Submission by Kirila Cvetkovska

[Kirila Cvetkovska]

SUMMER HUES

The heat and the waves

and the burning light

burn a whole symphony

of sounds

scattered in my mind.

Each sound reminds me 

of a time

when our shoulders

touched the universe

just by touching

each other.

Each stroke of heatwave

gave us sunburns

burning

till moments of tiresome confession.

We conversed in silence looking at the sea.

Looking for new sounds

to scatter

in our minds.

Refined noise.

Stinking ground.

I only remember the smell.

Not the sound.

This poem is unpublished.

Biography:

Kirila Cvetkovska, Macedonian, Macedonia 1990, currently living in Macedonia.

I am Kirila Cvetkovska, a researcher  and artist from Macedonia. My research and art practice dwell on the themes of collective memory, reminiscence, loss and detachment, analyzing the cross-cultural values that encompass these issues and their manifestation. I am engaged in discovering the links between poetry, photography, history, art history and psychology, while generating a blend of empirical and artistic examination of the past and current social, as well as personal tensions we experience. My particular practice is a quest for nurturing creativity and original expression, meditating on the exchange of cultural values and liberating oneself from the restraints of consumerism.