Goran Čolakhodžić

A što ako ovaj grad

Language: croatian

Translations: german (Und was, wenn diese Stadt)

A što ako ovaj grad

A što ako ovaj grad
Što ako ulice nasilja
San ih je sazdao da budu dublje još ranjene, sada
su nazvane po neranjivoj slobodi
Apollinaireova. Nietzscheova

Mi tražimo stan
Zamisli, tražiti stan u gradu odraslijem i tvrđem od stvarnosti prije
nekoga konačnog okršaja, njuši se
Ulice su spremne za borbe
Mi smo odustali, ali u snu se stječemo
braniti dan

Maleno gnijezdo u uskom
klancu iza bolnice
Gol, naježen od jeseni, mislit ćeš
Dobro je i tamo nas možda nikad ne pronađu, prođu
pored mišje rupe kao u crtiću

A što ako ovaj grad
Što ako ulice predstoje
u neko duboko ranjeno doba nama, koji smo odustali
ali ćemo morati opet podići zastave
koje nemaju bliskosti, samo
krvava koplja

Tad u tom gašenju karata
stiskanju svih izbora

željet ću znati broj svjetala i sjena
koje preostaju svijetu

Najbolje jasnih na krhkoj topografiji
tvojega na ulicama
izgubljenog tijela

Goran Čolakhodžić

photo © Siniša Sunara

* 23.01.1990, Zagreb, Croatia
lives in: Zagreb, Croatia

Goran Čolakhodžić (Zagreb, 1990) is a poet and translator. He holds MA degrees in English and Romanian from the University of Zagreb. He translates poetry and prose from and into the three languages he feels himself at home with. Besides poetry, he has also written some prose (SFera Award 2018 for best speculative/SF short story).

Since 2016 he has been one of the Croatian representatives in the Versopolis International Poetry Platform. He edits electronic books and helps organize various poetry-related events in his home country. He is the author of the poetry books Na kraju taj vrt (Goran for Young Poets Prize 2015, Bridges of Struga Award 2017) and Pred gradom su kosci..

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