POETRY
Mirror of Truth
βPOEM by Radmila StojadinoviΔ
(Translated from Serbian by Jovana StojadinoviΔ)
I strip illusions like a tattered cloak,
Beneath themβthe world, raw, imperfect.
The sun does not judge the shadows,
Nor does the river ask the stone why it stays.
The lines on a face are not wounds,
But maps of roads once traveled.
A flower does not bloom to be beautiful,
But because it knows no other way,
Truth is like the windβ
Invisible, yet felt when it moves you.
Wisdom is not in shaping the world to fit a dream,
But in walking its paths as they areβ
Barefoot, eyes wide open.
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(Translated fromΒ SERBIAN by Jovana StojadinoviΔ)
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Radmila Stojadinov
Radmila StojadinoviΔ, born in 1970, PoΕΎarevac, Serbia, is a versatile author of poetry, short stories, novellas, and satire. She has published two novels in 2023 and in 2024. Β Her work appears in both literary journals and international anthologies. She is a recipient of numerous literary awards, and her writings have been translated into several languages. She currently lives and writes in PoΕΎarevac, Srbia.
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Jovana StojadinoviΔ
Jovana StojadinoviΔ was born in 1997 in PoΕΎarevac. She completed her Masterβs degree in Psychology and is currently finishing her studies at the Faculty of Psychotherapy. She lives in Serbia.
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