“the only thing she owns is a dress…” by Yordanka Beleva

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The Season of Delicate Hungerthe only thing she owns is a dress
for all the days of the year

to distinguish holidays from work days
sometimes she puts on a brooch

during leap year she gets married
and the dresses become two

then every day of the year
she has doubts about the brooch

–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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