Refrain

One can live,
yes, one can live,
nearly.
One can eat and drink
yes, one can,
bite and bleed.

In between is winter,
in between too
is many a night.
Everything and everyone
is in between

One can wait, yes.
Nearly.

Tr. Germain Droogenbroodt

 

Winter

Men smoke sweet
pipes,
Snowmen
in winter.

Who is afraid
of a snowman,
who comes and stays
in winter?
And the heart, so sensitive
for snow
in winter!

Tr. Germain Droogenbroodt

 

(©) Maja Vidmar

Maja Vidmar was born 1961 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia . She currently lives in Ljubljana as a free lancer. So far she published three collections of poetry: “Distances of the Body” (Razdalje telesa, 1984), Ways of Binding (Nacin vezave, 1988), and At the Base (Ob vznozju, 1998). A anthology of her poetry was published in Austria by Verlag Droschl under the title “Liebhaftige Gedichte” and in Croatia titled “Akt”, 1999. A number of poems have been translated and published in various literary magazines. She has been invited at several international poetry festivals, such as the prestigious Struga Poetry Nights in Macedonia .