Temistocle Popa Quotes

We are who we are. ~ Mihai Emilian Popa

Race

Some bite from the others
A leg an arm or whatever

Take it between their teeth
Run out as fast as they can
Cover it up with earth

The others scatter everywhere
Sniff look sniff look
Dig up the whole earth

If they are lucky and find an arm
Or leg or whatever
It's their turn to bite

The game continues at a lively pace

As long as there are arms
As long as there are legs
As long as there is anything ~ Vasko Popa

Shut one eye then the other
Peek into every corner of yourself
See that there are no nails no thieves
See that there are no cuckoo's eggs

Shut then the other eye
Squat and jump
Jump high high high
On top of yourself

Fall then with all your weight
Fall for days on end deep deep deep
To the bottom of your abyss

Who doesn't break into pieces
Who remains whole gets up whole
Plays ~ Vasko Popa

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. ~ Gabriela Popa

Don't let sleep overtake you; the world's awake within you. ~ Vasko Popa

the streets of your glances have no ending
the swallows from your eyes donot migrate south
in the heaven of your words the sun doesnot set ~ Vasko Popa

in his lovely eyes
sorrow has closed
into a circle
for the road has no ending
and he must drag behind him
the whole world ~ Vasko Popa

Lies lies lies lies everything is a lie. I wonder if she knew that everything is a lie...because a lie covers life like a blanket in a cold winter day. When you are in need, it helps you. But when it disappears, everything is cold once more. And you suffer, miss the warmth and tend to seek for it over and over again. It is like a drug, actually. You can never have enough but when it doesn't have the same effect anymore, it becomes too much and you die. ~ Irina Popa

Poets have the gift to speak for others, Vasko Popa had the very rare quality of hearing the others. ~ Octavio Paz

and you want us to love one another
you can shape me from my ashes
from the debris of my guffawing
from my leftover tedium
you can gorgeous
you can seize me by the hair of forgetting
embrace my night in an empty shirt
kiss my echo
well you dont know how to love ~ Vasko Popa

I've forged you into stars
Under the vault of my skull ~ Vasko Popa