Short Tristesse Poems

Tristesse fell in love with a Duke
The Duke thought their love was a fluke
But tonight at ten
All over again
They both fall in love with a spook!...

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Tristesse

Do you remember hazy days in Paris?
Mornings painted with rain
delicious sunshine dancing on wet streets
like warm tears
washed away now with your reflection
in the quiet certainty
of a June morning...

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cup me in some sweet condolences 
leave me dusted in saccharin 
after honey licks

there on your lips
autumn burst fruits
and
bruises

my blush of knowing
too much
my rush of tasting
enough
to be hooked on your liqueur 

lips. granulated resistance 
spent.
echo.
fullness empties,
echo.
post
coitus tristesse,
echo

sugar the fruits'
echo...

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my soul plunged into sadness
and this town becomes my cry
Belgrade in Paris
when I feel its beautiful avenue
singing the hymn to nostalgia
oh land of my youthfulness
my lovely Serbia

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mon âme plonge dans la tristesse
et cette ville devient mon cri
Belgrade à Paris
quand je sens sa belle avenue
en chantant l'hymne à nostalgie
oh pays de ma jeunesse
mon adorable Serbie...

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Listen to poem:

mes larmes coulent pour le mystère de la mort
la tristesse qui te hantait au creux du coeur
avec ce goût toujours amer de la vie sur les lèvres
mais enfin te voici affranchie

l’amant tant attendu arrivé
dans la nuit et ravie tu l’as suivi 
au-delà des ténèbres
l’âme déliée libérée



Translated from my poem DEATH CAME IN THE NIGHT

AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on May 15, 2021...

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from the collapse i gained
which i dont know why and how;
my shrinking entity-
whose lifetime had passed so undearingly-
had lost its prowess

and slowly.. 
almost momentarily like the break of dawn:
i shuddered
tears begun to fall-
pouring swiftly and unreprieving;

though camouflaged by the bath;
a cold and frisky flood..
surely i had known
made i hinder my secrets
and this damp room was my vault......

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