Dejan Stojanović is a Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His poetry is characterized by a recognizable system of thought and poetic devices, bordering on philosophy, and, overall, it has a highly reflective tone. According to the critic Petar V. Arbutina, "Stojanović belongs to the small and autochthonous circle of poets who have been the main creative and artistic force of the Serbian poetry in the last several decades." 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_
From the poems written in English
“History will be erased in the universal purgatory.”
Don Quixote http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-quixote-6/
From the poems written in English
“New vandals will destroy what former vandals failed to abolish.”
”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.”
”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.”
“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/
From the poems written in English
“The world is always open, waiting to be discovered.”
“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
From the poems written in English
“Pure Thought,” p. 90
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”
“It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.”
“The Day,” p. 57
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”
“The closer he moved, the farther it seemed still.”
“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/
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.”
“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/
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
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/
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
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/
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”
