The blue eyes
screaming in silence
and disobedience
the lips
the upper of which reveals itself
only in a smile
thick and exciting
like a scar from childhood
the groove between the breasts
the truest home
the palms the neck the thighs
pressing my pulse
nobody is irreplaceable
not even I.
-Emanuil Vidinski
translated from the Bulgarian
by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
The Season of Delicate Hunger (Accents Publishing 2014)
Emanuil Vidinski was born on June 27th, 1978 in Vidin. He holds a degree in Slavic and Germanic studies from St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia. He is the author of a short story collection, a novel and a poetry collection, Par Avion (2011). Emanuil is the creator and editor of the World Novels series for Altera Press. He was an editor in the Bulgarian department of Deutsche Welle radio in Germany from 2008 to 2012. He currently lives and works in Sofia.