{"id":5258,"date":"2016-05-19T19:45:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T19:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2016-05-19T19:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T19:47:59","slug":"japanese-spirit-a-poem-by-tatjana-debeljacki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/japanese-spirit-a-poem-by-tatjana-debeljacki\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Spirit. A Poem by Tatjana Debelja\u010dki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/p>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0Forest Spirit is the master of woods and beasts, the shepherd whose stock\r\n consists of deer, roes and rabbits, which are looked after by wolves or lynxes.\r\n His cheeks are blue, his eyes are green, and his beard is long and green.\r\n Sometimes he covers himself with furs, and some of the legends depict him\r\n as wearing a mask and having horns. His left shoe is always on his right foot,\r\n he buckles his sheepskin on the wrong side. He does not have a shadow, his\r\n blood is blue. He is looking at something else. I don\u2019t know what. Maybe soul?\r\n His look is blunt and his pupils are small. I kissed him in the neck, exactly the\r\n place where the Adam\u2019s Apple is.\r\n \u00a0\r\n * * *\r\n \u00a0\r\n                          If you were living just across and if I were a tree\r\n                          In that yard,\r\n                          I\u2019d delight you with fruit,\r\n                          I\u2019ll be watered with your glimpse,\r\n                          just look at me in ardor,<\/pre>\n<pre>I\u2019d bear the sweetest fruit for\u00a0 <strong>YOU<\/strong>.<\/pre>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki-300x291.png\" alt=\"Tatjana Debelja\u010dki,\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki-100x97.png 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki-150x146.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki-200x194.png 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tatjana-Debelja\u010dki.png 334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTatjana Debelja\u010dki, born on 23.04.1967 in U\u017eice. Writes poetry, short stories, stories and haiku. Member of Association of Writers of Serbia &#8211; UKS since 2004 and Haiku Society of Serbia &#8211; HDS Serbia, HUSCG \u2013 Montenegro and HDPR, Croatia. A member of Writers\u2019 Association Poeta, Belgrade since 2008, member of Croatian Writers\u2019 Association- HKD Croatia since 2009 and a member of Poetry Society \u2018Antun Ivano\u0161i\u0107\u2019 Osijek since 2011, and a member of \u201cWorld Haiku Association\u201c \u2013 2011, Japan. Union of Yugoslav Writers in Homeland and Immigration \u2013 Belgrade, Literary Club Yesenin Belgrade. Member of Writers\u2019 Club \u201cMiroslav \u2013 Mika Anti\u0107\u201d \u2013 In\u0111ija 2013, Writers\u2019 Association \u201cBranko Miljkovi\u0107\u201c \u2013 Ni\u0161 2014, and a member of Japan Universal Poets Association (JUNPA). 2013. \u201cPoetic Bridge: AMA-HASHI (\u5929\u6a4b\uff09 Up to now, she has published four collections of poetry: \u201cA HOUSE MADE OF GLASS \u201c, published by ART \u2013 U\u017eice in 1996; collection of poems \u201cYOURS\u201c, published by Narodna knjiga Belgrade in 2003; collection of haiku poetry \u201cVOLCANO\u201d, published by Lotos from Valjevo in 2004. A CD book \u201cA HOUSE MADE OF GLASS\u201d published by ART in 2005, bilingual SR-EN with music, AH-EH-IH-OH-UH, published by Poeta, Belgrade in 2008.\u201dHI\u0160A IZ STEKLA\u201d was translated into Slovenian and published by Banatski kulturni centar \u2013 Malo Milo\u0161evo, in 2013 and also into English, \u201cA House Made of Glass\u201d published by \u00bbHammer &#038; Anvil Books\u00bb \u2013 American, in2013. Her poetry and haiku have been translated into several languages.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14752100.Robin_Ouzman_Hislop\"> goodreads.com\/author\/show\/Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com. All the Babble of the Souk. Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robin-ouzman-hislop\/all-the-babble-of-the-souk\/paperback\/product-22419943.html\" target=\"blank\">www.lulu.com. All the Babble of the Souk. 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