I see the child
arranges the crumbs on the table
look flower look sun

places the crumbs in her hand
her hand in my hand

-Daniela Mihaleva,
translated from the Bulgarian
by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
The Season of Delicate Hunger:
Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry
(Accents Publishing)

Daniela Mihaleva was born on October 29th, 1971 in Varna. She holds a degree in education. She likes to draw and write poetry and short fiction. Her work has received several literary awards, and her debut poetry collection, A Positive, won the Ars Press first book contest in 2009. Daniela lives and writes in Pleven.