took part in various literary activities such as a creative writing workshop lead by Ciprian Chirvasiu, which resulted in the publication of collective anthology (Grădina din mansardă/ “The Garden in the Attic”), that included some of her poems. Her poems have also appeared in “Actualitatea Literară”, e Czech literary periodical „Husitské Světlo”, the Slovak periodical „Holičské Noviny”. Also, she is also part of the international poetic project “Cadena Magica” coordinated by Olga Walló. Cristina Discusar reading in Prague, at the Prague Writers Club, January 2020 Simina Popescu reading at the Prague Writers Club, January 2020 Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices