“she prepares a romantic dinner…” by Yordanka Beleva

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The Season of Delicate Hungershe prepares a romantic dinner
do we need anything else he asks
should I go out for bread or wine

go take out the trash
she says and thinks
instead of bread or wine
one day he’ll come back

with two raw hearts for dinner

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

Yordanka Beleva was born on June 20th, 1977 in Tervel. She holds a degree in Bulgarian philology and library management from Kontantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. She is the author of three poetry books, most recently Her (2012), as well as a collection of stories. Yordanka has received various awards for her poetry, including first place in the Veselin Hanchev National Contest. She lives and writes in Sofia.

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