Udovič Jože:
Black Regions
A region where the air
still smells
of burnt sacrifices.
I hang
funeral wreaths
above it
on every cloud.
A region where
weapons of death
have ravaged meadows
hugging stone.
Above it I unfurl
a fabric of verse,
weave memory
and the smoldering dark
together.
A region where betrayal
has forged its knives.
I sprinkle it with dew,
cover it with ashes,
and bound,
pitch headlong in.
Jože Udovič
(1912-1962) A poet, writer, essayist and translator. He studied Slovenian language in Maribor. During WWII he was expelled from Slovenia and in 1943 he joined the partisan resistance. After the war he worked as a free-lance writer. His lyrical writing was under the influence of the modernist European poets he translated. Udovič was one of the first poets to introduce surrealist technique into Slovenian letters, tempering it with meditations on the beautifully mysterious forces of nature. In addition to five comprehensive collections of poems, Udovič published a number of essays and some novellas. Udovič was one of the best contemporary translators, rendering into Slovenian the works of Joyce, Kafka, Lorca and Neruda. In 1962 he won the Prešeren Prize for lifetime achievement.By the same author
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