POETRY
I’m Putting a Lid on Dreams
—POEM by Ioana Ilieși
(Translated from Romanian)
I’m lost
Through the branches
of loneliness
And I feed
On the marrow of
silence;
I wallow
In the dance of
chess pieces
That play my fate.
I watch inert
As the albatrosses
of hope
Are sucking the
tears of patience
From the weary
body
Of time.
I put a hood on
dreams
And hold them in
check,
So they don’t
drink
From foreign
springs
That flow
enticingly,
Accompanying the
meanders of life
That make their
way
To nowhere.
In the limbo of uncertainty
Meaningless
syllables break,
Spiced with the
glimmer of peaks,
Hymns numb with waiting.
I kneel
On the carpet of
the blinks
And burn my
silences,
Sipping from the
fountains of thoughts,
Drained
of illusions.
….
(Self-translation from ROMANIAN)
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Ioana Ilieși
Born in Prundu Bârgăului, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania, Ioana Ilieși is a primary school teacher at “Radu Petrescu” Theoretical High School in Prundu Bârgăului, Bistrița-Năsăud.
Ioana Ilieși is the author of the following volumes of Poetry: “Ț𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮ă𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘢–𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘵“ (I Keep Spring in my Heart), Solon Publishing House, May 20, 2021; “𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘪” (Exile of the Soul), a bilingual volume in Romanian and Albanian, translated by Baki Ymeri, Solon Publishing House, 2021; “𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘪” (The Magic of the Violin), launched on June 24, 2022, in Bistrița, Solon Publishing House; “𝘛ă𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮ă𝘳𝘪” (Secret Calls), published by the European Writers’ Publishing House, Buzău, launched on December 2, 2023, in Iași. Ioana Ilieși has also published a collection of stories, riddles, and poems for children, parents, and grandparents: “𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵. 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦ș𝘵𝘪, 𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪, 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪, 𝘱ă𝘳𝘪𝘯ț𝘪, 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪“(The Enchanted Pen — Stories, riddles, poems for kids, parents, grandparents) launched on June 24, 2022, in Bistrița, Solon Publishing House.
During the last two years Ioana Ilieși won major awards: Third Place at the International Literature Competition “𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘳“(Golden Feather), First Edition, Balchik, Bulgaria, September 24, 2022; Fourth Place at the 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 in Italy, in the prose section, for the children’s story “𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵“(The Magic Pen), from the volume of the same name, Naples, 2022; Olympic Champion — Poetry, First Prize at the 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘥, with the award ceremony held on November 5, 2022, in Predeal, Romania; Grand Prize at the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴, organized in 2022 by Milica Paulus and the World Poets’ Association.
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