Poem
Vlado Martek
Pre-poetry (1978–1984)
*you can wander through language
endlessly.
To have an attitude means to offer
a model: the pre-poem and its content
fulfil/carry conditions, attitudes,
materials, tools, backgrounds with its
meanings.
*
Every grasping
of a pen in hand
is an act of honesty
*
I withdraw myself from all
poems, ready to be responsible
for the future poem, created
through work on poetry
*
Preparation is a poem
is a pre-poem
*
three freedoms freedoms
freedoms
*
I change my opinion
about poetry
three times every year
*
one poet
minus one poet
equals zero poets
*
one two three four
five six seven eight
nine ten eleven
twelve thirteen
fourteen fifteen
sixteen seventeen
eighteen words in poem
*
in Croatia there are
121 old poets
and 239 young poets
*
three hundred metaphors divided
by eighteen poets equals
twenty metaphors and one poet
*
three to five subjects
plus five subjects
equals eight to
ten subjects
*
23rd torment
*
it’s a pity
everything is
poetry
*
here lies a naked word
written
only with hand and machine,
I have not created
a future for it
*
state, I’ll disfigure
you with poetry
*
I renounce
metaphor
*
if I were a poem
I would be a bird
*
I stand for poetry
and you only write it
© Translation: 2012, Miloš Djurdjević
Predpoezija (1978–1984)
Predpoezija (1978–1984)
*tumarati se jezikom može
bez kraja.
Zauzeti stav znači ponuditi
predpjesmu čiji sadržaj
ispunjavaju/nose uvjeti, stavovi,
materijali, alati, podloge svojim
značenjima.
*
Svako uzimanje
pisaljke u ruku
čin je poštenja
*
Povlačim se iz svih
pjesama, da bih bio odgovoran
za buduću pjesmu, načinjenu
u radu na poeziji
*
Priprema je pjesma
je predpjesma
*
tri slobode slobode
slobode
*
ja tri puta godišnje
mijenjam mišljenje
o poeziji
*
jedan pjesnik
manje jedan pjesnik
jednako ništa pjesnika
*
jedna dvije tri četiri
pet šest sedam osam
devet deset jedanaest
dvanaest trinaest
četrnaest petnaest
šesnaest sedamnaest
osamnaest riječi pjesme
*
u Hrvatskoj ima
121 stari pjesnik
i 239 mladih pjesnika
*
tristo šezdeset metafora podijeljeno
sa osamnaest pjesnika jednako
dvadeset metafora i jedan pjesnik
*
tri do pet sadržaja
plus pet sadržaja
jednako osam do
deset sadržaja
*
23. patnja
*
šteta
što je poezija
sve
*
ovdje počiva gola riječ
samo rukom i mašinom
zapisana,
ja joj ne izmislih
budućnost
*
državo, unakazit
ću te poezijom
*
odričem se
metafore
*
da sam pjesma
bio bih ptica
*
ja se zalažem za poeziju
a vi je samo pišete
© 2001, Vlado Martek
From: Volim čitati poeziju
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
From: Volim čitati poeziju
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
Poems
Poems of Vlado Martek
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Pre-poetry (1978–1984)
*you can wander through language
endlessly.
To have an attitude means to offer
a model: the pre-poem and its content
fulfil/carry conditions, attitudes,
materials, tools, backgrounds with its
meanings.
*
Every grasping
of a pen in hand
is an act of honesty
*
I withdraw myself from all
poems, ready to be responsible
for the future poem, created
through work on poetry
*
Preparation is a poem
is a pre-poem
*
three freedoms freedoms
freedoms
*
I change my opinion
about poetry
three times every year
*
one poet
minus one poet
equals zero poets
*
one two three four
five six seven eight
nine ten eleven
twelve thirteen
fourteen fifteen
sixteen seventeen
eighteen words in poem
*
in Croatia there are
121 old poets
and 239 young poets
*
three hundred metaphors divided
by eighteen poets equals
twenty metaphors and one poet
*
three to five subjects
plus five subjects
equals eight to
ten subjects
*
23rd torment
*
it’s a pity
everything is
poetry
*
here lies a naked word
written
only with hand and machine,
I have not created
a future for it
*
state, I’ll disfigure
you with poetry
*
I renounce
metaphor
*
if I were a poem
I would be a bird
*
I stand for poetry
and you only write it
© 2012, Miloš Djurdjević
From: Volim čitati poeziju
From: Volim čitati poeziju
Pre-poetry (1978–1984)
*you can wander through language
endlessly.
To have an attitude means to offer
a model: the pre-poem and its content
fulfil/carry conditions, attitudes,
materials, tools, backgrounds with its
meanings.
*
Every grasping
of a pen in hand
is an act of honesty
*
I withdraw myself from all
poems, ready to be responsible
for the future poem, created
through work on poetry
*
Preparation is a poem
is a pre-poem
*
three freedoms freedoms
freedoms
*
I change my opinion
about poetry
three times every year
*
one poet
minus one poet
equals zero poets
*
one two three four
five six seven eight
nine ten eleven
twelve thirteen
fourteen fifteen
sixteen seventeen
eighteen words in poem
*
in Croatia there are
121 old poets
and 239 young poets
*
three hundred metaphors divided
by eighteen poets equals
twenty metaphors and one poet
*
three to five subjects
plus five subjects
equals eight to
ten subjects
*
23rd torment
*
it’s a pity
everything is
poetry
*
here lies a naked word
written
only with hand and machine,
I have not created
a future for it
*
state, I’ll disfigure
you with poetry
*
I renounce
metaphor
*
if I were a poem
I would be a bird
*
I stand for poetry
and you only write it
© 2012, Miloš Djurdjević
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