I only want you all to know that I am a guest, answering a few questions on writing, here:
An indie adventure
If you'd like to check it and leave a comment, I'd be honored! I and my characters thank you in advance!And here is the dual version, English and Romanian, of my poem that led me to write
Shadows of the Past
Buy link:Amazon
ETERNITY
In the quiet
solitude
of a small, remote
convent,
Only prayers seem
alive
on the lips of
holy sisters.
Candles flicker in
their hands
like lost souls in
search of light,
And the yellowish,
faint glimmer
makes a halo’ round
their whispers.
Era is eternity.
Garments, litany
unchanged.
Just a film of
smoke on walls
clings mute
witness to new faces,
To the passing-by
of time,
deathlessness of
love and hope,
To this monolith
of faith
heaving over age
and spaces !
ETERNITATE
In tacerea solitara
a micutei abatii
Doar cuvintele de ruga
ale maicilor sunt vii.
Lumanarea palpainda,
suflet ratacit, damnat
Cautandu-si izbavirea
in
lacasu-ndepartat.
Slujba, straie, neschimbate.
Totul e ca in
trecut.
Si doar fumul de tamaie
pe pereti e martor mut,
Al atator vremuri scurse
peste-altarul de credinta,
A sperantei nemurire
Si-a iubirii biruinta.
Beautiful poem, Carmen. I can see why it inspired you. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, it's in fact my poem and later I thought it would make a nice story about Genevieve's fate. Thank you for checking my post!
DeleteLove love love that poem. So touching and moving. It gives me a sense of history and peace. I commented on your great guest post.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me happy to know you enjoyed my lines. It's one of my poems dear to me. All are, but this one is somehow special. Thanks for commenting here and on my guest post! I replied, too.
DeleteHave a great weekend!
That is beautiful, Carmen!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you find it beautiful. Thank you for checking my post, Sandra!
DeleteWhat a beautiful poem, Carmen. I can see where it would have inspired you to write Shadows of the Past. I'm hopping over to An Indie Adventure now to check out your interview. Fingers crossed that life settles down for you soon! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mae! I am glad you enjoyed reading the poem. You remember, of course, as you read Shadows of the Past, that I had the first lines as a motto in the novel.
DeleteThought provoking poem. I read this book and it is truly thought provoking and deep too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda, for checking my post! Your words on the poem and the novel are a comfort to me.
DeleteGreat post, thanks for doing the book hooks hop with me and other authors. Anita
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anita!
DeleteI'd have done it more often but I simply forgot and I still can't manage all the things asked for. I hope next time I do it better.
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DeleteInteresting poem. Tweeted.
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DeleteLove the poem and can see how it inspired the book! Tweeted!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rebecca!
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