Dejan Stojanović es un poeta serbio-estadounidense, escritor, ensayista, filósofo, empresario y ex periodista. Su poesía se caracteriza por un sistema reconocible de pensamientos[1] y recursos poéticos, cercano a la filosofía, con un tono muy reflexivo.[2] Según el crítico Petar V. Arbutina, "Stojanović pertenece a un pequeño círculo de poetas autóctonos que han sido la principal fuerza creativa y artística de la poesía serbia en las últimas décadas”.[3] Wikipedia
“Since nothing is absolute, there is no absolute silence, only an appearance of temporary peace.”
Silence Is the Universal Library http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21396/Silence_Is_the_Universal_Library_
From the poems written in English
“History will be erased in the universal purgatory.”
Don Quixote http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-quixote-6/
From the poems written in English
“New vandals will destroy what former vandals failed to abolish.”
”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
“He did not profess to anybody how to reach others without professing.”
“Dumbness,” p. 73
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “What After”
“To the knights of faith nobody believes.”
”The Thin Thread,” p. 64
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
“The world contained in a seed is determined by its program.”
“Blooming,” p. 35
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”
“There is no born lover, there is no born Don Juan, for we are all lovers.”
Lover http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lover-16/
From the poems written in English
“The world is always open, waiting to be discovered.”
“The Open Door,” p. 44
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”
“Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative.”
“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body.”
“Christ,” p. 106
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
Knowledge http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21394/Knowledge
From the poems written in English
“Pure Thought,” p. 90
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”
“It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.”
“The Day,” p. 57
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”
“The closer he moved, the farther it seemed still.”
“Derangement,” p. 13
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”
“With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference.”
"Mathematics," p. 29
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”
“A Deceit,” p. 29
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”
“Socrates,” p. 67
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“A Flash of Silence,” p. 109
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
“Why poetry, you ask? Because of life, I answer.”
Poetry and Life http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-and-life-2/
From the poems written in English
“We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.”
“Things,” p. 87
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”
“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”
“Nests,” p. 55
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”
“It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.”
Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/
From the poems written in English
“After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?”
“Tiredness,” p. 68
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.”
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity
From the poems written in English
“How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.”
“Thought,” p. 64
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
Star http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-23/
From the poems written in English
“He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door.”
End of the Labyrinth http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21391/End_of_the_Labyrinth
From the poems written in English
“It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.”
Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/
From the poems written in English
“A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.”
“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.”
"The Bell of the Shape," p. 35
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”
