Dejan Stojanović est un poète serbo-américain, écrivain, essayiste, philosophe, homme d'affaires et ancien journaliste. Sa poésie est caractérisée par un système de pensée et des procédés poétiques reconnaissables, en bordure de la philosophie, et, globalement, par un ton très réflexif. Selon le critique Petar V. Arbutina, « Stojanović appartient au petit cercle de poètes autochtones qui ont été la principale force créatrice et artistique de la poésie serbe au cours des dernières décennies.» Wikipedia
“Since nothing is absolute, there is no absolute silence, only an appearance of temporary peace.”
Silence Is the Universal Library http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21396/Silence_Is_the_Universal_Library_ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“History will be erased in the universal purgatory.”
Don Quixote http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-quixote-6/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“New vandals will destroy what former vandals failed to abolish.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre Circling: 1978-1987
”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
“He did not profess to anybody how to reach others without professing.”
“Dumbness,” p. 73
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “What After”
“To the knights of faith nobody believes.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre Circling: 1978-1987
”The Thin Thread,” p. 64
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
“The world contained in a seed is determined by its program.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre Circling: 1978-1987
“Blooming,” p. 35
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”
“There is no born lover, there is no born Don Juan, for we are all lovers.”
Lover http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lover-16/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“The world is always open, waiting to be discovered.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre Circling: 1978-1987
“The Open Door,” p. 44
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Grain”
“Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative.”
“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body.”
“Christ,” p. 106
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
Knowledge http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21394/Knowledge <br class="br">From the poems written in English
Dejan Stojanovic livre The Creator
“Pure Thought,” p. 90
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”
“It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre The Creator
“The Day,” p. 57
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”
“The closer he moved, the farther it seemed still.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre Circling: 1978-1987
“Derangement,” p. 13
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”
“With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference.”
"Mathematics," p. 29
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”
“A Deceit,” p. 29
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”
“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”
“Socrates,” p. 67
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“A Flash of Silence,” p. 109
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
“Why poetry, you ask? Because of life, I answer.”
Poetry and Life http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-and-life-2/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.”
“Things,” p. 87
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”
“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”
Dejan Stojanovic livre The Creator
“Nests,” p. 55
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”
“It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.”
Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?”
“Tiredness,” p. 68
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.”
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.”
“Thought,” p. 64
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
Star http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-23/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door.”
End of the Labyrinth http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21391/End_of_the_Labyrinth <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.”
Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.”
“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”
“In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.”
"The Bell of the Shape," p. 35
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”
