In the Castle of My Forgetfulness…

This evening, aaduna, Inc. will host its 4^th annual fundraiser, and needless to say, this initiative inadvertently side-stepped, skipped over, collided with other critical issues.  I had been advised to not take on too many projects but my interest in promoting artists, and providing a platform superseded that advice.  Maybe I was wrong.  Maybe I filled the plate thinking I could handle the amount even as it slipped into a downward spiral. I will continue to learn from all my experiences. 

So to this posting’s featured poet, I apologize for the delay after an earlier delay.  And the subtle brilliance of your words tell us that so much can be said and shared with so little conversation.

Thank you Margarita. Experience her words. Here is Serafimova.

The sky was like that this morning –

the sea was like an old photograph,

grey, smooth, with slender ripples,

and an eternal boat in it.

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On this cloudy day, the waves, seen from high above,

had dark curves, shadows of a stirring light,

like Dodecanesian black eye contour of a desired man.

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In the midst of the sea, we are discussing

existence’s options.

It doesn’t have many options.

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Margarita Serafimova (photo provided)

Margarita Serafimova was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2017. She has two collections in the Bulgarian: "Animals and Other Gods" (2016), "Demons and World" (2017). Her work appears in Agenda Poetry, London Grip New Poetry, Trafika Europe, European Literature Network, The Journal, A-Minor, Waxwing, Nixes Mate Review, StepAway, Ink, Sweat and Tears, HeadStuff, Minor Literatures, The Writing Disorder, The Birds We Piled Loosely, Noble/ Gas Quarterly, miller’s pond, Obra/ Artifact, TAYO, Shot Glass Journal Poetic Diversity, Pure Slush, Harbinger Asylum, Punch, Tuck, Futures Trading, Ginosko, Red Wolf, Window/ Patient Sounds, SurVision, Peacock Journal, Anti-Heroin Chic, Wild Word, Plum Tree Tavern, Oddball, Apricity, In Between Hangovers, MockingHeart, Renegade Rant and Rave, Tales From The Forest, Misty Mountain, Pocket Change, Cent, Chachalaca Review, Heavy Athletics, Quail Bell Magazine, and many other places. Some of her work: https://www.facebook.com/MargaritaISerafimova/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

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